Yes. As someone who's worked in the healthcare industry in both Australia and the US I actually miss HIPAA in Australia. While it was a huge PITA, the majority

Yes. As someone who's worked in the healthcare industry in both Australia and the US I actually miss HIPAA in Australia. While it was a huge PITA, the majority of what it specifies is actually common sense and good security / privacy practises. The explicit nature of the guidelines and the force of law sitting behind them is very empowering to engineers who want to implement these practices but struggle to convince senior management that they are important otherwise.