Friday, September 30, 2011

E-health draft legislation out, Fines imposed for breaches

The Australian Federal Government has released draft legislation covering the Health Industry, regarding patients records held on IT networks, which they say, will be more secure and private, and still allow Australian Citizens to apply to access their own records at any time.
The story http://www.itnews.com.au/News/275292,fines-levied-for-e-health-data-breaches.aspx
The legislation http://www.yourhealth.gov.au/internet/yourhealth/publishing.nsf/Content/C0E9D70D1051EB80CA25791A007DBDAF/$File/Exposure%20Draft%20-%20Personally%20Controlled%20Electronic%20Health%20Records%20Bill%202011.pdf

No comments:

Post a Comment