This appeared last week:Govt proposing automation for health dept 18 January 2017 Written by Sam Varghese The Australian Government is proposing to extend the use of automation based on big data, to the health department, even though its efforts to do the same with Centrelink have not exactly been a success.An amendment proposed to the National Health Act of 1953 would, "enable the minister, the secretary or the Chief Executive Medicare to arrange for the use of computer programs to make decisions and determinations, exercise powers or comply with obligations and do anything else related to those actions".It would also "enable approved pharmacists whose premises have been affected by disaster or exceptional circumstances to supply pharmaceutical benefits at alternative premises in the same locality for a limited period and be paid for claims at the full rate; and ensure that entitlements for concessional beneficiaries and their dependants will apply for pharmaceutical...
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
from Australian Health Information Technology http://ift.tt/2k224Js
- TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH
Share this
