If You Wanted Some Evidence Regarding How Likely The PCEHR is To Fail Here It Is!

The following appeared a day or so ago.Faith lost over e-health record, few GPs see value21st Feb 2012Mark O’Brien JUST 5% of GPs understand how the government’s personally controlled e-health record system (PCEHR) will work and what will be expected of them when it is rolled out on 1 July, while only a quarter think the system will help with consultations. The apparent lack of faith in the government’s e-health records system was revealed in a survey...

Just So Expectations Are Correct - A Small Delay In PCEHR Enquiry Until March 13, 2012.

The following was posted yesterday here:http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/pers_cont_elect_health_rec_11/info.htmPersonally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011 and one related billInformation about the InquiryOn 25 November 2011 the Senate jointly referred the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 and the Personally Controlled Electronic...

NEHTA Is Now Failing In Its Core Task. They Are Withdrawing Issue Ridden Specifications After Announcing Them As Final Ages Ago!

In December 2010 NEHTA released its final specification for Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions Version 1.1This specification was to be run through the Standards Australia IT-14 Committee to be endorsed as an Australian Standard.Essentially this has failed to happen and NEHTA has now (14 months later)  produced a short 5 page update: Here is the key part of the first page:Release NotificationStatus UpdateElectronic Transfer of Prescription...

The Pot Seems To Have Been Bigger Than We Have Ever Imagined. It Has Mostly Been Spent Apparently With More Needed!

The following appeared today:Labor's Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record system blows out to $760m by: Karen Dearne From: The Australian February 28, 2012 12:00AM SPENDING on Labor's Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record system has blown out to $760 million, almost $300m more than the $466.7m budget. The National E-Health Transition Authority has swallowed the original allocation almost whole -- it has received $466m...

Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 27th February, 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 CommentBy the time this appears we will have the political situation sorted out - for the time being - and we will all still be wondering just why you would take any...

AusHealthIT Poll Number 110 – Results – 27th February, 2012.

The question was:Do You Believe NEHTA and DoHA Are Properly Addressing Patient Safety In The PCEHR Program?They Are Fully Across All Safety Issues- 1 (2%)They Are Trying Hard-  11 (26%)They Are Just Paying Lip Service To The Issue-  9 (21%)They Don't Really Understand The Issue-  21 (50%)Votes: 42Very interesting result - most seem to think patient safety is being treated with less care and seriousness that it deserves.Again, many...

Very Interesting Material Has Been Revealed About Consumer Registration for a PCEHR. This Dog Will Not Hunt and It Is Delayed Already!

A few days ago there was a presentation from NEHTA on the Consumer Registration Process for a PCEHR.You can download the presentation here:22 February 2012 - PCEHR registration process and demonstration of Source ForgeClick here to access the recording (22MB)Click here to download the presentation (1.13MB)The talk covered the so-called Assisted Registration Process. The talk was by Les Schumer - Design Authority Manager at NEHTA.There...

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links - 25th February, 2012.

Here are a few I have come across last week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and 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.-----http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/ehr-electronic-health-records-physician-hospital-44003-1.htmlStudy: Docs Have EHR Rights,...