Procurement for Australia's e-health system nearly finalised

The National E-health Transition Authority and the federal Department of Health and Ageing are finalising procurement for businesses to help develop Australia’s e-health system. Implementation partners, including IT companies, will be able to participate in the process in a few key areas, NEHTA chief Peter Fleming said. He declined to go into detail about the tenders, but said "those things are being fleshed out a little bit further with DoHA".

The timing of the tenders would be influenced by the coming federal election, he added. "I'm also taking advice as to what we can do (with procurement) as we move into election mode," Mr Fleming said. Nehta has worked already with IT partners, including Accenture, IBM and CSC, and the tenders would call for many niche technology partners instead of a single systems integrator.

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