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The future is now:

electronic health in Australia

KANZ Broadband Summit28 to 29 APRIL 2011

Peter Fleming, NEHTA CEO

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NEHTAs purpose

Lead the uptake of eHealth systems ofnational significance; and coordinate theprogression and accelerate the adoption

of eHealth by delivering urgently neededintegration infrastructure and standardsfor health information

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From the National eHealthStrategy

eHealth is one of the most importantopportunities to:

Improve the quality and safety ofhealthcare

Reduce waste and inefficiency

Improve continuity and healthoutcomes for patients

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What is the PCEHR?

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Telehealth services

Commonwealth announces$400 million investment to expandTelehealth services

Patients from remote, regional and outermetropolitan areas will receive greateraccess to general practitioners andspecialists

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eHealth and the NBN

NEHTA will work with the NBNand local partners to deliverworld-class eHealth solutions at a

local level

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Convergence ofhealth and technology

Broadband must be available for a widecross section of Australians

The NBN will unlock opportunities forinnovation in delivery of healthcare: Improvements in home-based care and

emergency services

More choices for aged care and independentliving

On-demand access to large diagnostic imagecollections

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Telehealth in remote areas

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Emerging enablers

1 High-speed communicationsNational roll-out of fibre to the node

2 Applied mobilityMobile solutions offering intuitive applications

3 New business modelsTransformative ways to operate

4 Fee for service payments

Medicare rebates for online consultations5 Social computing

Rich trails of preferences, opinions and behaviours

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Telehealth: a catalyst for change

Implementing Telehealth is a catalyst forchange in delivering health services.

Technical

Regulatory

Financial

Clinical

Practice Management

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Thank you

Questions

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23 million people allocated IHI(individual healthcare identifiers (IHI)

To date, 390,000 providers havereceived HPI-I (healthcare provideridentifiers individual)

10 HPI-Os (healthcare provider

Identifier organisation) have alsobeen issued

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Software developers havebegun implementing

specifications for secureeHealth messaging

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Box Hill Hospital,Melbourne goes live

with eHealth terminology sending electronicprescriptions anddischarge summaries.

99% of Australianpharmaceutical productsare now in electroniccatalogue

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Conversion of the ETP version 1.1,specifications (finalised in December

2010) into Australian Standards isbeing fast tracked through StandardsAustralia.

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All pathology peak bodiesagree to co-operate on

standards.

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Agreement reached ona national format for an

e-Discharge Summary.

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Standardised e-Referraltemplates developed.

A technical update for e-ReferralsRelease 1.1 was publishedon NEHTAs website on14 February 2011.

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The National AuthenticationService for Health (NASH)

request for tender is nowcomplete for the design and build.

Minister announces $23.6mcontract with IBM.