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Med J Aust 2025; 223 (11): 556-559. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.70097 Published online: 8 December 2025 Australia’s Ninth National HIV Strategy 2024–2030 calls for the virtual elimination of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission by 2030.1 This is defined as a 90% reduction from 2010 levels, or no more than 91 notifications per year.
An Unmet Promise: the Potential Benefits of Electronic Health Records Participants cited numerous potential benefits of electronic health records but these were typically seen as speculative and anticipatory, hinging on the promise of digital health innovations (Lupton, 2018). P12 explained: ‘So there are lots of promises [of digital health], but the promises come with all sorts of caveats and […] the reality hasn’t matched the promise’.
Abstract In 2018, the Australian Government adopted an ‘opt-out’ strategy to increase participation in My Health Record (MHR), the national digital patient record system. Opt out was rationalised through discourse on the universal right to health. Media controversy ensued due to privacy fears, security and commercial exploitation of patient information.
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