Noosa News
My Health Record ‘patchy’ and needs more funding, better direction
Friday February 12, 2021
After years of development, privacy debates and around $2 billion in funding, Australia’s electronic health record is set for further changes
The My Health Record is yet to live up to its potential, a government-initiative review has found.
Digital health records had been subject to a slow uptake, with some system clashes and many facilities still using fax machines, until the Federal Government agreed to make the My Health Record (MHR) opt-out instead of opt-in.
Since then, the number of consumers and providers actively using the system has increased, but a…
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