Digital and beyond: Protecting patient privacy in general practice Practices need to be mindful of potential for ‘real world’ data breaches, as well as those in the digital space.
Children born to younger mothers at increased risk of developmental vulnerabilities A study of almost 100,000 NSW school children shows those born to teenage mothers have the highest risk of developmental vulnerabilities at age five, largely due to social and economic disadvantage.
New ‘stage of diagnosis’ data from Cancer Australia offers valuable insights for GPs New data released by Cancer Australia on stage of diagnosis for the nation’s five most prevalent cancers highlights challenges and strategies for management in general practice.
Information lockdown: The importance of backing up general practice data Implementing an effective system for data backup and recovery is an essential preventive activity for the health of a general practice.
New legislation for notifiable data breaches New legislative requirements under the Federal Government’s Notifiable Data Breaches scheme came into effect from today, with the government aiming to set ‘new standards of accountability and transparency to protect individuals’ personal information’.
Mandatory notifiable data breaches: New legislative requirements A summary of new legislative requirements under the Federal Government’s Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, which commences on 22 February 2018 and only applies to eligible data breaches that occur from that date.
A trickle effect: General practice data leaks Australian general practice is about to lose control over its data, Dr Edwin Kruys writes for newsGP.