It Looks Like The RACGP and The AMA Are Becoming Impatient For A Much More Useful myHR – Or Something Totally Different And Better Maybe?

This appeared in the Daily Telegraph a day or so ago.https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/health/taxpayers-spent-17-billion-on-a-health-record-doctors-dont-use/news-story/d66506e321302d144d206dc1eb779170Taxpayers spent $1.7 billion on a health record doctors don ’t useSue Dunlevy, National Health Reporter, News Corp Australia NetworkJanuary 18, 2018 10:44pmTaxpayers have spent nearly $1.7 billion on an internet based My Health Record that doctors are refusing to use and which can’t be emailed or shared with digital health apps.Every Australian will get a My Health Record in 2018 unless they opt out of the system but doctors are warning of major issues with its ease of use and fear patients don’t understand the privacy implications.Five years after it was launched five million Australians have opted to set up a My Health Record.However, fewer tha n one in twelve of Australia’s 31,000 medical specialists are registered to use the My Health Record and they still rely on GPs faxing... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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