In his current article "Three Years Too Late – NEHTA Asks What’s Next?"
http://aushealthit.blogspot.com/2007/03/three-years-too-late-nehta-asks-whats.html
David More mentions the Federal-State divide in funding and control of
different parts of the health system as one of the issues that needs to
be addressed in order for useful progress to be made in creating a
coherent information system in Australia.
I note that John Menadue, in his current article in New Matilda
http://www.newmatilda.com/policytoolkit/policydetail.asp?PolicyID=597
Breaking the Commonwealth/State impasse in health: a coalition of the
willing
By: John Menadue
5 March 2007
A Joint Commonwealth/State Health Commission
(Joint Health Commission)
proposes some ways in which this might be achieved.
--
Oliver Frank, general practitioner
255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens, South Australia 5086
Phone 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 Mobile 0407 181 683
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