NEHTA has released an information pack for industry members wishing to comment on the Federal Government’s draft Concept of Operations for the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) before submissions close on 31 May 2011.
The resources include:
Audio recording and slide pack (see attached) from the ICT Industry Roundtable – more than 100 participants took part in this high profile discussion in Sydney, on 23 March 2011.
Audio recording from the 'Four-Cornered Roundtable' which brought together 200 key stakeholders from industry, government, clinicians and consumers, on 30 March 2011.
PCEHR Con-Ops presentation (see attached) – a slidepack summarising the high level architectural principles and design approach.
The Concept of Operations was released by the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon to provide the Australian public with an overview of the possible look and function of the national PCEHR system.
The initial draft incorporates extensive input gathered by NEHTA and DOHA in the six months to April 2011. This includes ongoing work by NEHTA’s five reference groups, comprising 74 subject matter experts from 52 peak clinical and industry organisations, supported by three Clinical Leadership Forums, involving 60 practising clinicians, as well as other peak bodies such as the National Health Chief Information Officer Forum (NHCIOF).
Large scale discussions were held with the information communications and technology (ICT) industry, consumers and healthcare providers culminating in a multi-disciplined 'Four-cornered roundtable' at the end of March.
Public discussion is continuing and all input received between now and 31 May will be considered in finalising the Concept of Operations which is expected to be released in August 2011.
