Royle Review to be released today.

Health Minister Peter Dutton has announced his support for an opt-out personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR), in line with a recommendation of the Government-commissioned review into the system.

At present, the PCEHR is reliant on Australians registering for an account online before their health records can be uploaded and shared amongst their health practitioners. To date this approach has seen only one in 15 Australians sign up.

At the HIMSS Australia conference in Sydney today, Dutton indicated his support for reversing this approach and registering...

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