Australian Health Information Technology

This blog is totally independent, unpaid and has only three major objectives.
The first is to inform readers of news and happenings in the e-Health domain, both here in Australia and world-wide.
The second is to provide commentary on e-Health in Australia and to foster improvement where I can.
The third is to encourage discussion of the matters raised in the blog so hopefully readers can get a balanced view of what is really happening and what successes are being achieved.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Senate Estimates Hearing On E-Health Will Be Very Interesting Tomorrow.

I alerted readers here to the hearing.

http://aushealthit.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/senate-estimates-hearings-on-e-health.html

Late breaking news is that the questions for the Liberals will be put by experts including Senator Arthur Sinodinos.

Here is a link to his mini-site.

http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=bv7

He was John Howard's Chief of Staff for many years in the last few Howard Governments. He did the job for a decade (1996-2006) so he know where bodies are buried!

If any one knows how to actually get answers from the bureaucracy this is your man.

This might be a really fun watch - starting at 7:30pm 30/05/2012.

If I were Ms Jane Halton PSM (Sec DoHA) or Mr Fleming (CEO NEHTA) I would be doing some very careful preparation. I know, for sure, that the Opposition and the Greens are keen for some answers on a range of topics!

Use the link above to find out how to see the session - it is planned to last for 1 hour.

David.