Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - May 18, 2021.

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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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https://wolandscat.net/2021/05/14/the-health-it-platform-a-definition/

The Health IT Platform – a definition

Posted on 14/05/2021 by wolandscat

Following on from various posts in the past, including my 2014 post What is an open platform?, I thought it might be time to post a succinct (as possible) definition of the platform idea, for e-health.

As stated in that post, the key thing to understand about a platform is that it represents progress away from being locked-in to a monolith of fixed commitments, toward an open ecosystem. This is true both technologically and economically.

The Technical platform

The word ‘platform’ indicates the notion of a common base on which higher-level components can be built, obviating the need for those components (typically applications) to privately solve needs that are provided for by the platform. These are typically functions such as reliable persistence, versioning, identification, communication, various administration functions, certain types of reference data and so on. In order for applications and other components to be able to use a platform, they need to know:

  1. what resources it provides and
  2. how to connect to it.

To be usable, it must therefore have a published description, which includes the formal specification of its interface. To actually be used, it must also of course have implementations.

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https://www.innovationaus.com/govt-ramps-up-plan-for-us-data-sharing-deal/

Govt ramps up plan for US data-sharing deal

Denham Sadler
Senior Reporter

13 May 2021

The federal government has reignited its efforts to sign an expedited data-sharing deal with the US, with nearly $10 million provided for the scheme over the next four years.

On Wednesday afternoon, the powerful bipartisan national security committee called for 23 changes to legislation which will underpin such a deal with the Biden administration, paving the way for its passage through Parliament with amendments.

This week’s federal budget included $9.6 million over four years to assist with the exchanging of data between Australia and the US for the investigation of “serious crime”, including $1.5 million in 2021-22.

This will be through an agreement under the US government’s Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (CLOUD Act), with the two countries entering into negotiations in late 2019.

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https://digitalhealth.org.au/blog/expressions-of-interest-professional-development-modules-in-digital-health/

Expressions of Interest: Professional Development Modules in Digital Health

May 10, 2021 | Uncategorized

As part of its strategic focus on health workforce reform, the Institute is seeking expressions of interest from qualified individuals or organisations to develop a series of online education/training modules for an introductory professional development course on digital health.

The course will address the need for foundational digital health capacity building across a wide section of the health workforce. The course will comprise six modules and EOI can be for one or more modules.

Responses must be submitted by 5pm on Monday 24 May 2021.

DOWNLOAD EOI (PDF)

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https://digitalhealth.org.au/blog/expression-of-interest-healthcare-data-privacy/

Expression of Interest: Healthcare data privacy

May 10, 2021 | Uncategorized

The Institute wants to hear from Fellows and Members with expertise in healthcare data privacy to form a small group and make a submission into the review of the National Health (Privacy) Rules 2018. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is reviewing the Rules to decide whether and how they need to be updated to ensure they remain fit-for-purpose and has commissioned a consultation paper.

Input into the paper closes on 4 June 2021. Please complete this EOI by 5pm Tuesday 18 May if you would like to help shape the Institute’s position and inform the consultation process.

GO TO EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/record-13bn-boost-for-asios-war-on-spies-and-hackers/news-story/7eba87f41b80c0c89ca87513e2a6fe08

Record $1.3bn boost for ASIO’s war on spies and hackers

Simon Benson

Australia’s domestic spy agency will move to an artificial intelligence war footing in a technology arms race against the nation’s adversaries as it moves to counter a spike in foreign intelligence services launching sophisticated attempts to steal Covid and vaccine research secrets.

It comes as the national security chief warned that the recent shutdown of one of the largest oil pipelines in the US due to a cyber attack could happen in Australia.

In an exclusive interview with The Weekend Australian, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews and ASIO director- general Mike Burgess have revealed that an unprecedented $1.3bn boost to ASIO’s operations in Tuesday’s budget would involve sophisticated AI technology to boost Australia’s security and intelligence capabilities.

Ms Andrews said there had been a number of countries identified behind repeated and increasing attempts to infiltrate government, commercial and industrial sources but said it would be wrong to assume China was the focus of the funding increase aimed at countering threats.

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https://www.itwire.com/business-it/encryption-use-increases-in-australia-as-organisations-focus-on-specific-threat-vectors,-reveals-entrust-2021-australia-encryption-trends-study.html

Friday, 14 May 2021 12:24

Encryption use increases in Australia as organisations focus on specific threat vectors, reveals Entrust 2021 Australia Encryption Trends Study

By Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Conducted by the Ponemon Institute, the 16th annual study highlights that Australia outpaces global average encryption adoption, and other key trends in encryption and cybersecurity.

The adoption of encryption in Australia continues to outpace global averages, with employee mistakes seen as the top threat to sensitive data. This and other findings are highlighted in the Entrust 2021 Australia Encryption Trends study, the sixteenth annual multinational survey by the Ponemon Institute reporting on the cybersecurity challenges organisations face today, and how and why organisations deploy encryption.

Identified threats and priorities

Continuing a five-year growth trend, 54% of respondents in Australia now have a consistently applied encryption plan, ahead of the global average, which reached 50% for the first time in this year’s study.

The study found that the top driver for encrypting data in Australia is to protect information against specific, identified threats (63% of respondents, vs. the global average of 50% and up from 50% in Australia last year). The next highest driver was to comply with external privacy or data security regulations and requirements: (52%, down from 57% last year).

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https://www.chnact.org.au/for-consumers/digital-health/

Digital Health  ADHA Propaganda

Digital health is more vital than ever. The use of technology enables health care practitioners to provide better health care to patients. This leads Australians to live a healthier life because they have greater access to health services and their health information in a timely and secure manner.

My Health Record

My Health Record is a secure online summary of a person’s key health information. It is part of a national system that is accessible anytime, anywhere. Access to this information is important especially during crisis and emergencies. Medical professionals and patients can access My Health Record with internet connection. GPs, specialists, pharmacists and pathology providers can also add clinical documents to a patient’s record. Patients can control the privacy and security of their record, but health practitioners can still “break the glass ” to access the information in emergency situations.

A wide range of clinical documents can be added in My Health Record including:

  • hospital discharge summaries
  • event summaries
  • shared health summaries from GPs
  • prescribed and dispensed medicines
  • list of allergies and immunisations
  • Medicare claims
  • specialist letters
  • referrals
  • advance care plans
  • pathology or diagnostic imaging test results.

Patients can also upload their medical records and update notes, contact information and emergency contact details.

Having access to all this health information may avoid adverse drug reactions for patients, improve communication between a patient’s multidisciplinary care teams and avoid duplication of services.

To learn more about My Health Record, please visit these links:

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https://www.bioworld.com/articles/507024-pandemic-recovery-key-theme-of-australias-budget-with-med-tech-biotech-sectors-praising-new-measures

BioWorld - Thursday, May 13, 2021

Pandemic recovery key theme of Australia’s budget with med-tech, biotech sectors praising new measures

May 12, 2021

By Tamra Sami

PERTH, Australia – Australia’s budget theme for the 2021 to 2022 fiscal year is rebuilding the economy following COVID-19, and med-tech and biotech leaders were praising some of the new measures.

The government is encouraging investment in Australian med tech and biotech by introducing a patent box that will reduce taxes on income from innovative research to encourage businesses to undertake research and development in Australia and keep intellectual property in the country.

According to the plan, corporate income derived from those patents would be taxed at a 17% corporate tax rate, down from the current 30% rate.

“We want to see more innovation commercialized in Australia. Under the patent box, income earned from new patents that have been developed in Australia will be taxed at a concessional 17% rate – almost half the rate that applies to large companies,” said Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in his May 11 budget speech.

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https://www.afr.com/chanticleer/the-missing-link-in-morrison-government-s-ai-strategy-20210512-p57rbf

The missing link in Morrison government’s AI strategy

World leaders in artificial intelligence research are missing from the federal government’s playbook. This needs to be addressed if Australia is to attract and retain the best talent.

May 13, 2021 – 12.00am

After years of neglect, the federal government has recognised the importance of artificial intelligence and set aside $124 million for a range of measures, including a new National Artificial Intelligence Centre.

There is much to admire about the government’s effort to enhance Australia’s AI capabilities and help small and large businesses to adopt AI technologies.

But there is a glaring weakness in the AI policy that can be attributed to an earlier policy bungle.

More importantly, there is a crucial missing link that needs to be addressed if Australia is to attract and retain the world’s best AI research talent.

But first, it is worth rehashing a bit of AI history.

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https://theconversation.com/did-someone-drop-a-zero-australias-digital-economy-budget-spend-should-be-10-times-bigger-160626

Did someone drop a zero? Australia’s digital economy budget spend should be 10 times bigger

May 12, 2021 2.54pm AEST

Author

1.      Marek Kowalkiewicz

Professor and Founding Director of QUT Centre for the Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology

The federal budget for 2021-22 promises A$1.2 billion over the next six years to support the Digital Economy Strategy, a plan to make Australia “a leading digital economy and society by 2030”.

The Digital Economy Strategy proclaims

We are well placed to be a leading digital economy and have strong foundations, but many countries are investing heavily in their digital futures.

This may sound like a lot, but a closer look at the strategy and funding announcements, compared with what other countries are doing, shows we may not be so well placed after all.

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Countries such as France and Singapore have implemented similar initiatives, with one key difference: they are spending about ten times as much money as Australia.

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https://wildhealth.net.au/nz-to-be-latest-country-to-outpace-australia-in-digital-health/

13 May 2021

NZ to be latest country to outpace Australia in digital health

Interoperability Telehealth

By Holly Payne

Despite a pandemic-driven boost in telehealth services, Australia continues to lag behind its peers in terms of digital health, with New Zealand unveiling an ambitious plan to centralise health services.

New Zealand’s Health Minister Andrew Little announced the changes last month, saying the current system was “overly complex” and forced artificial barriers between regions, professionals and populations.

“What it doesn’t do is allow us to focus on the needs of the New Zealand population and the system as a whole, or to identify and spread good ideas,” Mr Little said.

The overhaul would touch on four key aspects:

  • revising the scope and duties of the Ministry of Health,
  • decommissioning all 20 district health boards and replacing them with a national organisation, Health New Zealand,
  • establishing a M?ori health authority, and
  • creating a public health agency.

Mr Little singled out greater access to digital health tools and tailored local services as key outcomes of having a national body.

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https://wildhealth.net.au/1-3-billion-digital-health-budget-commitment-but-to-what/

12 May 2021

$1.3 billion digital health budget commitment, but to what?

ADHA Cloud DoH MHR Telehealth

By Jeremy Knibbs

In a big-spending budget, digital health got a lot of money, but without establishing a common strategic framework for such a spend, and a framework that aligns all system stakeholders with how web sharing and open systems technology is rapidly evolving, we risk wasting this important opportunity.

On first inspection, the commitment by the federal government to digital health in this budget is the biggest by a historically long margin and should augur well for the sector, over the forward estimates at least.

Depending on how you read the commitments, the spend might actually be well over $2 billion. Some spends are likely to be bigger than even the budget is revealing. For example, surely they will extend telehealth past December this year and this would add a huge amount to forward estimates, and surely a good chunk of the $365.7 million being promised to improve access between aged and primary care is going to be spent on digital systems.

So what could be wrong with this?

You don’t have to dive too deeply, even into the major commitments, to see that the spending is disorganised. It is perhaps a sign that the government didn’t really have the time to think about how they were spending the money before they committed it because of the nature of the budget, which is one designed to pour money rapidly back into the economy, create lots of jobs and win the next election.

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https://stayhappening.com/e/tech-savvy-seniors-mygov-and-my-health-record-E2ISTMAM7K6

Tech Savvy Seniors: myGov and My Health Record

Mon May 17 2021 at 09:30 am to 11:15 am UTC+10:00

TRC Disaster Coordination Centre | East Barron

Learn how to use myGov and My Health Record to access key government services and keep your health information safe, secure and organised. ADHA Propaganda
 - Bookings are essential. Phone 4089 2247.
-  Participants are required to bring their own laptop or device. If you are not able to do so, please phone us (4089 2247) for alternative options.
-  This course will be delivered over 4 sessions. You must be able to commit to the entire course to participate.
-  COVID-19 regulations will apply at this event. If you are experiencing cold or flu symptoms, please do not attend the class.
Tech Savvy Seniors QLD is a partnership between the Queensland Government, State Library of Queensland and Telstra.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

TRC Disaster Coordination Centre, East Barron, Australia

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https://www.barwonhealth.org.au/patients-visitors/your-rights/what-happens-to-my-health-information

What happens to my health information?

When you become a patient of Barwon Health, a record is created containing your name, address, contact details and other information such as the nature of the problem for which you are seeking treatment and the treatment or advice you were given.

Every time you attend Barwon Health as a patient, new information is added to your record. Your record may also be included on Barwon Health clinical databases, where necessary, for your treatment or ongoing care. Barwon Health may also collect information about you from other health services as necessary (pathology results and other relevant clinical referral information) and this information will be added to your record.

Barwon Health is subject to privacy legislation including the Health Services Act 1988 (VIC), and the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (VIC).

Why is it important to collect your information?

This information helps healthcare professionals involved in your care with treating you safely and effectively.

What information do we collect?

The information we collect for your record

  • Your name, address and contact details, and the contact details of your emergency contact person
  • The name of your general practitioner
  • Your medical history
  • Your medications
  • The health problems for which you are seeking advice and treatment
  • The plan for your care and management of your health problems

Information that comes from other sources that we add to your record

  • Pathology and radiology (test) results
  • Referral letters from other health service providers
  • Information about your care if you have been transferred from another health service

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https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=48b046ba-9d98-4819-9f03-db42dd9917a9

Telehealth in voluntary assisted dying laws (Vic)

Wolters Kluwer Australia

Australia May 10 2021

A bill that would allow terminally ill people in Victoria to use telehealth to talk to their doctor about voluntary assisted dying has been introduced in the Legislative Council.

Doctors are not permitted to talk to patients about voluntary assisted dying via telehealth based on current federal rules that prohibit people to “incite or counsel” another person to commit suicide through online communication.

The Voluntary Assisted Dying Amendment (Telehealth and Other Matters) Bill 2021 clarifies that doctors who talk to their patients via telehealth about voluntary assisted dying would not be prosecuted.

Source: Minutes of Proceedings No 102, Legislative Council, Parliament of Victoria website, 4 May 2021, accessed 7 May 2021.

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https://www.adnews.com.au/news/federal-budget-the-1-2-billion-digital-economy-strategy

Federal Budget - The $1.2 billion Digital Economy Strategy

By Chris Pash | 12 May 2021

The federal government has allocated $1.2 billion to building Australia’s digital future through the Digital Economy Strategy.

The move has been widely welcomed.

David Fairfull, CEO and co-founder of AI-driven marketing plagtform Metigy, believes a national digital transformation in Australia is long overdue.

"Building and designing homegrown technology is critical - we are creators, developers, entrepreneurs," he says.

"Digitisation has a role to play in our everyday work and we must see this technology trickle down to the SMEs that account for 98% of businesses in Australia.

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https://www.itwire.com/health/telemedicine-to-save-healthcare-industry-us%2421-million-globally-study.html

Tuesday, 11 May 2021 12:22

Telemedicine to save healthcare industry US$21 billion globally: study

By Staff Writer

Telemedicine will save the healthcare industry US$21 billion in costs by 2025, rising from US$11 billion in 2021, according to a new global study.

The forecast on savings to the industry by Juniper Research represent a growth rate of over 80% in the next four years for telemedicine which involves the remote provision of healthcare services and includes technologies such as teleconsultations, remote patient monitoring and chatbots.

The research identified teleconsultations, a service that enables patients and physicians to interact remotely, as a key service that will enable these significant savings.
However, it cautioned that savings would be restricted to developed nations where access to required devices and Internet connectivity is prevalent.

As a result, it predicted that over 80% of savings will be attributable to North America and Europe by 2025.

The new report, Telemedicine: Emerging Technologies, Regional Readiness & Market Forecasts 2021 2025, estimated that over 280 million teleconsultations were performed in 2019.

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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/all-the-tech-in-the-2021-federal-budget-564423

All the tech in the 2021 federal budget

By Justin Hendry on May 12, 2021 1:05AM

Budget 2021: Govt opens wallet ahead of election.

Government agencies have scored funding for a range technology projects, mostly aimed at improving service delivery, in this year’s pandemic recovery-fuelled and pre-election budget.

With most IT-related funding containedwithin the digital economy strategy announced ahead of time, distinctly fewer centrepiece initiatives were to be found on budget night than in previous years.

As revealed last week, the government will pour around half a billion dollars into myGov and the My Health Record system, as well as $54 million into a national AI centre, as part of a combined $1.2 billion package.

Other initiatives include a further $111.3 million for the consumer data right and $40.2 million to enhance location-based data infrastructure by creating a 3D digital atlas of Australia.

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https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/05/the-biggest-tech-nbn-and-science-news-from-the-2021-federal-budget/

The Biggest Tech, NBN and Science News From the 2021 Federal Budget

Tegan Jones

This week the Morrison government handed down the 2021-2022 Federal Budget. And this year there was a bit more cash injected into the tech, telco and science sectors. Here’s the biggest news.

Digital Economy Strategy

We already know a bit about what the 2021 Federal Budget has in store for the tech sector. Last week the government announced a $1.2 billion Digital Economy Strategy. It includes a few things:

My Health Record gets $300 million

The controversial centralised health platform, My Health Record, is getting $300 million for mostly COVID-19 related updates.

This will supposedly provide Australians with their test results as well as their vaccine status. It will also send vaccine-related alert notifications to people’s device of choice.

Part of the funding will also go towards connecting My Health Record to Residential Aged Care Facilities to “[deliver] improvements in medication management and transitions of care between health care settings.”

You can read more here.

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https://www.innovationaus.com/local-tech-gets-overlooked-by-govt-again/

Local tech gets overlooked by govt again

James Riley
Editorial Director

11 May 2021

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has rightly connected the government’s big investment into its digital economy strategy to its program of economic recovery. But it is a lost opportunity if the government does not also mandate minimum participation levels for local technology companies in its tech procurement program.

The 2021-22 federal budget allocated half-a-billion dollars in spending on big-ticket digital delivery projects, including $200 million over two years for the myGov redevelopment, and more than $420 million to continue the My Health Record system and to fund the Australian Digital Health Agency.

Even the tens of millions that the government has committed to artificial intelligence in the budget does not include caveats for the use of local technology companies. There are no targets or goals in relation to developing local capability or underwriting local technology development.

The result is an open valve on a firehose of federal dollars being directed offshore.

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https://www.innovationaus.com/digital-focus-but-dta-gets-a-budget-haircut/

Digital focus, but DTA gets a budget haircut

James Riley
Editorial Director

11 May 2021

The Morrison government’s second pandemic budget contained plenty of red meat for the tech industry through its $1.2 billion digital economy strategy initiatives. But despite this focus, the Digital Transformation Agency will see its budget and staffing levels substantially reduced.

Total resourcing for the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) will reduce by about $90 million next financial year, from $425.5 million to $336 million. The average staff numbers will drop from 255 this financial year to 227 staff in 2021-22.

The reduced resourcing for the DTA came even as Mr Frydenberg made digital services and digital industry development themes a central component of his budget narrative, more so than perhaps any previous treasurer.

It also comes just weeks after the DTA was moved from Services Australia to the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet.

Transformer: A big focus on digital, but DTA gets a cut

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https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/billions-flow-into-struggling-aged-care-homes-awaiting-major-law-reforms-20210507-p57pxi.html

Billions flow into struggling aged care homes awaiting major law reforms

By Rachel Clun

May 11, 2021 — 7.31pm

A complete overhaul of Australia’s troubled aged care system will be delivered within two years as the federal government responded to the aged care royal commission by immediately pumping billions of dollars into struggling providers.

Under sweeping changes to be introduced by the government, people will be able to choose aged care homes based on star ratings, there will be mandatory minimum minutes for care workers and nurses to spend with residents each day, and the workforce will be ramped up to meet growing demand.

Delivering the federal government’s response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced $17.7 billion in “practical and targeted new funding” for the sector over the next five years.

“We are committed to restoring trust in the system and allowing Australians to age with dignity and respect,” the Treasurer said in his budget speech.

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https://www.hospitalhealth.com.au/content/nursing/article/leveraging-technology-to-support-the-future-of-nursing-1555391587

Leveraging technology to support the future of nursing

By Lim Kok Keng, Managing Director, APAC, Elsevier
Tuesday, 11 May, 2021

Nurses make up the largest healthcare workforce in Australia and have continued to work tirelessly on the frontlines of the pandemic. Studies have reported that nurses face a high level of occupational stress because of increased expectations, lack of professional skills and minimal support from employers. This stress has worsened during the pandemic, related to unclear information and uncertainty regarding COVID-19 treatment and care policies. In turn, this has affected care quality and even led to resignations throughout the industry. It is estimated that Australia will have a shortage of more than 100,000 nurses by 2025, and this will likely be heightened by the pandemic.

Over the next decade, healthcare systems will continue to transform. Digital health technologies are set to empower healthcare educators, students and professionals in their daily tasks and responsibilities, including learning and teaching, clinical practice and translational research. Ultimately, these advancements can improve the quality of patient care.

We must re-examine the future of nursing and how we can use technology to support a digitally empowered nursing workforce.

Laying the foundation for digital health technologies

For digital transformation to succeed, we first need quality data. Standardised, clean and secured data allows healthcare institutions to create a holistic view of the patient and enables healthcare professionals to personalise treatments and improve the overall quality of care.

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https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e10356db-3375-4cf0-aadc-94b2d5c1ffa1

This Privacy Awareness Week we take a quick look at some of the possible reforms that may come out of Australia’s Privacy Act Review

Holding Redlich - Angela Flannery and Abby Landy

Australia May 6 2021

The Australian Government is currently conducting a comprehensive review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). This Privacy Awareness Week we take a quick look at some of the possible reforms that may be made as a result of this review, and the potential influence of approaches taken in privacy regulation in other jurisdictions.

Privacy Act Review

In December 2019, in response to the Final Report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Digital Platforms Inquiry, the Australian Government announced that it would review the Privacy Act with the stated aim of ensuring privacy settings empower consumers, protect their data and best serve the economy.

The Terms of Reference for the Privacy Act review, together with an Issues Paper, were released by the Attorney-General’s Department in October 2020. The Issues Paper provides an indication as to what reforms we may see as a result of the review.

Submissions on the Issues Paper were due in late 2020. The next stage of the review will be the release of a discussion paper, which is due in the coming months. It is hoped draft legislation will be released at the same time as that discussion paper. This timing means it is likely that we will not see reforms to the Privacy Act take effect until later in 2021 or potentially even early 2022.

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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/budget-2021-digital-incentives-for-small-business-a-105bn-economic-boost-myob-says/news-story/942aa9dcd4b7d4bb13376ca94bb27da4

Budget 2021: Digital incentives for small business a $10.5bn economic boost, MYOB says

Patrick Commins

New government incentives to spur half a million small firms into embracing the digital economy would be worth an additional $10.5bn to the national economy, according to new industry modelling.

A centrepiece of Tuesday night’s budget will be a $1.2bn commitment to promoting digital innovation, with the Prime Minister previously announcing a target to make Australia a “leading digital economy by 2030”.

But one in five small and medium-sized enterprises have no or very low levels of digitisation, equivalent to nearly half a million firms, according to analysis by leading accounting software services provider MYOB.

MYOB policy executive Helen Lea said the government would be unable to fulfil its 2030 aspiration without lifting the digital capacity of the SME sector, which accounts for 35 per cent of annual national economic output and employs 4.8 million workers.

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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/census-bureau-of-statistics-looks-to-cash-in-on-mygov-telco-data/news-story/93a86cb86263ed8f4bef20165605c9db

Census: Bureau of Statistics looks to cash in on myGov, Telco data

Joseph Lam

In just under 100 days, Australians will take part in the nation’s 18th census, a 65-question form that has for 110 years provided the richest “snapshot of the nation”.

While demographers are keen to learn the movements of the ­nation during the pandemic and measure the impact of a closed international border, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is already at work on the 2026 census, with its sights set on a new method of answering questions that could be more accurate than a survey.

Incorporating government data is one of the many ways the ABS could reduce the census cost and burden on the public, census executive director Andrew Henderson said.

“When citizens interact with government service providers, they create a data trail if you like, and there’s a lot of interest in whether or not we can use that data to supplement the census or to reduce the burden,” he said.

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https://www.teatreegully.sa.gov.au/Events_and_places/Places_-_Council_parks_facilities_and_venues/Library/Library_events_and_Digital_Hub/Digital_Hub_classes/Introduction_to_My_Health_Record

Introduction to My Health Record

How much does it cost?

Free, bookings essential  ADHA Propaganda

Book here

Email: library@cttg.sa.gov.au
Phone: 83977333

When is it?

Tuesday 8 June 2021 at 10:30AM - 11:30AM

Where is it?

Tea Tree Gully Library

571 Montague Road, Modbury      View on map

This session will introduce you to My Health Record.

My Health Record is an online platform that allows health professionals to share information with each other and their patients. This helps provide a clearer and more complete picture of a person's health to aid in their treatment. 

To access and use My Health Record you will need an active email address and a MyGov account. 

You can use one of our computers or bring your own device. 

*Tea Tree Gully Library received a grant to deliver this course and is required to capture attendees' details as part of this funding.

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https://www.hospitalhealth.com.au/content/technology/news/detecting-cancer-with-ai-555649432

Detecting cancer with AI

Friday, 30 April, 2021

An innovative artificial intelligence (AI) application could help examine tissue samples and identify signs of cancer. PathoFusion was developed by an international collaboration led by Associate Professor Xiu Ying Wang and Professor Manuel Graeber of the University of Sydney, with support from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).

Study co-author Richard Banati, an ANSTO Professor of Medical Radiation Sciences/Medical Imaging, said, “The idea behind PathoFusion was to create a novel, advanced, deep learning model to recognise malignant features and immune response markers, independent of human intervention, and map them simultaneously in a digital image.”

A bifocal deep learning framework was designed using a convolutional neural network (ConvNet/CNN), which was originally developed for natural image classification. This deep learning algorithm can take in an input image, assign importance to various aspects/objects in the image and differentiate one from another.

The experiment to evaluate the model involved examining tissue from cases of glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer that affects the brain or spine. The team used the expert input of neuropathologists to ‘train’ the software to mark key features. The findings were published in the journal Cancers.

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https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/7244443/elder-abuse-concerns-expressed-by-palliative-care-tasmania/?cs=87

May 9 2021 - 1:41PM

Tasmanian Government to amend legislation around advanced care directives

·         Matt Maloney

Palliative Care Tasmania believes legislative amendments to provide more certainty around advance care directives in the state need more work to prevent any chance of elder abuse.

Advance care directives provide instructions about a person's future health care and treatment decisions before they lose the capacity to make those decisions due to illness or a condition.

This relates to adults and children.

In a submission to the Justice Department on the Guardianship and Administration Amendment Bill, Palliative Care Tasmania chief executive Colleen Johnstone said the organisation agreed with a clause that stated consideration must be given to any past wishes expressed by the person.

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Comments more than welcome!

David.

 

2 comments:

  1. Wild Health are on a roll.

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  2. With the ramping up of media attention on the crisis in A&E, ambulance ramping, acute bed shortages, having a very serious impact on the national health system we can expect ADHA to arrive on a white charger anytime soon to tackle the problem by bringing the My Health Record to the rescue.

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