Ms Roxon said her visit showed how useful tools such as electronic health records, medications-management systems and electronic discharge, referrals and prescriptions would be. She said the new e-health system would improve patient care and efficiency. Thumbs up for new scheme
She said unique healthcare identifiers would be assigned to all health consumers and professionals by the middle of the year, following the passage of the Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010 and would be provided in addition to Medicare numbers to ensure security.
Ms Roxon said the Government was “committed to continuing implementation of eHealth to support a more effective health system.”
The Minister also held a roundtable with eHealth organisations and professionals last week to discuss the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s (NHHRC’s) eHealth recommendations.
“The views of these key eHealth stakeholders are important as we consider the NHHRC recommendations,” she said, “and in developing strong foundations for Australia’s eHealth - such as unique ‘healthcare identifiers’ and secure messaging standards.”
She encouraged all Australians to send their comments and contributions to the debate on the health system to www.yourHealth.gov.au.
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Quelle/Source: PS News, 25.01.2010
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