My Health Record System: Advantages, Security Controls and Lessons from Singapore Data Breach

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Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary.............................................................................3
2. Introduction.....................................................................................4
3. The MHR and its advantages for improving the healthcare delivery......................4
4. How the individual patient can manage the privacy and security of MHR................5
5. The security controls with specific examples to ensure MHR has appropriate security
level...................................................................................................7
6. How the Singapore Data Breach occurred ...................................................10
7. What can be learnt from Singapore Data breach to improve the security of Australian
MHR System?................................................................................................................ 10
8. Conclusion..........................................................................................11
9. References..........................................................................................13

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Executive Summary
This paper defined MHR system as the electronic health record system in Australia. Some of the
advantages of MHR is medication safety since it helps in avoiding all medication errors. The
system also allows nurses to easily access the patients' information, thus reducing several
performances led tasks. This system has several access controls which can help individuals in
managing their data and information. The patients can determine who access their data by setting
different codes with distinct authorities. The My Health Record can also be equipped with
Intrusion Detection System which has ability to detect any breach. In terms of response after an
attack, the system admins should inform the security agency immediately after an attack to take
necessary actions. The users should also be informed as soon as possible to reset their password.
There are also various security controls which should be put in place for the information safety
within the MHR system.

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Introduction
MHR is one of the initiative worldwide that is intended to deliver electronic and
personally controlled health record for Australians. This system is aimed at delivering safe,
efficient and effective healthcare. This will, therefore, cover what My Health Record is in detail
and its advantages in the healthcare sector. It will also include how patients manage their data in
My Health Record. The security controls which are supposed to be put in place for the effective
functioning of MHR will also be covered. Last but not least, the ways on how to improve the My
Health Record as learned from the Singapore data breach will be covered.
MHR and its advantages on healthcare delivery
My Health Record is the Australian electronic health record system. The main objective
of this system is the identification of the health literacy rate. It is one of the systems that has
transformed nursing practice for the past few years. The use of my Health record to manage
patient data has become widespread in the healthcare industry. This system has transformed
how nurses care for patients and can also help nurses to facilitate and coordinate patient care
with other members of multidisciplinary healthcare (Makeham, and Ryan, 2019).
The advantages of my health record to patient care delivery are as highlighted below. The
first advantage is that it improves medication safety. By this system, the medication errors,
which always leads to harmful medication safety incidences along with adverse drug events,
can be avoided. This is achievable when the patient information is accessible. This so because
evidence shows that there are always two out of three patients’ medication errors.
Accordingly, it is reported that there are always 1 error out of 10 medications. This system also
helps to reduce paperwork and improved safety (Makeham, and Ryan, 2019).