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The following appeared today.
Liberal MPs to vote for e-health records
by: Karen Dearne
From: The Australian
February 21, 2012 12:00AM
LIBERAL MPs will vote to pass the Gillard government's legislation on personally controlled e-health records in the lower house, but warn they may move changes when the findings of a Senate inquiry are released.
Opposition e-health spokesman Andrew Southcott said the Coalition supported the concept of shared e-health records, but had concerns about the way the system was being implemented.
"Labor's implementation of the PCEHR since taking government in 2007 has received enormous criticism from industry for the poor management of the program's development and progress," he told the house last week.
"This legislation was introduced in the final sitting week of 2011; the opposition referred the bills to a Senate inquiry, which is due to report on February 29.
"Submissions to that inquiry have just closed. In its public hearing (on...
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.