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The momentum of implementing electronic patient record systems has been slow in Australia compared to other developed nations. However, this may be changing as governments and etc look for efficiencies and better patent outcomes.

The Productivity Commission released its first five-yearly productivity review yesterday.

For health, it states the following:

The Productivity Commission has recommended sweeping changes to the healthcare sector, pharmacies, schools and roads.

On healthcare, it says government should cooperate to remove the current messy, partial and duplicated presentation of information and data, and provide easy access to healthcare data for providers, researchers and consumers. It has suggested linking hospital funding to early adoption of integrated electronic medical records.

It says governments should reconfigure the healthcare system around the principles of patient-centred care, by measuring and recording people’s experience of the healthcare system. It says the results should be published so clinicians, hospitals and patients can see how the system is working at the grassroots level.

Come on politicians!!! Stop arguing and start working for all Australians!