APHA has welcomed the opportunity to provide recommendations to the review of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR).
Key issues for the private hospital sector that were raised in the submission include:
• The lack of consultation with the private hospitals sector in the concept and implementation
stages of the PCEHR
• The potential benefits for private hospitals
• The barriers to utility of the system to private health providers
• The financial costs vs. patient benefits
• The gaps between expectations and delivery of the system
• The limitations to existing data
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