NEHTA Gets Carried Away With Spin And Looses It Utterly It Seems. They Are In Fantasy Mode On What They Have Achieved.

A day or so ago NEHTA published a February 10 dated submission on the Australian Safety and Quality Goals For Healthcare. The consultation period is now closed. Here is the request for submissions. Apparently a report went to Health Ministers in late March, 2012 Australian Safety and Quality Goals for Health Care Consultation period has commenced The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has prepared a draft set of Australian...

Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 16th April, 2012.

Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment. General Comment A really big week with lots of debate on e-Health regulations and mechanisms for payment of those who will be doing the work. Secondly we also see some...

AusHealthIT Poll Number 117 – Results – 16th April, 2012.

The question was:What Proportion Of The Population Do You Think Will Have An Active NEHRS (PCEHR) Record Two Years After System Start Up?10% or less- 33 (78%)11-20%- 5 (11%)21-30%- 1 (2%)31-50%- 2 (4%)51-75%- 1 (2%)76-100%-  0 (0%)Votes: 42 A pretty clear outcome - The vast majority see a  less than 10 % adoption of the NEHRS in the next two years.Enough said.Again, many thanks to those that voted! Dav...

NEHTA Is Really Being Called On Its Efforts In Patient Safety. Even From Their Clinical Lead!

The following appeared this morning.Concern for patient safety with e-records Mark Metherell April 16, 2012 - 12:07AM PATIENT safety under the proposed electronic health records system cannot be guaranteed less than three months before it is scheduled to start.Safeguards to prevent and correct snafus with doctors' software, such as medication mistakes, have yet to be provided for in the national e-health scheme beginning on July 1.The warning has...

An Alert On Potential Emerging Problems With Mobile Devices and E-Health.

The following appeared very recently.Clinical software on personal mobile devices needs regulationJuanita I E FernandoJuanita Fernando says clinicians need some legal certainty around phone and tablet useThe regulation of clinical software for personal mobile devices (PMDs) has increased in relevance for physician practice.1 The plausible benefits of using software such as iStethoscope, Flipboard, Skype or MedCalc on smart phones and tablets...

The Australasian College Of Health Informatics (ACHI) and Others Weigh In On NEHRS Regulations. This Area Is Becoming Quite Controversial and Messy.

Last  week submissions on the Rules and Regulations covering the NEHRS (PCEHR) were due.Here is the background.PCEHR System Regulations and RulesThe PCEHR System: Proposals for Regulations and Rules describes the proposed regulations and rules which will be put in place to support the national personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system and the legislation which is currently before Parliament. The Personally Controlled Electronic...