The Australian Medical Association Wants Nothing to Do With the PCEHR as Presently Proposed By NEHTA. Time For Plan B!

The following appeared today. PCEHR an expensive legal trap: AMA By Gemma Collins on 1 June 2011 The AMA has spoken out against proposals for the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record System saying it will create “medicolegal risks” and a financial burden for doctors. In its submission to the Department of Health on the draft concepts of the introduction of the PCEHR, (see link) the AMA says the proposals have “fundamental flaws”...

Extension of Deadline for Submissions On Draft PCEHR Concept of Operations. You Have A Week!

The following e-mail just arrived from ehealthsystems@health.gov.au. “With over 4,000 downloads to date, a wide range of stakeholders have been providing feedback on the Draft Concept of Operations - Relating to the introduction of a PCEHR system. Due to the high level of interest in this document—a key building block in creating an e-health system for Australia’s future—the consultation period has been extended for another week. Submissions...

NEHTA Turns Up at the Senate Estimates and Claims That All Their Projects are On Track!

The e-Health Component of the Senate Estimates happened late in the afternoon yesterday - from about 4:30 till about 5:45pm. The obfuscation was just fabulous. Peter Fleming was asked about the 2009 year of delivery and could not say what had happened then and so just chatted about where things have got to some 1.5 years later. He seemed happy - indeed claimed all the NEHTA projects were tracking to their ‘critical paths’ and that all was totally...

Consultation NEHTA Style - Long Lists of Participants But Not Many Answers!

Last week, just a day or so before submissions on the PCEHR were due, we had two consultation reports released. These were sent to stakeholders and today CHIK has received permission to make them available. Two documents were made available to those groups consulted last week - but were not made available publicly. As mentioned they are now accessible and have been made available from CHIK servers. 1. The PCEHR Consultation Report January 2011...

AusHealthIT Poll Number 72 – Results – 30 May, 2011.

The question was: Should There Be A Fundamental Review of The PCEHR Proposal Before It Goes Any Further? The answers were as follows: For Sure - 48 (81%) Probably - 4 (6%) Probably Not - 2 (3%) Not A Chance - 5 (8%) The clearest poll yet. There really has to be a review of this monster before it gets out of hand! Votes : 59 Again, many thanks to those that voted! Dav...

Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 29 May, 2011.

Here are a few I have come across this week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a paragraph or two. 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 As far as I am concerned the main news this week is that Paul Madden, CIO of the Commonwealth Department of Health has recognised that e-Health (forget the nonsense...

NEHTA To Be Discussed At Senate Estimates on Monday Afternoon. First Time Ever and About Time!

Here is the relevant part program for Monday May 30, 2011. http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/estimates/budget1112/ca_ctte.pdf 3:45pm Outcome 4 Aged Care and Population Ageing Output 4.1 Aged care assessment Output 4.2 Aged care workforce Output 4.3 Ageing information and support Output 4.4 Community care Output 4.5 Culturally appropriate aged care Output 4.6 Dementia Output 4.7 Flexible aged care Output 4.8 Residential care Outcome 10 Health...

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links - 28 May, 2011.

Here are a few I have come across this week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a paragraph or two. 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. ----- Healthcare IT Spending To Reach $40 Billion The U.S market for healthcare IT hardware, software, and services is expected...