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Victorian government must ensure its proposed healthcare database has iron-clad security and privacy

  • Written by Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Last weekend, The Age reported on a Victorian government plan, quietly unveiled three months ago, that would revolutionise the collection of the private medical data of every Victorian who has ever used public hospitals or health services.

Known as clinical information sharing (CIS), the plan allows the Department of Health and Human...

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