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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://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/cyber-attacks-the-new-age-of-zero-trust/news-story/6d9e88c9a95e2ffcf6655e8cf0c44341
Cyber attacks: The new
age of zero trust
TICKY FULLERTON
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6:32AM May 23, 2021
“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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https://www.facebook.com/events/d41d8cd9/my-health-record-for-nurse-practitioners-webinar/287909259667658/
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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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/agility-and-many-players-needed-in-disinformation-fight/news-story/a505a308fd8e71fd555297c9a7ca1ce0
Agility and many
players needed in disinformation fight
Sunita
Bose
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11:12AM May 22, 2021
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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https://digitalhealth.org.au/blog/csiro-delves-into-genomics-integration-and-data-analytics-at-healthdata21/
CSIRO delves into genomics integration and data
analytics at HealthData21
May 20, 2021
| Data, Events
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.
HealthData21
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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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https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/my-digital-health-record-flemington-tickets-156047427055?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
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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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/telehealth-euthanasia-doctors-at-risk-of-prosecution/news-story/a22d52ed4ee47d16a2d3270b1c8cfb8f
Telehealth euthanasia doctors ‘at risk of prosecution’
Jamie Walker
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8:56PM May 19, 2021
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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https://privacy.org.au/2021/05/18/acic-thinks-there-are-no-legitimate-uses-of-encryption-theyre-wrong-and-heres-why-it-matters/
May
18, 2021 by APF
Webmaster
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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https://www.hospitalhealth.com.au/content/nursing/article/how-has-technology-facilitated-nurses-patient-care--211972596
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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https://www.itwire.com/health/healthcare-leaders-note-%E2%80%98resilience%E2%80%99-of-healthcare-system,-but-want-investment-in-%E2%80%98predictive-health%E2%80%99-technologies.html
Tuesday, 18 May 2021 12:10
Healthcare leaders note ‘resilience’ of healthcare
system, but want investment in ‘predictive health’ technologies
By Peter
Dinham
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
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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
KnowCents
Technology
By Marcus
Wilson
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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https://www.itwire.com/development/australia-to-spend-a%245-1b-on-infosec,-risk-management-in-2021.html
Tuesday, 18 May 2021 09:55
Australia to spend A$5.1b on infosec, risk management
in 2021
By Sam Varghese
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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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/companies-weigh-up-paying-cyberransom/news-story/0ca4fd07641f5af4d519b8204a87c4f7
Companies weigh up paying cyber-ransom
Glenda
Korporaal
·
11:05PM May 17, 2021
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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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/irish-ransomware-attack-to-cost-health-service-tens-of-millions-of-euros-564678
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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https://www.hospitalhealth.com.au/content/technology/news/how-do-older-australians-feel-about-digital-health-in-the-home--203601724
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
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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
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Entry Form
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trouble entering this competition? Try submitting
here
If you're
having trouble submitting your entry, please let us know.
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Comments more
than welcome!
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