Why is It Taking So Long to Have a Useable and Complete Medicines Terminology? NEHTA is Just Dragging the Chain On This.
The following announcement appeared a day or so ago. NEHTA announces the availability of Australian Medicines Terminology (AMT) Release 2.11 28 May 2010 RELEASE NOTE AMT Statement of Purpose The Australian Medicines Terminology (AMT) has been developed to be fit for the purpose of unambiguously identifying for clinicians and computer systems, all Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) identified ‘Registrable’ medicines marketed in Australia, and is therefore available to be represented in acute sector clinical information systems for the following activities: • Prescribing • Recording • Review • Supply • Administration • Communication of the above in a Discharge Summary While systems developers and end users might choose to deploy AMT or information generated from AMT enabled systems for purposes other than those described, no assessment with regards to fitness for purpose has been made by NEHTA. NEHTA Announces the Availability of Australian Medicines…
Senate Estimates Alert – Wednesday June 2, 2010
I understand the e-Health Area will be addressed at Senate Estimates next Wednesday when the Community Affairs area is addressed. The following link provides access to a .pdf which has the various ways of watching etc.http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/estimates/budget1011/schedule.pdfThis page shows how you can watch the session live – which might just be fun given all the things happening in e-Health.http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/estimates/index.htmLive broadcasts:Senate estimates hearings are broadcast live over the Internet. Details can be found at www.aph.gov.au/liveExpect some commentary once the transcripts become available!Enjoy.David.
Here is the Reason We Are Getting Nowhere with Ms Roxon!
The following appeared today. Expert criticism won’t help: minister KATHARINE MURPHY May 28, 2010 HEALTH Minister Nicola Roxon has signalled to a group of eminent mental health experts they would help their cause more if they toned down some of their public criticism. The Health Minister met yesterday with her National Mental Health Advisory Council in Canberra. Sources say the one-hour closed-door meeting turned frosty when one of the council members, the former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chief Allan Fels, queried the Rudd government’s commitment to mental health. Ms Roxon is understood to have told the members present that she looked forward to the group’s support for advancing the cause of mental health. ….. According to sources, Ms Roxon replied that public criticism was not a good way to get results – and did not advance the advocates’ cause. Full Article Here: …
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