National healthcare identification one step closer
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by DPS
Health Ministers met in Adelaide last week to discuss a range of issues including e-health, improving elective surgery performance, and strengthening accountability and performance reporting in the health system.
They affirmed their commitment to the introduction in 2010 of national healthcare identifier numbers and agreed to release for further consultation, draft legislation for establishing the healthcare identifiers.
Ministers have already had considerable feedback from public consultations held in July-August 2009 and legislation to establish the Healthcare Identifiers will be introduced to the Federal Parliament in the Autumn 2010 sittings.
