Concept of Operations: Relating to the introduction of a Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record System
A.6 eHealth Conference, November 2010
On the 30th of November 2010 and 1st December 2010, the Department of Health and Ageing conducted an eHealth conference. The conference had a specific focus on two topics: telehealth and PCEHR; and included both local and international speakers. Over 400 delegates were invited to attend.
The Conference included a number of specific sessions aimed at engaging the community on the topic of PCEHR.
In the lead up to the conference NEHTA conducted a series of ‘roundtable’ sessions with specific groups, including: consumers, medical providers, nurses, allied health and the ICT industry.
The findings of the eHealth conference and lead up roundtables have been summarised in the Report of the National e-Health Conference [DOHA2011a].
