The NEHRS Seems To Have Made It To The Sunday Press. Not A Good Sign For The Future.

The following appeared earlier today. Indeed on Page 3 to maximise exposure. Patients reject eHealth Date August 12, 2012 Tim Barlass Only 5029 people have joined the federal government's controversial $466 million eHealth system since it was launched on July 1. Figures obtained from the Department of Health and Ageing show that each individual to take up the personally controlled electronic health record system has so far cost the government $92,662. Patients can volunteer to join the system, which stores all their health information, including test results and prescriptions, in a national database. It is the first time patients will be able to access their medical details. The Coalition's eHealth spokesman, Andrew Southcott, compared the slow adoption to the government's problems with the Building the Education Revolution program and pink batts installation. ''The government's own target and benchmark was 500,000 sign-ups in the first year,'' he said. ''At the current...

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