The Australian government released guidelines on the third-party use of data from My Health Record, the country’s electronic health records system, ZDNet reports. The electronic health records system was approved in 2017 to automatically sign up Australians and is expected to be fully implemented this year, with health care providers gaining access by 2022. The government guidelines, which includes 33 items, aims to define how data within the system can be used by third parties while preserving the privacy and security of the patient. Australians can opt out of the system and can also opt out of having their data available for third-party use. The framework will be reviewed following two years of operation.
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