Official word on the COAG outcome came out a few minutes ago (8pm 29/11/2008).
See:
http://coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2008-11-29/index.cfm
"E-Health
COAG noted the progress of the National E-Health Transition Authority and agreed to the continued funding of $218 million (50:50 cost shared between the Commonwealth and the States) for the period July 2009 - June 2012 to enable it to continue its existing work program."
So $75 Million a year for 3 years to just keep NEHTA funded. Just hopeless and pathetic. These decision making ministers are just beyond help.
Note: The actual funding document says as follows
E-health (NEHTA)
2009/10 - $28.7M
2010/11 - $39.2M
2011/12 - $41.0M
Total $108.9M
Not a strategic dollar to be seen anywhere.
What this decision does is reward a deeply dysfunctional and un-reformed NEHTA while failing to acknowledge the desperate need for major change in e-Health governance, applications, education and service delivery.
NEHTA was reviewed a year or so ago, told to improve drastically, really has not and now is given three more funded years to mess things up even more!
Previous post says it all! This is the worst possible outcome I could have imagined and I find it very sad for the health system in Australia - that will labor without the technology support it so desperately needs.
A pox on all their houses in my view.
David.
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