The federal government needs to do some big-picture thinking about how the rebadged PCEHR will work with the rest of the health system and to ensure previous mistakes are not repeated if it is to make a success of the national infrastructure, the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) says.
The AHHA and the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research have released a briefing paper on the PCEHR, soon to be renamed the My Health Record, outlining three key implementation concerns that need to be tackled if the system is to gain the confidence of users, particularly in light of moves to an opt-out model.
