Connecting Australia
The first step in electronically coordinating patient care across the healthcare sector is to ensure that healthcare information can be securely accessed and shared amongst healthcare providers, when and where it is needed. This process needs to occur irrespective of the IT systems in use by any healthcare provider or healthcare organisation.
To achieve this, NEHTA is undertaking a series of interdependent projects to establish the standards, specifications and infrastructure requirements for secure, interoperable electronic health information (e-health) systems.
These requirements will then be adopted by the health sector in their own e-health systems. This common national approach will set the necessary foundations for the widespread and rapid adoption of e-health across the Australian health sector.