Despite privacy concerns, 17 million Australians will be automatically registered in the federal government’s My Health Record system if they don’t opt out by Thursday the 15th of November.
Wentworth MP Kerryn Phelps has called on Health Minister Greg Hunt to extend the opt-out period, saying he is concerned about the privacy, security, and data mining potential of the system.
Legislation that would allow patients to delete their record and restrict police access to their record is yet to pass Parliament.