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Implementation of the HealthConnect strategy requires a close working relationship between all the partners who are responsible for making HealthConnect happen. Each partner has to confront different challenges that a health reform package of this magnitude brings.

For example, no one state or territory is exactly the same – there are major differences in geographic size, population density, investment capacity, information management infrastructure and health care issues and resources. Consequently, each region will be at a different stage of implementation development.

Work is progressing in each State and Territory around Australia. For example, Tasmania is now moving to expand several projects. Their Patient Discharge Medication System (PDMR) that sends comprehensive medication details to a patients GP is rolling out state wide, as is their Electronic Patient Care Record (EPCR) ambulance system. For further information please view each of the state pages.