Complete national infrastructure for PCEHR now implemented: DoHA

The Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) has announced that "the complete national infrastructure for PCEHR has now been implemented".

Components of the system not available at its initial launch in early July including healthcare provider PCEHR registration, the healthcare provider portal, MBS and PBS claim information, immunisation records and organ donor registration details are now ready, a DoHA spokeswoman said.

Registered healthcare providers can enter the provider portal as soon as they have received their National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) tokens, which are now being distributed, Victorian GP and NEHTA clinical lead, Dr Christopher Pearce, said.

Dr Pearce has received his token and the certification process is now working, he said.

The DoHA spokeswoman said the interfaces that will allow GP software to view eHealth records and documents have also been completed.

"There are several software vendors currently testing their products, and it's expected that the eHealth conformant software will be in the hands of GPs progressively from this point onwards," she said.

"It's expected that the eHealth conformant GP software will undergo some limited usability and confidence testing before being made broadly available."

The migration of immunisation records and organ donor registration for consenting consumers was completed on Sunday morning, with the migration of MBS and PBS claim information to be completed over the coming days.

The spokeswoman said the number of PCEHRs created as at August 20 was 6830, with 90 per cent of these having been established using online registration processes.

Further details about these developments have been sought.

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