The Australian government has appointed the commercial company HealthEngine to establish a national booking system for COVID-19 vaccinations. Selected through a Department of Health limited select tender process, the platform is being used by vaccine providers who don’t have their own booking system. However, HealthEngine has a track record of mishandling confidential patient information. Previous problems In 2019 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission took HealthEngine to court for allegedly skewing reviews and ratings of medical practices on its platform and selling more than 135,000 patients’ details to private health insurance brokers. The Federal Court fined HealthEngine A$2.9 million in August 2020, just eight months ago.