Did you know that health information can be even more attractive to cyber criminals than your financial details?
Join us for "Privacy and Security in My Health Record: What You Need to Know", a free webinar hosted by Consumers Health Forum of Australia in collaboration with the Australian Digital Health Agency.
My Health Record is a safe and secure online system that enables healthcare consumers to always have control of their private information. By adjusting your Privacy and Access settings, you can control who accesses your My Health Record.
In this webinar, you’ll learn:
Top tips to keep your personal and health information secure
Why cyber criminals want your health information
Which ways there are to restrict access to your My Health Record and my health app.
Importance of creating strong passwords & how to see who has accessed your My Health Record.
Protecting your health information – keeping your devices secure
Whether you’re new to My Health Record or a regular user, this webinar will provide you with practical tips to make your My Health Record the most secure it can be.
📅 Thursday 8 May 2025
🕓 2:00pm – 3:30pm AEST
Panellists:
James McKay | Director of Cyber Security Operations | Australian Digital Health Agency
James is a cyber security professional with a career spanning over 25 years within the Australian Government context. Roles have included providing policy, strategy and advice, compliance, assurance, and capability development. James Leads the Cyber Security Operations teams comprising Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Education and Awareness.
Tracey Weeks | Manager Cyber Awareness and Education, Cyber Security Branch | Australian Digital Health Agency
With a career spanning 28 years in the State and Federal Government and over a decade’s experience in the field of Cyber Security in the Healthcare sector, Tracey leads her team within Cyber Security Branch driving cultural change across Australia in cyber security awareness with the focus on the workforce being the key to ensuring the protection of the Agencies information and service delivery.
Koen van Venetie | Digital Educator - Partnerships and Education Policy, Programs and Engagement Division | Australian Digital Health Agency
Koen is a Digital Health Educator at the Australian Digital Health Agency. He has 7 years of experience working in IT, as a usability specialist. He also comes with 5 years teaching experience with a range of ages in many different settings. He is passionate about helping people to connect with technology and show how digital tools can improve patient care and help healthcare providers streamline their approach.
Ally Finnis | Consumer Representative
Based on Boandik Country in regional South Australia, Ally is a lifelong health care consumer who believes the best outcomes happen when patients, providers, and decision-makers listen and collaborate. Currently working in disability, they have been involved in the areas of mental, physical, and chronic health care, community engagement, consumer advocacy and more.
One of their interests is the intersection of health and technology, particularly how digital tools can be made inclusive and accessible for all, optimising interactions, help-seeking processes, treatment and management.
Andrea Cooper | Consumer Representative
Andrea is an active health care consumer striving to advocate for continuous healthcare improvement, from a consumer/public perspective. In addition to her own experience of the health system she draws on her professional work championing inclusive communications to reach audiences from diverse cultural backgrounds, with limited English literacy and/or communications difficulties.
