23 March Is your practice prepared for a data breach? March 23, 2020 By Danielle Cranefield Announcement, Services Australia 0 Data breaches can happen at any time. It may be from deliberate unauthorised access to information your organisation holds or it could be accidental human error. It’s important that you’re prepared to act quickly. The faster your organisation can respond to a breach, the better chance of effectively limiting any negative consequences. Services Australia can help you. You can contact Services Australia if you experience a data breach and they can: provide advice about your obligations for a data breach work with your organisation, nominated agents and legal representatives contribute to your communications with affected individuals add identity security measures to customer Medicare records reissue log in credentials for PRODA or linked services such as HPOS or NDIS. It’s important you know about your obligations to report data breaches to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. The OAIC has just released its new Data Breach Action Plan for health service providers. Read the plan to prepare against a data breach and know how to manage your response. Related Articles Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Incentive: What practices need to know Fact Sheet August 2019 Why is there a new Quality Improvement Incentive under the PIP? Best Practice launches new General Practice Software update Best Practice Software’s new release of their popular general practice software Bp Premier - Indigo Service Pack 1 (SP1), has been launched today. Medicare cannot be strengthened without Practice Management The Australian Association of Practice Management (AAPM) has condemned the exclusion of Practice Management representation on the Government’s Strengthening Medicare Taskforce. Health Budget Success Dependent on Leveraging Practice Managers The Australian Association of Practice Management (AAPM) welcomes the 2022-23 Federal Budget, but stresses that its success is dependent on Practice Managers as a key conduit within the healthcare sector. Logged into MyGov to do your tax? Get a healthy start to the new financial year Free Flu Vaccinations require engagement with Practice Managers The Australian Association of Practice Management (AAPM) has reiterated the need for Government to engage Practice Managers in the provision and deployment of free flu vaccinations. Comments are closed.