Andrew Howard Chief Executive OfficerClinical Advisor Mukesh Haikerwal

1 Shaping the future of healthcare Technology can provide a national platform for equity and access to quality care for all Australians Over 85% of nurses already use computers in support of their work Computing is becoming more accessible – at the patients bedside, on the road and in the patients home NEHTA’s role is to establish interconnectivity between computing solutions that support your work activities

2 Healthcare reform E ‑ health contributes directly to improving safety and quality in healthcare The widespread adoption of e ‑ health enables better value for money from current levels of health expenditure E-health was featured at the 2020 Summit

3 Individual Electronic health records It is proposed that Australia will have a national system of Individual electronic health records The benefits are significant, and need to be well understood

4 Focus for implementation in 2008 This year NEHTA will change its focus from developing standards to demonstrating how the standards can be applied in practice We will be working with  Consumers  Clinicians  All Australian Governments  Software companies The Clinical leads program will ensure that our specifications will work in the clinical environment A clinical online network is being established

5 Making it real National e ‑ health implementations will start with the following priority areas:  Discharge summaries  Pathology  Referrals (including specialist letters and notifications)  Medication management

6 Individual eHR

7 Clinician’s Desktop Connect Identify Secure Msg Publish Content Management Unpacking Aggregation Patient Details and demographics Record Services Decision support enablers Data Extraction Data Analysis Viewing Document and record Management Secondary Use Services Decision support tools National Indicators Use of UHI, NASH, SIL(SID), WS, Typed Msg, HL7, CDAr2, Other formats, unpacking and assembling. Mapping, Disaggregate, Terminology use, Linking Structured for CI and CT analysis W_S HL7 2.4 Path Structured Unpacking Term SupportDecision Support

8 Benefits for everyone Promotes consumer involvement in managing their own health Enables the quick, secure, reliable exchange of clinical information in a common language Fosters innovation that improves health workforce productivity e.g. e ‑ consultation Assists in chronic disease management and shared care of complex medical conditions Provides a comprehensive and accurate repository of health system knowledge

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