Progress Towards Electronic Health Records
To underpin the efforts in refocusing the health system to promote better health and community care for all Australians, COAG agreed to accelerate work on a national electronic health records system to build the capacity for health providers, with their patient's consent, to communicate quickly and securely with other health providers across the hospital, community and primary medical settings. The Commonwealth will contribute $65 million and the States and Territories $65 million in the period to 30 June 2009.
Comment - This is a funding of $43.3M p.a.
From February 2006, governments will accelerate work on a national electronic health records system to improve safety for patients and increase efficiency for health care providers by developing the capacity for health providers, with their patient's consent, to communicate safely and securely with each other electronically about patients and their health. This requires:
Comment The best estimate of the cost of Patient ID, Provider ID and Terminology Services Costs when operational is at least $100M p.a. to do it half way properly
Again I believe we are being dudded big time! This is again tinkering at the edges - and of course there is no public plan about what is intended other than these few lines. Anyone know any more detail?
Cheers
David
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