e-Health summit
October 28, 2010
FEDERAL Health Minister Nicola
Roxon this morning announced a
national E-Health Conference to
take place in Melbourne at the end
of next month.
Key speakers at the event will
include Roxon and Commmications
minister Stephen Conroy.
The summit will bring together
health experts, consumer groups
and IT specialists to “discuss the
technological revolution in the
delivery of health care” in Australia.
Roxon said the summit was an
important opportunity for
stakeholders to discuss how IT will
drive the delivery of health care into
the future, including the rollout
from 2012 of electronic health
records across thecountry.
The $470m project will build on
the government’s $392
commitment to provide Medicare
rebates for online consultations
across a range of specialties.
“These reforms will derive clear
benefits from the rollout of the
National Broadband Network and
will enable better and safer care for
patients that is more responsive to
their needs,” Roxon said.
“That’s why I want to get the
stakeholders together so that we
can get maximum value out of the
Government’s investment.
“E-health will help prevent
medication errors that cause an
estimated 190,000 hospital
admissions each year, costing $660
million, and the 8% of medical
errors caused by inadequate patient
information,” Roxon said.
She confirmed that the health
department had already selected
three “lead implementation sites”
for the rollout of electronic health
iniatives, in Brisbane, East
Melbourne and the Hunter Valley.
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