It really has come time an adult - preferably a serious Federal Auditor - had a really close look at all the Australian National E-Health Program.
What we are now seeing is Government panic precipitated by just how badly the whole NEHRS / PCEHR Program has been run, and the utter lack of delivery and results.
In the big picture take this announcement:
Tanya Plibersek announces $37m boost for Tasmania e-health record rollout
by: Karen Dearne and Sue Dunlevy
From: The Australian
June 15, 2012 3:59PM
TASMANIA's e-health records rollout has received a $37 million boost as part of a $325m "emergency rescue package" for the state's "ailing health system" announced by federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek today.
The e-health allocation will fund the state's rollout of the personally controlled e-health record to state hospitals, and "enable allied health, pathology and diagnostic imaging services to connect" to e-health services.
With the $37m investment for the Tasmanian...
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.