Webinar 1: Privacy and Security
The opt-out period for My Health Record began recently, prompting much greater scrutiny of the project by media and the public. Central to that scrutiny has been questions of privacy and security of the system.
In this webinar, we briefly covered My Health Record in general, then open a panel discussion that will focus on the privacy and security of the system, how legislation and policy affects it, and whether and what changes should be made to improve the privacy and security of My Health Record.
Panellists
- Kim Webber - General Manager, Strategy at the Australian Digital Health Agency
- Karen Carey – Consumer Advocate, former chair of CHF and Chair of the NHMRC Community and Consumer Advisory Group
- Dr Bruce Baer Arnold - Assistant Professor, Law at University of Canberra and Vice-chair of the Australian Privacy Foundation Board
- Dr Charlotte Hespe - GP, Glebe Family Medical Centre and RACGP Vice President
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"I, myself, have had five open heart surgeries and yet I still sometimes and the emergency department people say to me, "Do you suffer from anxiety attacks?" So I know that stigma is real and it's real at emergency times when people don't want it to be so I understand why people are sensitive, but having that in their record."
- Karen Carey, Consumer Advocate, former chair of CHF and Chair of the NHMRC Community and Consumer Advisory Group
See her full answer at 1:00:00
"We need to look a bit beyond what we're hearing, and be I think hard headed, and think about what are the implications,
discrimination perhaps, stigma, care, and ultimately respect for individuals. If the government was so concerned about privacy, why does it have to wait till five minutes to 12? "
- Dr Bruce Baer Arnold - Assistant Professor, Law at University of Canberra and Vice-chair of the Australian Privacy Foundation board
See his full answer at 20:43
