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Privacy Impact Assessment Register

The Privacy Impact Assessment Register records details of Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) conducted by The Department of Health and Aged Care since 1 July 2018.

What is the Privacy Impact Assessment Register

The Privacy Impact Assessment Register records details of PIAs conducted by us since 1 July 2018.

Why we have the register

The Australian Government Agencies Privacy Code requires that all agencies, including the Department of Health and Aged Care, must conduct a PIA for all high privacy risk projects.

Table of PIAs

The table below has details of PIAs completed since the Code came into effect on 1 July 2018.

This table shows the Privacy Impact Assessments undertaken by Health since 1 July 2018

Date of completionTitle of Privacy Impact Assessment
Jun-24Aged Care Worker Screening Project
Jun-24Establishing the Health Business Services Portal
May-24Amendments to information sharing provisions of the Biosecurity Act 2015
May-24Expansion of Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Functions
Jan-24National Mental Health Platform Transformation Project (Beta)
Dec-23MyMedicare Program
Dec-2324/7 Registered Nurse Requirement and Care Minute Auditing
Dec-23Healthcare Identifiers Reform
Nov-23Hello for Business - Multifactor Biometric Login for Staff
Sep-23Provider Governance Amendments to the Aged Care Act
Sep-23Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill 2023 and the Inspector-General of Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023
Aug 23Urgent Care Clinics Initiative
Aug-23Project Olympic Torch – transfer of responsibility from Commonwealth to States and Territories
Jul-23Support at Home
Jul-23My Aged Care Specialisation Verification Project
Feb-23Public Interest Disclosure Revised Referral Process
Feb-23Medicare Benefits Schedule – Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule – National Health Reform Agreement: Data Matching Activities
Nov-22Mitochondrial Donation Donor Register – Health PIA (Stage 2)
Aug-22Conveyance Arrivals Modernisation Program
Aug-22Phase 2A of the COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy
Apr-22My Aged Care Hospital Portal
Jan-22Disclosure of Internet Browsing Data to Verizon for the Gateway Transition Project
Jan-22Assurance reviews of approved providers of Home Care Packages
Dec-21Data Matching Activities – Medicare Compliance
Dec-21Provider Benefits Data Analytics
Sep-21National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry
Sep-21Medical Costs Finder (MCF) Portal – Summary of Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment
Aug-21Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS)
Aug-21Serraview Live
Jul-21Department of Health and Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Risk Based Targeting and Information Sharing Project (RBTIS) – Phase 2 – Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment
Jun-21National Cancer Screening Register (NCSR) - Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment
Jun-21Online Portal project for BIDHD
Jun-21Australian COVID-19 Aged Care Incident Management System (AUS-CAIRS IMS)
Jun-21Mitochondrial Donation Implementation - Stage 1
Jun-21Voluntary Patient Enrolment Project - Stage 2 - Phase 3
May-21Customer Focused HR Reporting Project
May-21National Interoperable Notifiable Disease Surveillance System - Minimum Viable Product
Mar-21Phase 1B of the COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy
Mar-21COVIDSafe Application – Update 1
Mar-21Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) Assessment Tool
Feb-21Disability Support for Older Australians Portal - Privacy Impact Assessment
Feb-21Phase 1A of the COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy
Feb-21Australian Immunisation Register Amendment (Reporting) Act 2021
Jan-21Health Products Portal Program - Phase 2 - Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment
Dec-20National Data Exchange component of the National Real Time Prescription Monitoring System
Dec-20Electronic Prescribing Project
Dec-20GP-led Respiratory Clinics Initiative
Nov-20Voluntary Patient Enrolment Project - Stage 2 - Supplementary PIA
Nov-20Individual Fee Disclosure Website
Nov-20Medical Specialists Aggregated Costs Finder
Aug-20Voluntary Patient Enrolment Project - Stage 1
Jul-20Guaranteeing Medicare Compliance Project – Phase 2 – Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment
Jun-20Guaranteeing Medicare Compliance
May-20Pharmacy Approvals Portal - Changing Capability - Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment
May-20Telehealth Services
Apr-20COVIDSafe Application
Feb-20Department of Health and Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Risk Based Targeting and Information Sharing Project (RBTIS)
Jan-20My Aged Care Health Professionals e-Referral Project
Jan-20Self Service amendments - My Aged Care
Dec-19Supporting Living Organ Donors
Dec-19Pharmacy Approvals Portal Privacy Impact Assessment
Nov-19Health demand and Supply Utilisation Patterns Planning Project (HeaDS UPP) - Live Release - Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment
Sep-19Data matching for Medicare fraud and compliance activities
Aug-19Enhancements to Bonded Medical Programs Reform Project
Jul-19Primary Mental Health Care Minimum Data Set (PMHC MDS) - Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment
Jul-19Health Products Portal Programme - Phase 1
Jul-19National Health Funding Body (NHFB) Hospitals Data Matching
Jun-19Contact Centre CRM Solution
May-19National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) Enhancements Project
Apr-19Health Demand and Supply Utilisation Patterns Planning (HeaDS UPP) - 1B Beta - Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment
Feb-19Expansion of the ACIR and HPV Register - Supplementary Privacy Impact Assessment
Jan-19Community Pharmacy Programs System
Jan-19Health Demand and Supply Utilisation Patterns Planning Project (HeaDS UPP) - Beta 1A

Requesting a PIA

You can request a copy of a PIA by making a Freedom of Information request.

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