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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/2021/04/17/what-is-interoperability/#more-1830
Posted on 17/04/2021 by wolandscat
There
are some rather obscure definitions of health IT’s favourite term interoperability
floating around, for example:
Wikipedia:
Interoperability is a characteristic of a product or system, whose interfaces
are completely understood, to work with other products or systems, at present
or in the future, in either implementation or access, without any restrictions
Cambridge
dictionary: the degree
to which two products,
programs,
etc. can be used together, or the quality
of being able
to be used together.
These
definitions are not wrong, but don’t quite capture the whole picture. First we
need to clear up one thing, which is the question of semantic
interoperability, often distinguished from syntactic
interoperability. The former is usually understood as the ability
of systems to share meaning, or similar, while the latter just means they agree
on how to share data or API calls concretely. For healthcare IT, and indeed
most industries, the only interesting interoperability is the semantic kind; if
you have not achieved that, there is more work to do. So here,
‘interoperability’ means ‘semantic interoperability’.
The
following is my definition.
interoperability (def):
the level of interoperability between distinct components of an information processing environment (applications, services, systems etc) is proportional to their ability to correctly communicate their internal semantics to each other, without special measures, other than syntax or technology adaptation.
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https://www.innovationaus.com/states-aligned-on-digital-identity-data-sharing/
States ‘aligned’ on digital identity, data sharing
Joseph
Brookes
Senior Reporter
19 April 2021
State,
territory and Commonwealth digital ministers have agreed to
press ahead with the Prime Minister’s plan for national consistent digital
identity and data sharing schemes, and noted the rollout of COVID-19
vaccination certificates.
Last
week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the federal government’s plan to
greatly increase data sharing between public sector agencies and private
organisations through new legislation would be expanded to state and territory
governments.
On
Friday, Ministers responsible for digital and data from each of Australia’s
state and territory governments except Tasmania met with Commonwealth
Employment Minister Stuart Robert, who has retained control of whole of government
digital projects in his new portfolio.
Ministers
“discussed development of the intergovernmental agreement to support national
data sharing between governments” at the meeting. The agreement will eventually
be considered by state and territory Premiers at National Cabinet.
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https://www.innovationaus.com/a-reasonable-robot-in-the-eyes-of-the-law/
A reasonable robot in the eyes of the law
Stuart
Corner
Contributor
21 April 2021
Whether
it’s driving a car, making a medical diagnosis by referencing a
database of historical cases, finding potential new drugs, or playing chess,
artificial intelligence is increasingly performing tasks as well as – and in
some cases better than – humans.
Humans
are subject to the rule of law. Kill or injure someone while driving a car and
you might find yourself charged with negligence, or worse.
But
what happens when an autonomous vehicle kills someone? A robot is not subject
to the law. So is the car manufacturer liable, or the developer of the
software? And how do you pinpoint the cause of such an accident?Treating humans
and artificial intelligence as equals before the law
University
of Surrey (UK) professor of Law and Health Sciences Ryan Abbott argues that the
law should not discriminate between AI and human behaviour and proposes a new
legal principle of equal treatment that he claims will ultimately improve human
wellbeing.
Meet
the Reasonable Robot
Professor
Abbott has made his case in a book The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law
and he discussed his proposal with Professor Jeannie Marie Paterson
from the University of Melbourne’s Centre for AI and Digital Ethics (CAIDE) in
a webinar co-hosted by CAIDE and the Australian Society for Computers and Law
(AUSCL).
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https://www.innovationaus.com/data-commissioner-defends-new-sharing-scheme/
Data Commissioner defends new sharing scheme
Denham
Sadler
Senior Reporter
21 April 2021
The
government has struck the right balance with its sweeping new
data-sharing scheme which will “streamline” service delivery, the Data
Commissioner has told a Senate committee hearing, which also heard a range of
legal and privacy concerns about the new scheme.
A
senate committee is currently conducting a whirlwind inquiry into the Data
Availability and Transparency Act, which marks a significant expansion of the
sharing of public sector data between agencies and private organisations.
At
a public hearing on Tuesday morning, interim National Data Commissioner Deborah
Anton backed the controversial new scheme, saying that the government and
general public has to “engage sensibly with risk”, in a rare public appearance.
Following
Ms Anton’s appearance, a number of legal organisations and civil and digital
rights advocates panned the proposed data-sharing scheme, raising concerns
around a lack of privacy safeguards, weak consent requirements and the
bypassing of existing privacy laws.
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/services-australia-penalised-for-breaching-privacy-of-a-vulnerable-customer/
Services Australia penalised for breaching privacy of a
vulnerable customer
The
agency's process for updating personal information in a domestic violence
situation was not only alarming, but was found to be a breach of privacy by the
Information Commissioner, too.
By Asha Barbaschow |
April 22, 2021 -- 06:17 GMT (16:17 AEST) | Topic: Security
The
Australian Information Commissioner has issued Services Australia with a notice
to pay a customer AU$19,890 as atonement for breaching her privacy.
The woman was
in receipt of Centrelink benefits administered by the Department of Human
Services, now Services Australia.
At the time,
she lived with her then-partner, and as such, her entitlements were calculated
by taking his income into consideration as their respective online accounts
were linked.
"One
effect of 'linking' records meant that if the complainant were to update her
address using her online account, her partner's address on his online account
would also be updated to reflect the change, and vice versa," the
commissioner's finding detailed. "The agency's practice was to continue to
keep such records linked unless and until it verified any claimed separation on
the part of one of the linked individuals."
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https://www.smh.com.au/technology/the-artisanal-genius-of-creating-iphone-breaking-hacks-20210416-p57jup.html
The ‘artisanal genius’ of creating iPhone-breaking
hacks
By Tim
Biggs
April 24, 2021 — 12.01am
A
small Australian security outfit Azimuth had a brief moment
in the sun this month after revelations that the company had helped
the FBI unlock the iPhone of a shooter following a 2015 mass killing.
With
Apple refusing to help, the bureau had to turn to private expertise and Azimuth
had the right wares. And the company’s success has shone a light on an elite
cohort of hackers: experts who build software not to steal information but to
help law enforcement agencies.
Founded
by coder Mark Dowd, Azimuth is a boutique hacking shop that specialises in
developing so-called zero day exploits - unique tools designed to take
advantage of newly-discovered weaknesses in software - and has over the years
delivered the goods to a number of global government agencies.
Zero
day exploits in software can’t be fixed by security updates until after they’ve
done their job and they can be used to create tools for very specific hacking
scenarios, such as helping the FBI crack open an iPhone.
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw-plans-to-lead-reform-for-digital-birth-certificate-20210423-p57lx3.html
NSW plans to lead reform for digital birth certificate
By Tom
Rabe
April 24, 2021 — 5.00am
Australians
would have access to a digital birth certificate under a cross-jurisdictional
plan spearheaded by the NSW government.
NSW
Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello said the state government was
researching the development of a national digital birth certificate, with a
concept plan expected to be completed later this year.
NSW Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello, seen with Premier
Gladys Berejiklian, says the state government is researching the development of
a national digital birth certificate. Credit: Edwina
Pickles
Mr
Dominello said the digital shift within government had been spurred by the
coronavirus pandemic, which had also prompted the state to develop QR code
check-ins and digital stimulus vouchers.
“There
is no question that COVID, for NSW, has turbocharged digital adoption,” Mr
Dominello said, adding that he believed his state was best placed to develop
the new birth certificate.
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https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/scammer-s-paradise-why-you-should-change-your-online-habits-20210407-p57h9h
Scammer’s paradise: why you should change your online
habits
It is
becoming increasingly easy for scammers to build a profile of their victims as
more information is handed over online and ultimately ends up in the wrong
hands.
Max Mason Senior
reporter
Apr 23, 2021
– 1.04pm
It
started with what appeared to be a legitimate email from Australia Post and
ended with the loss of nearly $5000.
The
victim, who later reported the scam and agreed to share their story anonymously
via the competition watchdog, had recently received a delivery from Australia
Post. The email requested $1.99 for a delivery – such a small and unassuming
sum that it appeared to be unpaid postage from the sender.
The
payment site generated a legitimate SMS from a bank with a security code. The
process was repeated three times after what appeared to be a glitch, but upon
checking their credit card, the victim discovered three payments totalling
$4847.16 had been made to a company.
“At
first glance it appeared legit,” the victim says. “The generation of the
security code from the bank actually gives a false sense of security and
legitimacy.”
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https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/event/itac-international-forum/
ITAC International Forum
When: April
27, 2021 all-day ADHA Propaganda
Contact: ITAC
Conference Secretariat 08 8981 5119
Email
Event website
Conferences
Paid
Conferences
ITAC Newsletter
The
Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council will be holding regular
International Innovation and Technology Across Care (ITAC) Forums from April
2021. This International Forum will speak to Recommendation 68 “every approved
provider of aged care uses a digital care management system meeting a standard
set by the Australian Digital Health Agency” as recommended by the Royal
Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. Specifically the Royal Commission
outlines that the integration of My Health Record would be an initial
accreditation criteria. Come to the first ITAC International Forum to hear from
international expert Professor Greg Alexander on the USA’s experience in
integrated data collection along with national leading projects being delivered
by the Australian Digital Health Agency in conjunction with the ACIITC.
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https://wildhealth.net.au/three-nations-one-digital-health-message/
22 April 2021
Three nations, one digital health message
ADHA Big Data Booking
Engine Cloud
COVID-19 DoH EHR/EMR Hospital Insights Interoperability NHS Technology
Posted by Felicity Nelson and Talia Meyerowitz-Katz
A
curious thing happens when you put digital health experts from America,
Scotland and Australia side-by-side on a webinar panel. While the accents
change from speaker to speaker, the message remains constant.
The
core lesson from the Wild Health webinar (which you can watch on demand here)
was that everyone wins when we put aside differences and pitch in to build
sturdy, lasting, interoperable digital infrastructure – and we can win big in
the middle of a global pandemic.
But each country has its own unique challenges and there’s always more work to
be done.
The
panel was chaired by Jeremy Knibbs, the publisher of Wild
Health.
Representing
Australia on the panel was Grahame Grieve (Founder of FHIR, global
interoperability consultant and principal of Health Intersections) and
Professor Dorota Gertig (Medical Director, Population Health at Telstra Health
and a public health physician).
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https://wildhealth.net.au/why-the-uk-and-us-are-now-in-front-of-us-in-digital-health/
23 April 2021
Why the UK and US are now in front of us in digital
health
ADHA Government Interoperability MHR
Posted by Jeremy
Knibbs
Last
week’s Wild Health webinar on lessons from the US, the UK and Australia from
COVID induced digital health innovation, sponsored by Telstra Health, revealed
two countries now in front of us and moving much faster towards a more
interoperable ecosystem as a result of COVID induced digital health innovation.
What happened?
If
you ask virtually any senior digital health staffer in any advanced country
what was the greatest leap forward that COVID induced in their healthcare set
up the inevitable answer is telehealth. In the UK, the US and Australia,
telehealth made leaps of various sizes, often associated with governments
accepting that they needed to establish pay signals the system for it to be
used more effectively.
But
while vastly applicable and useful in the crisis, in some ways the telehealth
story belies what COVID really did in many countries, which was put their
existing interoperability infrastructures to the ultimate test.
In
last week’s Wild
Health Webinar, digital health leaders from the US, the UK and
Australia were asked what COVID induced innovations were significant and real,
and what ones were more potentially illusionary. Which ones might slowly slide
backwards despite the hype?
As
expected, Telehealth was an initial winner nominated for each country. Notably
in the UK, video telehealth took off, whereas in Australia video has not taken
at all. It feels likely that video telehealth was able to take off because of
existing or developing infrastructure in that country, especially around
delivery of hospital outpatient services.
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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/our-luck-will-run-out-on-ransomware/news-story/b370af28b811d0a5197ca1c23475ab01
‘Our luck will run out’
on ransomware
JAMES WRIGHT
·
4:13PM April 21, 2021
Dear board members of Australia, it is your responsibility to
protect the data of your customers, staff and other stakeholders.
Despite the fast-accelerating threat of cyber attacks – in sharp
focus following the attacks on Nine
and parliament
– the imperative to safeguard data too often lacks the priority it deserves.
Ethical responsibility will soon shift to legal, criminal liability as part of
the Government’s cyber security strategy and following recent comments from
Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs, Mike Pezzullo.
Overseas, the issue came tragically to a head late last year with
the first ever ransomware-related death, attributed to an attack on Germany’s
Düsseldorf University Hospital. This is incredibly worrying,
particularly with the revelation
in March that Melbourne’s Eastern Health had to postpone elective
surgeries due to a suspected cyber-attack. Cyber security is officially no
longer an issue for just financial or reputational damage – lives are quite
literally at stake.
There is no more important place to get our systems right than in
healthcare, particularly as we rely heavily on technology for the vaccine
rollout and contact tracing to keep citizens safe from the very real virus
that has broken through our quarantine systems time and time again.
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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/australian-european-regulators-unite-against-big-tech/news-story/21f737476df918cb259b2f84bc6e9984
Australian, European regulators unite against Big Tech
David Swan
April 21,
2021
Australia’s
competition tsar Rod Sims will urge the federal government to amend competition
laws to make it easier to block mergers and acquisitions, particularly by Big
Tech, with the ACCC joining with regulators in Europe to issue a rare joint
statement about the issue.
The ACCC
joined its counterparts and the UK and Germany to issue a warning about the
dominance of the world’s tech giants, warning that COVID-19 was no reason to
allow mergers that should otherwise be blocked.
“Competition
can only be maintained by ensuring anticompetitive mergers do not happen. This
is even more so in a fast-developing digital world impacted by the coronavirus
pandemic,” the statement reads.
“We believe
that in the world today there is a real need for strong merger enforcement from
competition agencies globally to ensure that high concentration levels do not
become the accepted norm, and to maintain and promote competition for the
benefit of consumers.”
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https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/a-global-tipping-point-for-reining-in-big-tech-has-arrived-20210421-p57kyi.html
A global tipping point for reining in Big Tech has
arrived
By Paul Mozur, Cecilia Kang, Adam Satariano and David McCabe
April 21, 2021 — 10.15am
China
fined the internet giant Alibaba a record $US2.8 billion ($3.7
billion) this month for anti-competitive practices, ordered an overhaul of its
sister financial company and warned other technology firms to obey Beijing’s
rules.
Now
the European Commission plans to unveil far-reaching regulations to limit
technologies powered by artificial intelligence.
And
in the United States, President
Joe Biden has stacked his administration with trustbusters who have
taken aim at Amazon, Facebook and Google.
Around
the world, governments are moving simultaneously to limit the power of tech
companies with an urgency and breadth that no single industry had experienced
before. Their motivation varies. In the United States and Europe, it is concern
that tech companies are stifling competition, spreading misinformation and
eroding privacy; in Russia and elsewhere, it is to silence protest movements
and tighten political control; in China, it is some of both.
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/govt-data-access-should-be-gated-privacy-assessment-finds-563586
Govt data access should be gated, privacy assessment
finds
By Justin Hendry on
Apr 20, 2021 3:04PM
No access under planned data sharing laws without
accreditation.
A
privacy impact assessment of the federal government’s planned public sector
data sharing scheme has called for agencies to be subject to the same
accreditation requirements as the private sector.
The
independent PIA [pdf], released last week, is
the third assessment of the reforms, which are bookended as the Data
Availability and Transparency Bill (DATB) currently before parliament.
If
passed, the bill will allow accredited users and data service providers (ADSPs)
to access data for three purposes: service delivery, informing policy and
programs and research and development.
Under
the legislation, the National Data Commissioner (NDC) will be responsible for
accrediting data users and ADSPs, with organisations wishing to access data
required to undergo assessment and provide information to support their claim.
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/critics-label-data-sharing-bill-as-eroding-privacy-in-favour-of-bureaucratic-convenience/
Critics label data-sharing Bill as 'eroding privacy in
favour of bureaucratic convenience'
The
Australian Privacy Foundation and the NSW Council for Civil Liberties are among
those labelling the country's pending data-sharing Bill as a threat to basic
fairness and civil liberties.
By Asha Barbaschow |
April 20, 2021 -- 06:29 GMT (16:29 AEST) | Topic: Security
Australia's
pending data-sharing Act has been touted by the government as allowing the
public service to make better use of the data it already holds, but Dr Bruce
Baer Arnold from the Australian Privacy Foundation would argue it does so at
the cost of privacy protections.
"The
Honourable Stuart Robert has promoted the legislation as providing, 'Strong
privacy and security foundations for sharing within government'. It's both
deeply regrettable and very unsurprising that the Bills do not provide those
foundations," he told the Senate Committee probing the Data
Availability and Transparency Bill 2020.
"The
Bill reflects the ongoing erosion of Australian privacy law in favour of
bureaucratic convenience."
He
added that he believed the Bill would obfuscate recurrent civil society
requests for privacy protections.
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https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/technology/providers-encouraged-to-take-part-in-clinical-software-survey/
by Sandy Cheu April 20, 2021
Posted in Technology
Providers encouraged to take part in clinical software
survey
Residential
aged services are invited to take part in a national survey investigating the
uptake of clinical software and its impact on resident outcomes.
Aged
care technology peak body Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council is
undertaking the survey in partnership with the Australian Digital Health
Agency.
It
aims to identify what clinical software residential aged care facilities in all
locations are using, how they are using it and the impact it has on resident
outcomes.
ACIITC
chair of the National Home Care Group Anne Livingstone said there has been
little research in this area and this survey aimed to provide a snapshot in
time.
“We
don’t have a benchmark in time about the uptake of this software and also
whether being sophisticated in your use of clinical platforms is assisting in
improving the quality and safety of the services you provide,” Ms Livingstone
told Australian
Ageing Agenda.
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https://www.cesphn.org.au/general-practice/education/external-education/4650-my-health-record-a-practical-demonstration-accessing-immunisation-information
My Health Record a Practical Demonstration - Accessing
Immunisation Information
Thursday,
22 April 2021 | 2.00pm ADHA
Propaganda
Online
This
webinar will cover the enhancements to the My Health Record immunisation
information that is available within Clinical Information Systems (currently
scheduled to be released in late April 2021), National Provider Portal and the
Consumer Portal.
There
will be a new consolidated Immunisation View, that will extract data from AIR
as well as documents within the individual's My Health Record. These
enhancements aim to increase usability and access to immunisation information,
including any COVID-19 vaccinations received.
Webinars
will run regularly till 30 June 2021.
Link
for more information and registrations: https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/3436850561444501005?source=Bulletin
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https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/industry-hails-digital-s-return-to-centre-of-government-20210419-p57kdo
Industry hails digital’s return to centre of government
Tom Burton Government
editor
Apr 20, 2021
– 12.02pm
The
return of the Digital Transformation Agency to the Prime Minister’s department
under
a senior cabinet minister marks a major elevation of digital, say
industry experts, providing a much-needed strengthening between policy and
delivery.
This
will be especially so for integrated services like those involving the birth of
a child, common functions such as digital identity, and key cross-government digital
initiatives such as data sharing, cyber security and privacy modernisation.
The
DTA’s shift from the Social Services portfolio to
a powerful central agency, overseen by Employment Minister Stuart
Robert, was widely welcomed by industry and experts who have been calling for a
more robust, co-ordinated approach to digital initiatives and over $6 billion
in federally sponsored annual transformation projects.
These
include the creation of a new super registry for business, the expansion of
consumer data rights and open markets, new critical infrastructure security
requirements, a permissions platform to support visas and export controls, and
the development of a signature “Digital Australia platform” being developed for
the upcoming budget.
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https://www.miragenews.com/government-urged-to-fund-gp-aged-care-visits-546064/
April 20, 2021 6:06 am AEST
Government urged to fund GP aged care visits and
nursing home infrastructure
The
AMA is calling for increased funding to support and encourage more GPs to visit
patients in nursing homes as well as greater investment in nursing home
facilities to make it easier for GPs to deliver the care that people in nursing
homes deserve.
The
call comes as AMA members report significant barriers to delivering care and
deterring doctors from visiting aged care facilities altogether.
Problems
include:
- incompatible IT systems
- lack of nursing staff to identify
patients and assist GPs with clinical handovers
- no clinically equipped private
examination rooms available
- lack of physical access with no
parking, and the need for personalised swipe cards and access codes
- lack of adequate financial support
for doctors’ visits
These
hamper the delivery of quality patient care for our older Australians.
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https://www.afr.com/technology/what-do-we-do-when-google-does-evil-things-20210418-p57k91
What do we do when Google does evil things?
The ACCC’s
win showed that even turning off location history isn’t enough to tell Google
not to keep a history of your location.
John Davidson Columnist
Apr 19, 2021
– 4.29pm
The
notion that a company as big and ubiquitous as Google would resort to deliberately misleading
and deceiving Australians into giving away what they thought was
private information about themselves is shocking, to say the least.
But
that’s exactly what was revealed last week, when the Federal Court of Australia
agreed with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and found that
Google engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct when it kept collecting and
storing location data from Android phones, even after users had explicitly
turned their phone’s “Location History” setting to “off”.
A
Federal Court has just found that Big Tech is watching you, even when you think
it’s not.
It
seems that turning off location history wasn’t enough of a signal to Google, to
tell it to stop keeping a history of your location. You had to turn it off in
another place in your Android phone, too (“Web & App Activity”), before
Google really took you seriously and stopped tracking you.
It’s
shocking behaviour, to be sure, but it’s hardly surprising.
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https://www.itwire.com/business-it/aiia-urges-morrison-government-to-fully-fund-a-national-ai-strategy.html
Monday, 19 April 2021 17:10
AIIA urges Morrison Government to fully fund a National
AI Strategy
By Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The
Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is calling on the Federal Government
to allocate $250 million in the May budget to ensure Australia becomes a global
leader in AI (artificial intelligence) research and commercialisation and
doesn’t fall behind its international peers.
When
the Government does announce its National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy
it must come with significant funding over the $29.9 million it currently
contributes over four years. The Australian Government commissioned the Artificial Intelligence: Solving
problems, growing the economy and improving our quality of life, in
November 2019 to assist its AI Roadmap which outlines the many opportunities
and benefits available from investing in a National AI Strategy.
The
AIIA is
urging the Federal Government to support AI efforts, and focus on supporting
R&D through to commercialisation of innovative products and services.
This will
help to maximise the return for Australian businesses and boost the AI sector
and ensure our traditional industries remain internationally competitive
including in agriculture, finance, health and manufacturing.
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https://www.itwire.com/security/rising-number-of-data-breaches-must-signal-a-change-in-security-strategy-94544.html
Monday, 19 April 2021 13:35
Rising number of data breaches must signal a change in
security strategy
By Daniel Lai
Guest
Opinion: It’s widely known that data breaches pose a costly threat to any
organisation, but the trend to work from home since the start of the
coronavirus crisis a year ago has presented a new set of challenges for IT and
security professionals.
This
year, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) released its
Notifiable Data Breaches Report,
which unveiled an 18 per cent increase in reported breaches due to human error.
This was by far the highest percentage increase across the categories and
accounted for 38 per cent of breaches overall.
The
OAIC warned organisations to reduce the risk of data breaches and prioritise
training staff, as well as putting systems in place for detecting and
containing breaches. The reality is this: even with user training and
visibility, human error is ultimately inevitable, and working from home is
likely to increase that error rate. Instead, we must update our security
approach to match the new challenge.
Cybersecurity
professionals recognise that there is an issue here. Recent research of 287 security professionals
conducted by Cybersecurity
Insiders found almost three-quarters of organisations are concerned
about the security risks of having employees working from home, especially the
threat of sensitive data leaving the perimeter. The apps that worry them the
most; file sharing (68%), the web (47%), video conferencing (45%), and
messaging (35%).
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https://which-50.com/mhr-is-the-ever-given-of-healthcare-transformation-can-it-be-freed-2/
Opinion: MHR is the Ever Given of healthcare
transformation — can it be freed?
Jeremy
Knibbs / April
19, 2021
The first
part of this article, outlining the many problems with My Health Record,
appeared on Friday.
The
Australian Digital Health Authority (ADHA) has a tender out to re-platform the
My Health Record (MHR) program. The project is the government’s answer to a lot
of the criticisms laid out in Friday’s instalment. The revised platform will
provide some snazzy technology bridges for data sharing with the big central
database, including open APIs and cleaner integration with Fast
Interoperability Healthcare Resources (FIHR).
But
it’s still a big old database of disorganised information in the far corner of
a government server room which a patient and a tech vendor have to access back
and forth for any data to flow.
Why
put a giant old database in the middle of the process? Why not just help
patients by facilitating distributed technology to talk to a patient’s mobile
phone when needed?
Past
the embarrassment of having to mothball a $2 billion white elephant, the
bureaucrats in charge would be giving up a lot of control if they let the
market work as it should. They wouldn’t be running a giant and important data
project, and they wouldn’t have oversight of all that important data. They
would lose a lot of perceived power in guiding digital health.
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Comments more
than welcome!
David.
