Announced last night, the funding will be delivered over two years to establish an opt-in, nationally consistent patient health record system by 2012-2013.
But according to IT consultancy Ovum, $466.7m is either too little or too much to be effective, and the industry is "confused" about what the system will achieve.
Weiterlesen: Australia: Two-year plan to build traction for e-Health
The ICT sector may have missed out on a share of a new $200 million Critical Skills Investment Fund announced as part of the Budget.
In addition to the fund, the Federal Government last night announced it would create 39,000 new training places in sectors facing high skills demand.
Weiterlesen: Australia: Budget 2010: ICT gets cold shoulder on skills
A new national health network, dubbed Medicare Locals, will provide over-the-phone diagnoses and make appointments with local after-hours GPs.
The Government also will build an extra 23 GP Super clinics, on top of 36 already promised, and extend services at a further 425 GP clinics.
Weiterlesen: Australia: Dial-a-doctor and e-records to speed medical services in Federal Budget 2010
The Federal Government has announced it will spend $466.7 million over two years to create a secure e-health record for every Australian that wants one.
People will be able to register for a "personally controlled e-health record from 2012-13", according to the Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon.
Weiterlesen: Australia: Budget 2010: Feds move on e-health records
The federal government is trying to hose down alarm over privacy by rebranding its planned e-Health scheme the "personally controlled electronic health record system", and insisting that patients will be able to control what information is fed into the database, and who can access it.
Weiterlesen: Australia: Sensitive health records to be stored on national database