The eHealth records system is unlikely to succeed because GPs don't see any reason or incentive for using it. The data will be poorly maintained because GPs are time poor, their remuneration is declining and there is no reward for entering the data. Additionally, patients can edit their own records making the information untrustworthy from a clinical perspective.
Oz gummint to empty another money-truck into e-health records
Having failed to attract Australians to e-health records in any significant numbers, the cash-strapped federal government is going to pour nearly half a billion into “rebooting” the strategy. Health minister Sussan Ley announced over the weekend that under this week's federal budget, Australia's Personally-Controlled …