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This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and related matters.
I will also try to highlight ADHA Propaganda when I come upon it.
Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! Its pretty sad!
Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon.
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Cyber attacks: The new age of zero trust
“We are at an inflection point in security across the world. Anything that is connected can be exploited.”
Sobering words from Vasu Jakkal, Microsoft’s global security chief.
Based in San Francisco, her team works to keep 400,000 businesses across 120 countries safe from cyber security attacks that could destroy each and every one of them in a few hours if not minutes. This year, the security, compliance and identity business reached a staggering $US10bn ($12.9bn) milestone.
Just this week, Nine Entertainment’s part-owned real estate classified business Domain was hacked with fake agents offering property deals. It follows a crippling ransomware cyber-attack across Nine in March.
Microsoft’s latest data for Australia over the past 18 months shows malware hit rates up 23 per cent and ransomware up 453 per cent.
In a world gripped by Covid, just when technology becomes critical, attacks are escalating dramatically: on hospitals, vaccine research and even infiltrating cyber security firms themselves. Big ransom money pays off criminals in cryptocurrency.
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JUN9
ADHA
Propaganda
MY HEALTH RECORD FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS WEBINAR
Public · Hosted by Australian College of Nurse Practitioners
Wednesday, 9 June 2021 from 18:00-19:00 UTC+10
https://www.acnp.org.au/index.cfm?module=event&pagemode=indiv&page_id=1291258
Details
| PROGRAM
OVERVIEW
Over 22 million Australians have a My Health Record. Join us to find out more
about how My Health Record can be a valuable support tool for you in the
provision of healthcare. We will discuss the core features and functionalities
of the My Health Record system and show how the clinical information stored
within the system can assist you in improving care coordination, quality of
life and ultimately reduce potential medication misadventures. This virtual
workshop is now refreshed with new content and ready to provide an overview of
Nurse Practitioner’s role in prescribing, the key issues faced with particular
focus on PBS access, regulations and limitations.
| WHO CAN ATTEND
This program is available to endorsed Nurse Practitioners, Advanced Practice
Nurses, Nurse Practitioner candidates and students, nurses, and health
professionals.
| COST OF: REGISTRATION
Registrations: Free
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Agility and many players needed in disinformation fight
Sunita Bose
Perpetrators of disinformation use manipulation and subversion to undermine democratic processes, public health and security. Where there‘s a will there’s a way, so as their tech and tactics constantly evolve, so too must the strategies to stop them.
Agility underpins the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation, launched by DIGI three months ago to deliver on Australian Government policy. It commits technology companies to safeguards against harmful misinformation and disinformation, including policies and a way to report activity that violates them. A focus on outcomes provides flexibility to deploy different measures, and a self-regulatory approach means the code can evolve relatively quickly to address advances in threats and technology in a way that isn’t always possible through regulatory reform.
The code’s theory of change is to create more transparency, in a way that doesn‘t arm perpetrators with the playbook to amplify harmful misinformation, but does equip researchers. Dr Andrea Carson, author of the recent report Fighting Fake News: A study of online misinformation regulation in the Asia Pacific, says of misinformation that “greater transparency about the scale of the problem and its management is needed”. The code commits companies to releasing an annual misinformation transparency report to shed light on exactly that, the first set of which have been released today.
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CSIRO delves into genomics integration and data analytics at HealthData21
Data is the life blood of our healthcare system. Collected at the point of care it can be used to support patients as well as informing health statistics, funding purposes, improving service delivery and research. When new data come along – such as genomic DNA sequences – consideration for how to best to use that data to improve patient care, health outcomes and system performance is required.
The first day at the HealthData21 conference will focus on how we use genomic data to improve patient health while the focus of the second day will address data use across our health systems.
The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO’s digital health research program, works with data across the system – from genomic data for diagnosis and treatment, imaging and other biomedical data, data captured in electronic health records and clinical reports and data that is collected with sensors or through mobile devices.
At this year’s HealthData21, we’ll hear from Dr David Hansen, the CEO of the Australian e-Health Research Centre. David will use examples from CSIRO and experience from around the world to talk about what’s happening with the integration of genomics into healthcare.
Dr Sankalp Khanna is a Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO, he will deliver a masterclass entitled Analytics driven healthcare. Predicting patient flow has the potential to elevate healthcare by improving efficiencies across the system. Sankalp will use examples of his work to show how facilities can benefit from this model.
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https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/my-health-record-rainbow-beach-library-tickets-156212550945
Jul. 15
My Health Record - Rainbow Beach Library
by Gympie Regional Libraries ADHA Propaganda
Event Information
Your My Health Record account is a convenient way to keep all your medical information together in one place.
About this event
My Health Record
Your My Health Record account is a convenient way to keep all your medical information together in one place. You can work with your doctor to build a Shared Health Summary and set things up so people have all the information they need to help you in an emergency. This course will introduce you to My Health Record and help you get started, as well as give you some examples for where My Health Record is useful.
Rainbow Beach Library - Thursday 15 July 10-12noon
Under COVID-19 Stage 6 Restrictions we are required to:
• keep contact information about all participants, families and staff who attend an event.
• limit numbers of people attending an event
• maintain 1.5 metre social distancing
NOTE: do not attend if you have returned from overseas or a COVID-19 Hotspot in the last 14 days, have cold or flu like symptoms or have been in contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the last 14 days.
Only ticket holders will be admitted
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Multiple Dates
My Digital Health Record (Flemington)
by Moonee Valley Libraries ADHA Propaganda
Free
Event Information
Make a 30 minute appointment to learn about 'My Health Record', a digitised database to store and manage your health records.
About this event
Book a 30-minute one-on-one session to support you through creating and navigating a My Health Record account. This centralised database stores your health information for you and your medical professionals to access. A MyGov account will be required to set up My Health Record. You are welcome to discuss any privacy issues or concerns about the initiative also.
Free, bookings necessary.
Please contact library staff in person or call 9243 1940 if you require access for a wheelchair or disability scooter before attending an event so that we can ensure appropriate seating is arranged.
Moonee Valley Libraries uses Eventbrite for all event bookings. When booking, you will be required to provide your name and contact details. The Eventbrite privacy policy can be found via the Privacy link at the bottom of the page.
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Telehealth euthanasia doctors ‘at risk of prosecution’
The Queensland government will seek an exemption from federal law for doctors who use the phone or go online to discuss voluntary assisted dying with terminally ill patients.
The move, flagged by the Queensland Law Reform Commission in a report on the state’s new draft VAD legislation, aims to shield medical practitioners from potential prosecution for using a “carriage service” to encourage suicide, a federal offence.
QLRC president Peter Applegarth said the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions should be asked to issue “prosecutorial charging guidelines” pending an overhaul of the federal law.
This was necessary to reassure doctors, even though the QLRC and states that have introduced VAD — Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania — contended that voluntary euthanasia did not amount to suicide and was lawful.
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ACIC thinks there are no legitimate uses of encryption. They’re wrong, and here’s why it matters.
Gernot Heiser, Scientia Professor and John Lions Chair, UNSW; Lyria Bennett Moses, Director of the Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW, and Vanessa Teague, Adjunct associate professor (ANU) and CEO, Thinking Cybersecurity, Australian National University
Australia’s parliament is considering legislation to give new powers to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) and the Australian Federal Police. These powers will allow them to modify online data, monitor network activity, and take over online accounts in some circumstances.
Last week, in a submission to parliament regarding the proposed powers, ACIC made an inaccurate and concerning claim about privacy and information security. ACIC claimed “there is no legitimate reason for a law-abiding member of the community to own or use an encrypted communication platform”.
Encrypted communication platforms, including WhatsApp, Signal, Facetime and iMessage, are in common use, allowing users to send messages that can only be read by the intended recipients. There are many legitimate reasons law-abiding people may use them. And surveillance systems, no matter how well-intentioned, may have negative effects and be used for different purposes or by different people than those they were designed for.
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How has technology facilitated nurses' patient care?
By Tammy Sherwood, CEO of Person Centred Software Australia
Tuesday, 18 May, 2021
The implementation of digital technology for nurses has significantly increased over recent years — although there’s been a particular surge during the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, nurses across Australia and beyond have had to seek innovative alternatives to paper-based systems or out-of-date software to try and stay ahead of the game in terms of connectivity and collaboration, ensuring patients receive the highest quality of care while staying as safe as possible.
Undeniably, connected care — even before the virus — has been the next step in digital care technology and we can only expect to see further developments and enhancements in connectivity as we continue forward in this ‘post-pandemic’ landscape.
Flexibility has been fundamental in innovating new ways to stay connected and to help develop where care plans can be produced, monitored, actioned and updated in real time by all who have access to technology. The negatives of using paper to plan and monitor care are well known, and the implementation of technology, especially during COVID, has enabled nurses and care providers to suit the users’ specific requirements, which, of course, can only lead to positive results.
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Tuesday, 18 May 2021 12:10
Healthcare leaders note ‘resilience’ of healthcare system, but want investment in ‘predictive health’ technologies
Australian healthcare leaders believe Australia’s healthcare system has shown resilience in the face of the pandemic, but that their hospital or healthcare facility needs to invest in predictive healthcare technologies.
According to Australian healthcare leaders interviewed for health technology company Philips' Future Health Index (FHI) 2021 Australian report: ‘A Resilient Future: Healthcare leaders look beyond the crisis’, 81% of Australian healthcare leaders believe Australia’s healthcare system has shown resilience in the face of the pandemic - while (29% say their hospital or healthcare facility most needs to invest in implementing predictive healthcare technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning in three years.
In addition the report found that:
- About two-thirds (67%) of Australia’s healthcare leaders agree current healthcare policies and plans are contributing to building a resilient healthcare system, and
· Lack of staff experience, limited funding, and stretched supply chains are identified as key challenges that could hinder Australian healthcare leaders’ ability to plan for the future.
Philips received feedback from the Australian healthcare leaders who included executive officers, financial officers, technology and information officers, operations officers and orthers, and explored the challenges they have faced since the onset of the pandemic, and where their current and future priorities lie
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https://medicalrepublic.com.au/four-rules-for-choosing-an-automated-payments-system/45855
18 May 2021
Four rules for choosing a patient/dotor payments system
Cloud solutions for paying patients and doctors are revolutionising the back offices of some practices.
Last week, Tyro, the ASX-listed small business payments innovator, stumped up $22.5 million (or a 12.5-times revenue multiple) for medipass.com.au – a nascent cloud-based payment service backed by NAB Ventures, and an alumnus of the NAB Labs nursery for fintech innovation.
Only the week before, CBA paid even more than that for the whitecoat.com.au platform, part of which has a fully digital payments solution that bypasses the need for a payment device to be paying patients.
Just one of Whitecoat’s major shareholders, NIB Holdings, disclosed a $9 million pre-tax profit on the sale of its holding. And while Whitecoat had an established directories business, the size of the acquisition is notable in that the payments side of its operation had yet to generate any meaningful revenue at all.
That CBA is hitching itself to the Whitecoat wagon suggests that their rollout of digital payments and their healthcare payments device, Albert, is imminent.
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Tuesday, 18 May 2021 09:55
Australia to spend A$5.1b on infosec, risk management in 2021
Organisations in Australia are forecast to spend about A$5.1 billion on information security and risk management in 2021, about 7.3% more than in 2020, the technology analyst firm Gartner says, adding that global spend is likely to be about US$150.4 billion, a rise of 12.4%.
The company said in a statement that Australia's expenditure would be mainly on security services, including consulting, hardware support, implementation and outsourced services, at almost A$3.2 billion.
The smallest but fastest growing market segment was cloud security, forecast to reach A$20 million, an increase of 38% from 2020.
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Companies weigh up paying cyber-ransom
Boards and senior executives are wrestling with the issue of whether to pay the demands of criminals who attack their companies with ransomware, according to a leading cybercrime expert.
Ransomware attacks by criminal gangs, mainly from Russia and Eastern Europe, were becoming increasingly frequent in Australia, said Shane Bell, a partner with corporate restructuring major McGrathNicol.
With many of them demanding payment of a ransom after disrupting service in the company, he said Australian companies were having to face the issue of whether they should pay ransoms.
Mr Bell was speaking in the wake of reports that the Colonial Pipeline in the US, the largest gas and fuel pipeline system on the east coast of the US, had paid 75 bitcoins worth about $US5m ($6.4m) to its cyber attackers, believed to be a group called DarkSide.
This followed the shutdown of the company’s petrol and fuel distribution system on the east coast of the US by the attack.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjHzUogorBM
Ask the Doc on Studio 10 with Dr Rochford 27-04-21
•Apr 28, 2021 ADHA Propaganda
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Irish ransomware attack to cost health service tens of millions of euros
By Staff Writer on May 18, 2021 7:09AM
Significant disruption continues.
The Irish health service expects to spend tens of millions of euros rebuilding its IT systems from a cyber attack which is set to cause significant disruption to diagnostic services into next week.
Ireland's health service operator shut down all its IT systems on Friday to protect them from a significant ransomware attack the government said was carried out by an international cyber crime gang.
While the Covid-19 vaccination programme was not directly affected and the Health Service Executive (HSE) restored its test and tracing system within hours, hospital appointments have been cancelled across all outpatient services.
"What we have to do here is a very significant rebuild. This will be in the tens of millions in terms of impact on our systems, there's no doubt about it," HSE chief executive Paul Reid told national broadcaster RTE.
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How do older Australians feel about digital health in the home?
Monday, 17 May, 2021
The Global Centre for Modern Ageing (GCMA) has released a qualitative research report which reveals the challenges and opportunities facing the Australian healthcare industry. The report — Inspiring new models of care: Digital health in the Home — was created in partnership with Google Chrome Enterprise.
GCMA CEO Julianne Parkinson emphasised that the research was conducted so there could be a clear understanding of how older Australians feel about health technology being integrated into their homes.
“We spoke with clinicians, aged-care staff and community members, and our findings demonstrate that a coordinated effort is required to reskill industry, validate and shed light upon the most suitable technology, and design models of care that will not compromise on quality care provision,” Parkinson said. “Improvement in the quality of life of the older person must remain the number one priority.”
When conducting the research, the GCMA team found key themes, highlighting current views, ideas and hopes for digital technology in Australia.
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https://apo.org.au/node/312247
Digital economy strategy 2030
11 May 2021
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)
Publisher Government of Australia
Digital transformation Emerging technologies Business enterprises Business innovation Economic recovery Economic growth Australia
Resources
Digital economy strategy 2030 9.72 MB
Digital economy strategy 2030 (infographic) 276.95 KB
Description
COVID-19 accelerated the take up of digital technology and highlighted the role it can play to support and enhance business operations across every sector of the economy, improve the delivery of government services and make life easier for Australians. From telehealth and electronic prescriptions to online sales, cloud computing and remote working, COVID-19 has driven a huge leap forward in our digital capability and our appetite for data. Australia must maintain this momentum to secure our future prosperity and protect our national interests.
This strategy sets out how Australia will secure its future as a modern and leading digital economy and society by 2030. It builds on the Australian government’s existing digital and data initiatives, sets out further actions the government is taking through the 2021-22 Budget and defines future pathways to 2030.
The strategy recognises that the government plays an enabling role – Australian businesses and individuals will ultimately determine our success. The strategy is built around three pillars:
- Building the foundations to grow the digital economy – The first role of government is to create the policy settings for the digital economy to flourish. This includes investing in digital infrastructure, a skilled workforce, digital inclusion, digital trade agreements, cyber security and safety, and world-class systems and regulation that encourage the adoption and creation of trusted digital technology.
- Building capability in emerging technologies – The Government recognises the important role of emerging technologies in driving future productivity and prosperity. It is developing its understanding of these technologies so it can build capability and keep pace with changes in technology to position Australia at the forefront of technology development and use.
- Setting Digital Growth Priorities to lift our ambition – The Government has identified four strategic priorities across the economy where we can partner with the private sector to drive digital growth, jobs and capability. These priorities include lifting the digital capability of small to medium enterprises (SMEs); supporting modern and globally competitive industry sectors in areas like manufacturing, agriculture, mining and construction; building a dynamic and emerging technology sector; and delivering simple and secure digital government services.
The strategy sets out the pathways to guide future actions, set ambitious targets and will be continually renewed to realise the government's vision of being a leading digital economy and society by 2030.
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/cancer-council-nsw-drives-digital-deeper-into-its-foundations-563810
Cancer Council NSW drives digital deeper into its foundations
By Ry Crozier on May 17, 2021 6:30AM
Podcast: Pursuing a multi-year roadmap of opportunities.
Cancer Council NSW has established a 'single view of customer' across all of the systems it uses to raise funds as part of an ongoing effort to become fully digital and cloud first.
In this week’s CXO Challenge series on The iTnews Podcast, chief information officer Frances Waterford discusses the council’s IT structure, as well as the ‘single view of customer’ project and ongoing project works.
Cancer Council NSW said in February that it had used Dell’s Boomi platform “to connect core operational systems .., [and] establish a single view of its constituents.”
“The word we use is constituent, so we talk about people as being constituents and the different roles they have, be it supporter, client or volunteer,” Waterford said.
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https://www.wsfm.com.au/competition/ask-dr-rochford/
Ask Dr Rochford
ADHA Propaganda
Every day, technology connects Australians to a healthier future. For instance, now everyone can choose to get an electronic prescription or use My Health Record to access health information wherever, whenever it is needed including immunisation history.
For the chance to have your health question answered by Digital Health Expert, Dr Andrew Rochford write it below in 25 words or less. You could even win a health and wellness voucher valued at $100.
Australian Digital Health Agency
Connecting Australia to a healthier future.
Find out more at digitalhealth.gov.au
Entry Form
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If you're having trouble submitting your entry, please let us know.
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