Has The NEHRS / PCEHR Initiative Reached A Tipping Point And Is It Now Heading Towards Oblivion? I Wonder.

I have been wondering just what is happening to the NEHRS / PCEHR Initiative as time from launch reaches well over 4 months and still use and adoption is seemingly rather stuck at very low levels. A few things that have caught my eye: 1. A Google News Search for PCEHR finds a lot of coverage from Pulse + IT magazine, a few tech magazine mentions, and just one article in the mainstream media in the last month or so. 2. No press releases from DoHA on the e-Health project for a good while (months) other than peripheral initiatives. 3. NEHTA having not really updated their sectoral implementation plans for as long as anyone can remember. See here: http://www.nehta.gov.au/ehealth-implementation The IHI Service plans have not been update in years and the last Vendor Webinar seems to have been at the end of July. 4. As of my check today there is not a single provider that is compliant with all the new ePIP requirements. (MD and ZedMed are going well however). Interestingly there...

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