Marianne Cologon

Australia has been ranked second in the world for delivery of online services in this year’s UN E-Government Survey, just behind global leader Denmark. The online service ‘My Health Record’ provides a secure online summary of an individual’s health information which can be viewed securely online by doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers – even interstate. The Australian Digital Health Agency confirms that “it is secured with a comprehensive set of people, process, and technology controls to protect health records from a cyber-attack. The system has robust security controls to ensure the information is stored and accessed by only trusted connected health systems”.