RACGP repeats calls for My Health Record incentive as consumer packs roll out

RACGP “Incentives should be service-based, paid to the individual healthcare provider responsible for upload, and support the upload of accurate, high-quality data,”. I am a strong supporter of the college, however the requirement for accurate, high-quality data should be the daily responsibility of every health practitioner involved in the care on their patient. Can we penalise practitioners when they record inaccurate and low-quality data that slows the recover of their patient? or when a practitioner or organisation does not make their treatment reports easily accessible by external practitioners?

As for paying GPs to upload, yes this is currently being done at the rate of $12,500 per quarter for 5 uploads per GP. There was certainly a cause for complaint when the systems did not support the efficient transfer of information but software vendors have now come to the party and provided what practitioners want. Lets not complain when asked to do our job.