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The Government Terror On The Disaster That Is the NEHRS is Becoming Palpable. This Is Soon Going To Make The ‘Pink Bats’ Look Good.

June 17th, 2012 by davidmore
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.
 
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