I Hope This Is The Last Appalling Act Of An ADHA Which Is About To Dramatically Reform And Improve!

This appeared a few days ago:Where's the evidence My Health Record improves outcomes? The Australian Digital Health Agency, and its departing CEO, Tim Kelsey, refused Australian Doctor's access to their studies10th December 2019By Antony ScholefieldThe government agency running My Health Record is refusing to release five reports on whether the system is improving clinical care, saying interested parties will have to submit a Freedom of Information request to read them.Questions about the future benefit of the multibillion-dollar system were addressed by the Australian National Audit Office, which last month said the system's implementation was on track to reduce duplication of tests and adverse drug events as well as saving doctors time on chasing up patient information.However the difficulties in accessing robust evidence that it is making a significant difference to clinical care has fueled clinical disillusionment with a system that has... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - Category: Information Technology Authors: Source Type: blogs