Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 25th June, 2012.

Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment. General Comment There was really only one bit of news this week - and that was the passage through both houses of the PCEHR legislation. Now all we have to just wait and see what is delivered in about a week or so and to see, after a year or so if there is any measurable impact on the health of the Australian populace. I would be interested to hear from readers any suggestions for metrics we could use to assess the success or not of the overall program. ----- https://www.mja.com.au/careers/196/11/plotting-path-pcehr Plotting a path to the PCEHR Electronic health records go live on 1 July. Will everything change? The much trumpeted personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) officially...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.