Tag: health

Data61 builds new disease tracker

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
A new tool has been developed by CSIRO researchers to identify when and where a breakout of infectious disease identified overseas, such as dengue and measles, might spread in...

2.5M opt out of My Health Record

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
More than 2.5 million people opted out of My Health Record, equating to nearly 10 percent of all Australians eligible for the controversial system. The Australian Digital Health Agency...

MHR opt-out deadline looms

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The deadline to opt-out of the government’s highly controversial My Health Record is looming amid ongoing concerns surrounding the reliability and security of the data stored on the system....

Digital health is still in need of love

Posted on   |  by Beverley Head
While the major parties played fast and loose with Medicare in the final days of the election campaign, neither has properly grasped the digital health nettle. Right now just...

Privatisation via Telstra Health?

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
Telstra Health has been awarded a major contract to manage the Australian National Cancer Screening Register, which involves the health records of millions of Australians. The contract has been...

ScoMo&Co: New data for the north

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The shiny new bauble in the Budget is a $100 million ‘Exploring the Future’ initiative to map mineral, energy and groundwater potential in northern Australia and South Australia. It...