Consultation on legislative changes for the PCEHR

The Australian Government is proposing changes to the personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system, including renaming it the My Health Record system, and the Healthcare Identifiers Service, in response to reviews of each system undertaken in 2013. Read about the proposed legislative changes here: https://consultations.health.gov.au/ehealth/ehr-and-hi-legislation-discussion-paper-1/supporting_documents/PCEHR%20and%20HI%20Legislation%20Discussion%20Paper%202015%20D15537948.DOCX Have your say here: https://consultations.health.gov.au/ehealth/ehr-and-hi-legislation-discussion-paper-1 And read about the … Continue reading →

eHealth media release

THE HON SUSSAN LEY MP Minister for Health Minister for Sport MEDIA RELEASE May 10 2015 Patients to get new myHealth Record: The Abbott Government will deliver a rebooted personalised myHealth Record system for patients and doctors that will trial an opt-out, rather than opt-in, option as part of a $485 million budget rescue package … Continue reading →

Update on States eHealth progress

PulseIT report on an update on each state’s progress with eHealth and telehealth. Click here to access their article. Continue reading →

eHealth Usability Feedback / Improvements – NEHTA

When Clinicians commenced using the eHealth record system (PCEHR), some issues were identified that were impacting workflow, and some of the eHealth features of their software were not as intuitive as originally hoped.  NEHTA has worked with clinical peak bodies to produce guidance material for software vendors in response to the usability feedback received to … Continue reading →

Newsflash Synapse Portal disconnection Wednesday 26th February 2014

Click Here – Newsflash Synapse portal disconnection The MeHR (My eHealth Record will experience an outage on Wednesday 26th February  1700 to 1800hrs due to essential maintenance and the temporary removal of the SYN portal because of continual technical issues (see attached Newsflash). You will not be able to access the MEHR website during the … Continue reading →

Submissions to the PCEHR review panel

Written by Simon James on 27 November 2013. As several submissions to the panel charged with reviewing the PCEHR have now become public, Pulse+IT has compiled a table of documents from expert groups and industry organisations who have answered the call for comment. Read full article at Pulse IT Continue reading →

Gulf between PCEHR rhetoric and reality – CeHA

Written by Kate McDonald on 27 November 2013. There is a “dramatic gulf” between what the builders of the national eHealth system are saying about the current state of play and the reality of the situation, according to the Consumers’ eHealth Alliance (CeHA). Read full article at Pulse IT Continue reading →

CHF rejects doctor control of PCEHR, urges opt-out

Written by Kate McDonald on 27 November 2013. The Consumers Health Forum (CHF) has rejected the Australian Medical Association’s call to restrict the ability of consumers to control their individual records, but has agreed with its call to change the system to an opt-out model. Read full article at Pulse IT Continue reading →

Adding new services to the NHSD: where is the Add Service button?

If, like us, you had a problem adding a service when using the NHSD’s management interface, please note that the problem is the word wrap of the field above. This is not working so the information is stretching a long way across the screen. This affects the placement of the Add Service button. If you … Continue reading →

NEHTA takes over consumer PCEHR registration contract

Written by Kate McDonald on 26 November 2013. The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) has taken over responsibility for a contract with McKinsey to boost consumer registrations for the PCEHR from the Department of Health (DoH), according to statements at last week’s Senate Estimates hearing. read more at Pulse IT Continue reading →