Closed: 23 October 2017
Under the My Health Records Act 2012, health information in the My Health Record may be collected, used and disclosed “for any purpose” with the consent of the healthcare recipient. In addition, one of the functions of the System Operator (the Australian Digital Health Agency) is “to prepare and provide de-identified data for research and public health purposes.” Before these provisions of the Act will be implemented, a framework for secondary use of My Health Record system data must be established.
The Department of Health have launched a public consultation process to develop a framework and draft implementation plan for the secondary use of data in the My Health Record for research, policy, planning, system use, quality improvement, and evaluation activities. You can view the consultation paper.
Your feedback is needed to ensure the RACGP submission appropriately reflects the views of general practice. You can view the consultations document and provide feedback. All feedback must be received by the RACGP by COB Monday 23 October.
The Department of Health are also seeking views and ideas from the broader community such as patients, health care providers and those seeking access to My Health Record data for secondary purposes such as government, non-government, private organisations; universities and the research sector.