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PCEHR

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• Person• Holding/owning their file• Medical information• “e” for electronic• Lock (security)

The right information

for the right person

at the right time and place

Lots of things are happening in eHealth at the moment…

Discharge summaries

Electronic health records

Secure messaging

Healthcare identifiers

eReferrals

National health provider

directory

Data quality

ePrescribing

Telehealth

2 key national initiatives

Healthcare

Identifiers (now)

PCEHR

(July 2012)

Healthcare Identifiers (3)

Individuals Health Providers

Health Organisations

Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR)

Name/address/DOB Discharge summaries

Identifier Allergies

Health summary Medications

Results Immunisations

Health diary

PCEHR System

2 lead organisations

12 eHealth sites in Australia

3 eHealth sites in Queensland

• Metro North Brisbane Medicare Local

• Brisbane South/Ipswich Divisions

• Mater Hospital - SEA-GP, SPHN, Brisbane South

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All of the eHealth sites are trialing processes such as consent models and matching identifiers with people.

The lessons learnt will inform the national roll-out.

Target groups that will benefit most from a PCEHR include:•mothers and newborns•aged care•people with chronic conditions•palliative care•Indigenous populations.

12 eHealth sites in Australia

4 partners

IT Infrastructure

Quality AssuranceBenefits & Evaluation

Change & Adoption

Program integration

What role can program coordinators play in delivering messages about the PCEHR?

•eHealth team can provide a brief presentation at GPQ program workshops in 2011 – awareness raising•eHealth team can provide a more detailed presentation at GPQ program workshops in 2012 – change & adoption•Resources available at your workshops•Articles in your newsletters•Topic in your teleconferences•Links from your webpages•Updates from eHealth team at your team meetings

Key messages

• The PCEHR is coming! Lots to do in less than 12 months• Foundations like Identifiers are needed first• The PCEHR will impact on all program areas• Awareness raising is critical over the next 12 months• The quality of the data is more important than ever• Change & adoption is our key role – more details soon• New solutions need to integrate with the PCEHR• The PCEHR will be one of the biggest changes to health

care that Australia has ever seen• It will take years for the PCEHR system to be fully

populated and fully utilised• The PCEHR will result in safer and better quality care for

patients if utilised effectively

Any questions?

David Millichap

Senior Program Leader – eHealth

dmillichap@gpqld.com.au

07 3105 8300

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