The Doctors Are Noticing That The #myHealthRecord Is Infested With Untrue Spin And Continues To Be Pretty Useless!

This appeared last week:The 2.9 million reasons why My Health Record is still wasting GP time With doctors still deeply skeptical about its clinical value, the spin needs to end12th February 2020By Paul SmithThere are still serious issues over the My Health Record and whether the billion-dollar system has a future. Australian Doctor editor Paul Smith warns nothing is being done to address the crisis of faith among the medical profession.
The number is basic, but it helps tell an unwanted story. In December last year, GPs collectively uploaded 2,996,570 documents to the My Health Record.Over the same period, the number of documents uploaded by GPs that were actually read by another health organisation was just 16,944.The statistical disparity is a measure of the shallow depths the system has reached in terms of its relevance to day-to-day clinical practice.Last month, the CEO of the Australian Digital Health Agency, Tim Kelsey, left for a new job in the US. He had...
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Source: Australian Health Information Technology - February 18, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs