Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has dismissed criticism from privacy groups about the Government's proposed electronic health records system.
The Australian Privacy Foundation and other computer experts say the Government's draft legislation does not provide sufficient privacy guarantees, will be difficult to implement, and that the system will be unusable.
Ms Roxon says the new system is well developed and will be a great improvement on the current situation.
"There are very few protections currently in place for paper records, which are held in big institutions like a hospital," she said.
"With the introduction of an electronic health record, we are actually improving on the current system.
"What we're seeing is, I think, a borderline obsession that if you use new technology that that's going to create a risk."
Comment by EasyOHS: EasyOHS has passwording systems for the various modules so that confidential information, such as medical treatment records are confidential. All business should ensure that records, in particular medical records are kept confidential. This extends to data that is stored either physically (on site) or electronically.
Ensure any data being managed via a web based program and your internal servers have adequate security measures in place to prevent unauthorised access.
