Better health and ageing for all Australians

eHealth

This section of the site contains a comprehensive range of information relating to eHealth.

In this section:

eHealth is the electronic management of health information to deliver safer, more efficient, better quality healthcare.

The Australian Government is committed to eHealth and is facilitating the transition of paper-based clinical record keeping to electronic means for better information exchange.

Information on the Government's policies, programs and priorities for eHealth will be added to this web page as it becomes available.

Related Links

Healthcare Identifiers Service
AHIC Communique March 2008
eHealth Future Directions Briefing Paper
Council of Australian Governments (COAG)
National EHealth Transition Authority (NEHTA)
AHIC Communique 2008 (PDF 22 KB)
Consultancy in Electronic Prescribing and Dispensing (PDF 1665 KB)
Departmental response to the Consultancy in Electronic Prescribing and Dispensing Report (PDF 13 KB)

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