David More wrote:
The role came from the top..Bush says he want every person to have an EHR by 2014.. and there is a US effort to have GPs better automated for that reason - they realise GP computing is part of the whole picture!. The US Federal Government funded the startup in about 2004/5 - with the outcome of having GP, Specialist, Hospital and Comms in the sector being sorted out over 4-5 years
Tim Churches is gloomy about our federal government doing the same for us. However, what are the chances of some action if all of the medical organisations got together on this and put a united front to the Minister, making it clear that referring it to NEHTA will not do, unless he specifically directs NEHTA to devote $Xmillion (or manages to persuade Cabinet to agree to give NEHTA $Xmillion) to make it happen.
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