Healthcare records outlive us. It’s time to decide what happens to the data once we’re gone – ABC News (Australia)

Posted by Steven Kirby | Aug 8, 2017 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Big Data, 🥝 New Zealand, Law & Legal, Medical and Health Care, Privacy | 0 |

It’s increasingly common for healthcare records to be digitised and potentially held indefinitely after death. It’s time to decide what happens to the data once we’re gone.

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