E-health will greatly enhance both the quality and timeliness of healthcare information, delivering substantial benefits to healthcare consumers, healthcare providers and the Australian health sector as a whole. Australian governments are committed to implementing e-health around existing electronic health initiatives to transform the way information is used to plan, manage and deliver healthcare services.

Australian governments are equally committed to the principles that reflect the strong value Australians place on controlling who has access to their health and other personal information and the circumstances in which that information can be used.