My Health Record Changes: Too Little, Too Late?

Australia's Parliament has passed legislation that strengthens privacy protections for My Health Record, the country's embattled digital medical records program. The new changes, called the My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018, aim to assuage concerns that entities outside of care providers, such as employers and insurers, could gain access to records. Also, there were lingering questions about whether law enforcement agencies would need a court order to be allowed to obtain any records.The amendment will also allow people...