Opt-out PCEHR by 2017
October 21, 2015
With the passing of the optout
PCEHR bill through the lower
house, Australians may find
themselves needing to opt-out of
the Personally Controlled Electronic
Health Record (PCEHR) rather than
opting in by 2017.
Apart from checking on privacy
elements of the legislation, the
Labor opposition has indicated it
will not block the passage of the bill
in the upper house.
Uptake of the system currently
based on an opt-in system has
been slow, with only around 10%
of Australians, or 2.4m, registered
for a PCEHR as of 28 Aug, and only
55,000 shared health summaries in
the system (PD 17 Sep 15).
MEANWHILE the New Zealand
government has announced plans
to build a single, national electronic
health record (EHR) for all of its
citizens, with a base platform to be
up and running within three years,
according to a PULSE+IT report.
All hospital and specialist services
will also be measured against the
HIMSS electronic medical record
adoption model (EMRAM), and the
system will include immunisations
and health screening programs, the
report said.
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