Due to be introduced on 1 July 2012, the planned e-health system will allow patients to manage their own healthcare better and Ms Roxon said the blueprint was a step towards the development of Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (PCEHR).
“E-health records will drive safer, more efficient and better quality healthcare for Australians,” Ms Roxon said.
“Patients will no longer have to remember every immunisation, every medical test, every prescription as they move from doctor to doctor.”
She said the e-health system was a critical element in plans to modernise the Australian health system.
“This national blueprint, and the consultation and development that will follow, will help to develop e-health records for all Australians who want one from 1 July 2012.”
Ms Roxon said the draft Concept of Operations document described how the PCEHR system would work and what its benefits and privacy principles would be.
“The release is intended to prompt further discussion on its design and input into areas that require further discussion and development,” she said.
Ms Roxon said developing a nationally consistent e-health record system was ‘ambitious’ but she was confident it could be delivered.
“In the 21st century, patients should be able to visit their local GP, their specialist or emergency department and know their health records are available at a click of a button, if they want them to be,” Ms Roxon said.
She said the Concept of Operations would be a ‘living document’, continuing to be shaped by informed and practical views on the complex challenges of design, governance, policy and adoption issues it faced.
Information about the draft Concept of Operations could be obtained from this PS News link and submissions would be received until 31 May 2011.
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Quelle/Source: PS News, 14.04.2011
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