My Health patient data will be safe despite Medicare breach, GPs say

RACGP has told a Senate inquiry layers of security will help prevent breaches such as the theft of Medicare numbers that were sold on the darknet

The breach of Medicare data that resulted in patient card numbers being sold on the darknet should not have any significant implications for the government rollout of My Health Record, says the peak body for general practitioners

My Health Record will involve patient’s health information being uploaded to an online database.

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