bling ▁the ▁level ▁of ▁fin es ▁to ▁$ 3 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁increasing ▁the ▁maximum ▁j ail ▁sentence ▁to ▁five ▁years . ▁ ▁People ▁could ▁opt ▁out ▁via ▁tele phone , ▁the ▁My ▁Health ▁Record ▁website ▁or ▁via ▁various ▁face - to - face ▁options . ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁John ▁Hal am ka , ▁International ▁Health care ▁In nov ation ▁Professor ▁at ▁Harvard ▁Medical ▁School ▁said ▁that ▁My ▁Health ▁Record ▁was ▁nothing ▁more ▁than ▁“ digit ised ▁paper " ▁because ▁it ▁uses ▁such ▁out - of - date ▁technology ▁- ▁PDF s , ▁- ▁that ▁information ▁on ▁test ▁results ▁and ▁diagn oses ▁cannot ▁to ▁be ▁read ▁electron ically . ▁ ▁The ▁Agency ▁ref uted ▁this , ▁saying ▁that ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁clin ical ▁information ▁systems ▁were ▁acc red ited ▁to ▁connect ▁to ▁it ▁using ▁struct ured ▁data ▁such ▁as ▁S NO ME D ▁and ▁Australian ▁Medic ines ▁Term in ology ▁codes ▁for ▁medic ines . ▁Hal am ka ▁advoc ates ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁Fast ▁Health care ▁Inter oper ability ▁Resources ▁application ▁programming ▁interface , ▁which ▁he ▁says ▁should ▁be ▁made ▁a ▁legal ▁requirement . ▁It ▁was ▁developed ▁by ▁Gra h ame ▁Gr ieve , ▁who ▁is ▁the ▁national ▁Sub ject ▁M atter ▁Ex pert ▁for ▁clin ical ▁data ▁exchange ▁for ▁the ▁Australian ▁National ▁Health ▁Record ▁Program . ▁ ▁Gr ieve ▁says ▁that ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁data ▁is ▁actually ▁in ▁C lin ical ▁Document ▁Architecture ▁documents , ▁with ▁c oded ▁data