This Rather Sounds Like Money For Jam To Me. Is Accenture Milking A Dying System?

This appeared last week:ADHA extends Accenture ' s My Health Record support deal for $100mByJustin HendryonAug 9, 2022 11:42AMAs records move to Microsoft Azure.The federal government will pay Accenture $100 million to continue its support of My Health Record for another three years, as it looks to progressively decommission legacy infrastructure supporting the system.The Australian Digital Health Agency entered a contract with the consultancy on Friday, bringing the total cost of the national infrastructure operator (NIO) arrangement to $741.2 million over 13 years.The new deal replaces a decade-long contract for the design, build and integration of the system that expired at the end of June following two extensions: one for two years in October 2019 andanother for a year in July 2021.Accenture has held the lucrative NIO contract since 2011, when My Health Record was known as the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR). It works with a consortium of suppliers, including Oracle and Orion Health, to support the system.An ADHA spokesperson toldiTnewsthe contract with Accenture was extended to “ensure the continued secure and reliable operation of the My Health Record system” as the national infrastructure modernisation program continues.“NIO’s services are currently supporting over 60 technology infrastructure components that together make up the core of the My Health Record system,” the spokesperson said in a statement.“The ongoing support and enhanc...
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