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 →

Updated list of hospitals connected to the PCEHR

Please click the link below to take you to NeHTA’s updated list of hospitals across Australia that are connected to the PCEHR. List of PCEHR connected hospitals Continue reading →

NEHTA continues PCEHR development despite cloud over future

Written by Kate McDonald on 02 June 2014. The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) is continuing with plans to improve and add functionality to the PCEHR, despite a recommendation in the Royle review that the agency be dissolved and its role transferred to a new statutory authority. Read more at Pulse IT Continue reading →

Final Review of PCEHR

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/35C1FC4407C2FAC4CA257BF0001F9EC5/$File/FINAL-Review-of-PCEHR-December-2013.pdf 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 →

PCEHR registrations hit 1.5 million mark

Written by Kate McDonald on 31 March 2014. The latest figures from the Department of Health show that consumer registrations for the PCEHR have reached 1,514,805, exceeding the department’s target for the system by a number of months. Read on at Pulse IT 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 →