This Article investigates the evolution of the Chinese legal mechanism for medical malpractice dispute resolution (MMDR) from the establishment of the first rules for MMDR in 1955 to the promulgation of the Regulation on Preventing and Dealing with Medical Malpractice Disputes in 2018. Using...

This article outlines the need for, and possible solutions to, the problem of third parties' legally untrammelled ability to collect and use identified or identifiable personal, sometimes very sensitive, health data. The “datafication” of health information about individuals collected,...

We examine the operation of Australia's national electronic health records system, known as the “My Health Record system”. Pursuant to the My Health Records Act 2012 (Cth), every 38 seconds new information about Australians is uploaded onto the My Health Record system servers. This...

The notion that a patient has the right to maintain the confidentiality of information disclosed in the course of a therapeutic relationship with a health practitioner has been entrenched in Western civilisation for thousands of years. For the first time, however, we have begun to witness an...

Australia's national electronic health records system – known as the ‘My Health Record (‘MHR') system' – may threaten to undermine the traditional paradigm of patient confidentiality within the therapeutic relationship. Historically, patients have felt comfortable imparting sensitive...

An analysis of 32 cases reported between July 2010 and September 2014 by professional disciplinary tribunals in New South Wales and Victoria against medical practitioners found guilty of inappropriately prescribing Sch 8 medications (mainly opioids) and Sch 4 drugs (mainly benzodiazepines)...