The call follows an international report which found while the United States government was spending billions of dollars in incentive payments to encourage doctors to adopt electronic health records, those records could in some instances threaten patient safety.
The Institute of Medicine in the US is now recommending an independent agency be set up to monitor health information technology.
The Australian Medical Association's David Mountain would like to see similar scrutiny of the e-Health system, which is expected to be in place by the middle of next year.
"Having the government in control of this, they've always got their own agendas and issues," he said.
The government says the system will boost patient safety and cut waste and duplication.
The system will allow Australians to check their medical history online, including medications, test results.
But Dr Mountain says problems are likely to arise because patients can veto the information included on their e-Health record.
He believes this could lead to various problems including the prescription of conflicting medications.
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Quelle/Source: ABC News, 12.11.2011
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