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Mandatory data breach notification requirements for medical practice
Author(s) -
Carter David J,
Hartridge Samuel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja17.00577
Subject(s) - economic justice , citation , library science , law , sociology , political science , computer science
1 T force in February 2018, requiring most health and medical providers to notify patients or others affected when there is a serious data breach that results in unauthorised access to personal information. With fines of up to $420 000 for individuals and far higher fines for businesses that fail to report serious data breaches, the mismanagement of a breach by a medical practice will potentially be very serious.
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