Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) System in Australia –

- The journey from vision to reality

Rosemary HuxtableDeputy SecretaryDepartment of Health and Ageing

Strategic direction

Introducing a national electronic health records system is one of the most important opportunities to:

improve safety and quality reduce waste and inefficiency improve the continuity of care underpin an agile, patient-

centred, health system.

Early Progress • Pockets of health

sector eHealth maturity

• Strategy agreed nationally

• NEHTA work program funded

National foundations delivery

• Standards, clinical terminologies and secure messaging

• Authentication and security services

• Healthcare Identifiers rollout

Driving next steps

• Rising costs of healthcare • Increasing penetration of

internet• Growth of broadband

availability• Rising consumer expectations• Recognised reform agenda• Australian Government

funding commitment

PCEHR system benefits

• Improved information availability when and where it is needed by the individual and those who care for them

• Reduced personal frustrations of repeating information• Reduced unnecessary duplicated testing• Reduced avoidable medication errors• Reduced unnecessary hospitalisations• Workforce efficiencies, to name a few of the big ones.

Delivering the PCEHR system

ADOPTION

ENGAGEMENTSTANDARDS

INFRASTRUCTURE

PCEHR registration by July 2012

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STRATEGY

PCEHR system – concept design

For further information: www.yourhealth.gov.au or utube

Some key design messages

System:– Complementary to existing information systems– National infrastructure– Standards based – allowing integrated solutions– Building on existing eHealth work programs – Adoption when ready to connect and use system– Driving incremental implementation Participation:– Opt-in– Self register– Consumer controlled access– Self entered and clinical content– Clinical content grows as you need healthcare

PCEHR Governance Relationships

Secretary

Minister AHMC

AHMAC

NEHTA Board

NEHIPC

NHIRF and other sub-

committees

PCEHR Program Control Group

JMOG

Observers:- NEHTA- Partners

Delivery Partners

DOHA

National Infrastructure

Partner(NIP)

NationalChange and

AdoptionPartner(NCAP)

External Delivery

AssuranceAdvisor(EDAA)

NEHTA

Benefits And

EvaluationPartner(BEP)

The PCEHR system implementation is a partnership between governments, NEHTA and the market.

Progressive rollout

1st Wave(Directly Funded)

Continuing engagement

Sep 10 Sep 12

Jan-11 Jul-11 Jan-12 Jul-12

eHealth Conference

National Change & Adoption Partner

CommencesNational Change & Adoption Program Package Delivered

National Change & Adoption Strategy

National Infrastructure “Go Live”

Final Concept of Operations

National Infrastructure Partner Commences

Technical Specifications Available

eHealth Sites Operational

System Build Complete

Benefits Evaluation

Acceptance Testing

Program milestones

Key deliverables for July 2012

• National registration availableallowing individuals to create their

PCEHR settings and add content to their record

• eHealth sites implementedup to 500,000 consumers ready to

migrate to the national PCEHRrange of health providers across

primary and acute care ready to support PCEHRs

Success dependencies• Delivery of NEHTA work program elements • Continuing eHealth programs in jurisdictions • Industry participation• Adoption by consumers• Uptake by clinicians• Realistic expectations of implementation trajectory• Strong governance• Sustainable benefits aligned with reform

What will it mean for you

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