Thirty-seven data breaches involving the federal government’s controversial digital health records system were reported in 2018-19, including one where the wrong parent was given access to a baby’s My Health Record. The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) annual report, released on Melbourne Cup Day, revealed all but three of the data breaches were made by Services Australia, formerly the Department of Human Services. One breach resulted from “an incorrect parental authorised representative being assigned to the child”.Credit:iStock Most involved “administrative errors” but three cases involved “unauthorised access to an individual’s My Health Record”, including one resulting from “an incorrect parental authorised representative being assigned to the child”. An ADHA spokesman said the breach was a manual error that occurred while processing a form used to register a newborn for Medicare and My Health Record. The other two cases of unauthorised access were by clinicians suspected of Medicare fraud. In […]