The Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA) has detailed an
alternative rollout schedule for the Federal Government’s Personally
Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) project, following claims
the system will be not even be close to completion by 1 July.
MSIA president, Jon Hughes, told a Senate committee examining the PCEHR Bill 2011 a reduction in the complexity and scope of the e-health program was required for the program to go live on 1 July.
Hughes outlined a plan for simplified records by 1 July in the form of
PDFs or letters, with the more complex data filled records to come by 1
July 2013.
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