Data retention
Clinical records must be kept — and eventually disposed of — according to legal and professional requirements. Miraa supports retention, but the obligations belong to your clinic.
This page is operational guidance, not legal advice. Record-retention requirements in Australia depend on the type of record, the patient (for example, children), and your state or territory. Your clinic is responsible for meeting them.
The clinic owns its obligations
- Your clinic decides and is accountable for how long records are kept, in line with the law and professional standards.
- Miraa is a tool that holds and helps manage those records — it does not relieve the clinic of its retention duties.
Retention settings
Where available, retention-related settings let clinics manage how long certain data is kept. Needs confirmation — confirm which retention controls exist in your version and how they’re applied, before relying on them.
Don’t assume data is automatically deleted or automatically kept forever. Confirm the actual behaviour with your Miraa contact and align it with your clinic’s policy.
Exports leave Miraa’s controls
When you export a note or document, that copy is outside the app’s protections. Your clinic is responsible for storing, retaining, and disposing of exported files securely. See Documents & history.
Leaving Miraa
If your clinic ever stops using Miraa, plan ahead for record retention: you’ll need a way to retain records for the required period. Handle this as part of any plan change. See Billing.
Common mistakes
- Assuming Miraa’s defaults match your legal retention requirements.
- Forgetting that exported files need their own retention handling.
- Not planning retention before a plan change or offboarding.