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An answer to our troubled health system

To truly reform our health system, we must transform the way our healthcare is delivered. And the answer, according to the Minister for Health, lies in embracing digital health technology....

My Health Record gets $429m for technology upgrade

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
My Health Record will receive a $429 million cash injection from the Albanese government after an expert taskforce recommended the digital health platform be modernised to improve information sharing....

My Health Record data sharing plans idle five years on

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
De-identified My Health Record data is yet to be shared with researchers and public health experts almost five years after the former federal government revealed controversial plans to source...

Second review of $1.3bn MMI grants program on the cards

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s national auditor is contemplating a review of the former Morrison government’s $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative despite an earlier internal review commissioned by Labor clearing the grant selections....

Victoria’s health database bill passes without opt-out

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A centralised health database without an opt-out mechanism is set to be established in Victoria after controversial legislation passed Parliament with amendments aimed at strengthening privacy protections and oversight....

My Health Record app launches at last

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has launched its My Health Record mobile app a year later than first planned to improve access to the digital health record that has long been...

Victoria revives plan for health database with no opt-out

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A plan for a centralised health database in Victoria that denies patients the right to opt-out has been revived by the state government, reigniting privacy and data security fears...

‘Clunky’ My Health Record set for overhaul

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
My Health Record looks set to be overhauled, with an expert taskforce finding not enough health information is being shared between patients, practitioners and services, despite nearly $900 million...