The Australian government seems obsessed with pushing everyone into its centralised digital health records system before they’ve even finished working out the rules. Why is that? …read more Source:: Open Source S
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My Health Record privacy amendments ‘woefully inadequate’: Labor
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•An Australian senate committee has recommended passing the My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018, but Labor senators have lashed out at the government’s “stubborn refusal” to fix further …read more Source:: Open Source S
EmTech MIT: How AI and biomedical innovations are transforming health care
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•Emerald’s little wireless box that can monitor movement and physiological signs wirelessly even through walls was just one of several medical innovations at this year’s conference. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Fitbit launches Fitbit Care platform for health care plans, expands Humana partnership
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•The effort is a big move into recurring revenue and using Fitbit’s data to become more of a software provider in the health care ecosystem. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Google redesigns Wear OS with focus on Assistant, notifications and health
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•A redesign of Wear OS is the latest step for Google in attempting to revive and arguably outdated platform. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Optus scores AU$6m Department of Health telco contract
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•Under the three-year deal, Optus Business will deliver voice, data, mobile, and WAN services to the Australian Department of Health. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Opt-out period for My Health Record officially extended until November 15
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•Individuals will have an extra month to opt out of the digital health record in a move that buys the government more time to fix the related legislation. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Private health providers called out in quarterly Australian data breach report
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•OAIC finds private health service providers and finance are the two most-breached sectors from April to end of June. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Labor wants Canberra to extend My Health Record opt-out window
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•The problem with My Health Record is a lack of public information, according to Labor. …read more Source:: Open Source S
My Health Record opt-outs will not sink system: Turnbull
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•Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the government’s My Health Record won’t be sunk by large numbers of people opting out of the system. …read more Source:: Open Source S