Australians will be able to check their medical history online through the introduction of personally controlled electronic health records, which will boost patient safety, improve health care delivery, and cut waste and duplication.
The national e-health records system will be a key building block of the National Health and Hospitals Network announced by the Federal Government. The new healthcare identifier service will underpin e-health records. Read the press release
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Personally controlled electronic health records
Benefits of e-health
The national e-health initiative is the first time that Australian governments have embraced end-to-end integrated e-health. Whilst this is complex, it offers long-term benefits:
- It will streamline the secure delivery of healthcare information
- Strip away repetitious and inefficient processes
- Improve patient healthcare outcomes
- More secure, convenient and co-ordinated interactions across the many different parts of the health system
