I checked to
see if the new release of the PCEHR ConOps was available today.
The website
has been updated.
Personally controlled electronic health records
Like
many other countries, Australia’s health care system is facing increasing
challenges to the sustainability of current health care practices.
The
personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system is being
developed as part of the national e-health
program to help meet these challenges and bring consumer-focussed
electronic health capabilities to the Australian health system to drive
improvements in quality, safety and access to health and medical care.
What is a PCEHR?
A
personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) will be a secure,
electronic record of your important health information.
The
PCEHR will bring key elements of your health information together in a unified
record. Your information in the PCEHR system will be accessible only by you and
your authorised healthcare providers. This information will allow healthcare
providers to make better, more efficient decisions about your health and
treatment.
The
PCEHR will not hold all the information in your healthcare providers’ records,
but will detail key and frequently used health care information. As PCEHRs
become more widely used and the PCEHR system matures, you will be able to
access your own health information online — anytime, anywhere—and so will your
authorised healthcare providers. Your health care information will be protected
and secure through a combination of governance arrangements, supported by
information privacy and system security measures.
You
will also be able to nominate which members of your family (or carers) have
access to your information. For example, if you are mature-aged or chronically
ill, you can nominate your partner (or a trusted person), to have access to
your PCEHR.
Update is
dated 5 Sept, 2011
The earlier
version mentioning an August, 2011 release is here:
I have
checked the downloadable document and it is dated April, 2011.
I note NEHTA’s
front page still has the August delivery date. I wonder when that will change?
Looks like we
all have to wait some more!
David.
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