Recent data breaches damaged trust in New Zealand’s health system. A new cyber security strategy must ensure stricter regulatory oversight and mandatory audits.
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The company’s privacy policy does mention sharing data with research bodies, as authorised by Australian law. But few Australians read and understand privacy policies.
Older adults in poorer areas would benefit more from seeing the same GP, but often find continuous primary care harder to access.
Machine learning can spot patterns in patient data and help detect hepatitis B earlier, which could save lives.
If you carry your smartphone with you everywhere, then the data it tracks could provide a comprehensive picture of your health – and alert you if it begins to deteriorate.
New laws mean My Health Record data is more protected than other patient data. Privacy policies should be the same across the board.
Each year, inspectors visit Australian hospitals. But they’re less like secret shoppers who identify flaws, and more like guests of a carefully orchestrated performance. This needs to change.
Creative appointment scheduling minimizes in-office waiting for physicians and patients.
Colin Smith became the first person to donate his genomic data to the Personal Genome Project UK under ‘open consent’ – waiving rights to anonymity.
A plan to fine hospitals for avoidable hospitalisations and pay GPs to prevent them has many issues. The main problem is that it’s impossible to measure the outcomes of health care in Australia.
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