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Victorian patient info sharing around the corner

Several years after a hospital safety and quality review recommended it, the state’s data sharing network may come online next year. Legal and privacy advocacy groups – including the Law Institute of Victoria, Liberty Victoria and Digital Rights Watch – raised concerns about privacy, since patients cannot opt out of the scheme (as they can with the federal My Health Record).
 
Media Type: Article 
Source:  Medical Republic
Author: Francis Wilkins