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read moreBudget 2010: E-Health gets $466.7 million
Renai LeMay
Tuesday, 11 May 2010 20:30
IT Policy - Government Tech Policy
The Federal Government has allocated a huge chunk of change in this year's Budget towards the creation of long-awaited electronic health records for Australians '” $466.7 million over two years to support the initiative.
The money will fund Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon's plan to introduce a national health identifier system to Australia's health system '” which was the focus of legislation brought into Federal Parliament in early February.
'The Government will provide $466.7 million over two years to establish the key components of the personally controlled electronic health record system for Australia,' the budget Health portfolio documents state. 'This secure online system will enable improved access to health care information, commencing in 2012'‘13.'
The documents said the project would deliver the capability to produce 'nationally consistent patient health summaries' from existing and compliant information sources. 'Patients who choose to participate will be able to securely access, and permit their healthcare providers to access, their health information,' the document stated.
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