$130m buys NeHTA solution
Karen Dearne
FEBRUARY 10, 2006
THE National E-Health Transition Authority is likely to come out a $130 million winner from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting today - a huge funding boost that will allow the standards body to greatly expand its work program.
It's understood the federal and combined state governments have each pledged $65 million to progressing the electronic health agenda through NeHTA.
The COAG funding represents a major commitment by all parties to the collaborative venture, as NeHTA is a joint federal-state, not for profit company. Set up over a year ago with base funding of around $18 million for three years, each jurisdiction has one seat on the board.
Late last year, NeHTA chief executive Ian Reinecke was reportedly seeking $6 million in order to start three major projects in 2006. It's understood the board referred the request to COAG.
The expansion in NeHTA's arena comes as the federal Health Department is winding back plans for its HealthConnect nationwide electronic health record network. Industry observers have recently pronounced HealthConnect "effectively dead".
Meanwhile, NeHTA has announced a raft of "building block" projects intended to support a national interoperability framework that will enable the exchange of patient information across state borders.
This week, the authority announced its intention to pursue a web services approach in secure messaging, based on new service-oriented architectures.
---- Dr David G More MB, PhD, FACHI Phone +61-2-9438-2851 Fax +61-2-9906-7038 Skype Username : davidgmore E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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