Shared care records already link millions of patients and professionals. The next step is to build on them through open platforms, not dismantle a decade of progress, writes Matt Cox, chief customer officer at…
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Te Whatu Ora sees end of GP2GP Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has revealed actions to address the immediate risks of the “outdated” GP2GP electronic patient record transfer system.
The system, which was introduced in…
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has awarded a contract to enable interoperability of the upcoming Shared Digital Health Record system.The organisation seeks to consolidate clinicians’ access to patient information nationwide.
In an update to…
The Australian government has invested A$228.7 million ($144 million) more to modernise the national digital health record. In its 2025-2026 budget statement, the Department of Health and Aged Care emphasised that one of its priorities is to “continue modernising…
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Dr Charlotte Refsum is a passionate advocate for the power of the single patient record to transform health systems.
After starting her career as a GP, a role at KPMG took her to visit…
The Australian Digital Health Agency has started exploring new solutions to upgrade the maintenance of the national digital health record system. It recently issued a request for information about available “technical or process-driven advances and/or…
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A new nationwide survey report has highlighted a significant number of general practitioners in Australia rarely or not using the national digital health record system.31% out of 3,000 polled in the Royal Australian College…
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Australian gov’t urged to raise My Health Record fundingAn 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…
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change has proposed a crash programme to create digital health records (DHRs) for all UK citizens within five years.
In the report, ‘Preparing the NHS for the AI era,…
