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Australia is adopting a single source for medical history. I'm half-excited and half-terrified. It will be a goldmine for research over time. And possibly (prob
by anitil 8y ago
Australia is adopting a single source for medical history. I'm half-excited and half-terrified. It will be a goldmine for research over time. And possibly (probably) a goldmine for bad actors.
- waste_monk 8y agoI, and everyone I've talked to about it, has opted out of the MyHealth record system.
- discordance 8y agoContext for those outside of Australia - The Australian government developed a digital health record system, My Health Record, without ensuring proper protection of the data (42 data breaches in 2017-18 [1]). There were also no safeguards or legislation in place to prevent employers, insurers or authorities from being granted access to your health record at launch. 1: https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/about-the-agency/publications/reports/annual-report/Annual_Report_Australian_Digital_Health_Agency_2017-2018_Online.pdf https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/about-the-agency/publicatio...
- hnick 8y agoSame. Nefarious purposes aside, their track record with technology over here seems to make a "Nobody could see it coming!" data loss moment inevitable.
- anitil 8y agoI knowingly chose not to opt out, despite being terrified at the coming leaks. Everyone non-technical I know didn't know or care it was happening.