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Security concerns drive growing concern over mandatory health records

Electrical Trades Union (ETU) of Australia has joined the chorus of critics pushing back against the governments plans to mandate use of its My Health Record (MHR) scheme. MHR was designed to improve the flow of healthcare data between hospitals, doctors, pharmacists and other allied health practitioners. Australians have until 15 October to opt out of the scheme or automatically have an MHR record created for them. Security specialists are warning that the program must have better controls over access to patient data, particularly during medical emergencies.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3505339/security-concerns-drive-growing-concern-over-mandatory-health-records.html

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