Health Data

Health & Medicine
How researchers are keeping your health data safe
Researchers developing an Australian heatwave index are using innovative data collection that improves the quality and resolution of personal data while protecting people’s privacy

Health & Medicine
Book extract
Our mental health has gone digital
Apps, wearables and ingestibles that support digital mental health have lowered barriers to access but have profound social, ethical, and legal implications

Health & Medicine
Medibank’s hack tells us privacy laws need to change
Medibank’s data breach exposes how Australia’s most vulnerable have the most to lose when private information is made public

Health & Medicine
The dark side of electronic medical records
Clinical decision support systems help doctors ‘do the right thing’ by their patients, but they can also be exploited – Australia needs to think about regulation sooner rather than later

Health & Medicine
Privacy and health: The lessons of COVID-19
Despite public support, the COVIDSafe app failed to reach its download target. So, what are the implications for future policies that need citizens to share information?

Politics & Society
Efficacy, ideology and COVIDSafe
Questions remain over measuring the effectiveness of the Australian government’s tracking app, COVIDSafe, along with the mission creep it is sure to entail

Health & Medicine
Better cancer treatments from better data analysis
Traditional clinical trials have been vital for improving cancer treatments for the last 70 years, but new data-driven approaches can enhance treatment for individuals and better allocate healthcare resources for everyone

Health & Medicine
Health data saves lives: We need to be using it better
Concerns about data privacy are valid. But sharing data saves lives, and Australia lags behind best practice overseas where researchers are safely accessing information to improve health

Health & Medicine
Global health efforts need to catch up with young people
Adolescents around the world have been overlooked by the global health agenda, but for the first time we now have the data to make a difference

Sciences & Technology
Four myths about insertable tech and why they’re wrong
As headlines proclaim that microchips injected under the skin could allow employers to track our every move, the reality is very different