Consent
Using email in general practice | pdf | RACGP
Privacy and security matrix | pdf | RACGP
Consent essentials | website | Avant Mutual
Informed consent and communicating information | article | Avant Mutual
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Privacy & confidentiality
Creating a Privacy Action Plan for your practice | pdf | Office of Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)
Privacy for health service providers | website | OAIC
Privacy Compliance Indicators (download your action list for privacy in medical practices) | pdf | RACGP
Checklist for Privacy Reform Compliance | pdf | Avant
Australian Privacy Principles | website | Australian Government (OAIC)
Medical Records: What you absolutely must know | pdf | Avant Mutual
Avant privacy basics fact sheet | fact sheet | Avant Mutual
Privacy & managing health information in General Practice | guide | RACGP
Privacy Management Framework | website | OAIC
Read the Australian Privacy Principles | website | OAIC
The Privacy Act includes 13 Australian Privacy Principles (APP’s) that outline how we must handle, use and manage personal information.
Australian Government Guide to Securing Personal Information | website | OAIC
Information about how to transmit and store referrals or requests electronically | website | Services Australia
Legislation: Electronic Transactions Act 1999 | website | ComLaw
Compliance Indicators for the 13 Privacy Principles | pdf | RACGP
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Cyber Security
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Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme
– Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
“..an obligation to notify individuals whose personal information is involved in a data breach that is likely to result in serious harm”.
“The Australian Information Commissioner must also be notified of eligible data breaches.”
‘Mandatory notifiable data breaches: New legislative requirements | RACGP
‘Dealing with the dangers of a digital world: New notifiable data breach scheme for Australia explained’ Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers
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63% of confirmed data breaches involved weak, default or stolen passwords
