GPs cry My Health Record ‘overhaul’ and more briefs

Healthcare IT News September 27, 2024
Adam Ang

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Australian gov’t urged to raise My Health Record funding

An organisation of general practitioners in Australia has called on the federal government to upgrade the country’s digital health record system.

“We’re calling for the federal government to overhaul My Health Record to improve its useability for Australians, GPs, and other health professionals,” said RACGP President Dr Nicole Higgins in a statement.

This comes as RACGP found from the initial result of its annual survey that nearly a third of Australian GPs are rarely or not using My Health Record. More than 2,000 GPs are polled yearly in RACGP’s Health of the Nation survey....

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