E-health in Australia: time to plunge into the 21st century

Hannan, Terry J

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03785.x

To the Editor: Pearce and Haikerwal state that “legislation to introduce health identifiers [was] recently passed by Parliament” and that e-health “can ease the patient journey, improve quality of care and reduce costs”.1

Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, TAS.

Correspondence: terry.hannan@dhhs.tas.gov.au

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