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IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST - IS MEDICARE GOING TO BE PRIVATISED OR ARE THE COSTS GOING TO ICT COMPANIES ?

On 01 Jul 2016 the "National E-Health Transistion Authority [NEHTA]" vested all its Assets
and Liabilities in the "Australian Digital Health Agency [ADHA]" ref ADHA Web-site

Here is the Blog of Dr David MORE MB PhD FACHI on "waste of money" with Australian E-Health Standards

SURELY TAX-PAYERS OF EACH STATE & TERRITORY ARE DUE A SHARE OF THE ASSETS IN PROPORTION TO THE FINANCE PROVIDED !


NATIONAL E-HEALTH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT - 3.2.1 CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE

1 CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE

  Development of standards, technical specifications and supporting materials designed 
  to support national e-health capabilities will be based on and compliant with the WTO 
  Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards. 

Standards development in e-health occurs within wider economic, social and legal 
frameworks.  

A Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards 
is annexed to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Technical Barriers 
to Trade.  

Australia is a signatory to this Agreement and its companion document, the WTO 
Agreement on Government Procurement.  

These Agreements require the Australian Government to encourage other Government and 
non-Government standardization bodies to comply with the Code of Good Practice.   
 
Key elements of the Code of Good Practice include: 

1 Transparency, including publishing the work program; and enabling all stakeholders 
  to access and comment on standards developed – including via public comment 
  periods of at least 60 days [16;
  
2 Making “every effort” to achieve consensus, including clear processes for reconciling 
  comments received; 

3 Coordination/harmonisation of the work of national standardization bodies, to avoid 
  duplication or conflict; 

4 Use of international standards, where they exist or their completion is imminent, in 
  preference to local developments; 

5 Participating in the development of international standards, and not duplicating the 
  work of other standards agencies; 

6 Focusing on specification of requirements based on performance rather than design or 
  descriptive characteristics [17]; and 

7 Prompt publication of and non-discriminatory charging for standards. 
 
The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade requires WTO Members to use relevant 
international standards rather than developed local alternatives unless these are 
demonstrated to be inappropriate in the proposed context [18].  

In that case, the local alternative should document the reasons for inappropriateness.  

This requirement is mirrored in the Agreement on Government Procurement [19]. 
 
Key elements of these principles are detailed in 3.2.1 - 3.2.5 
 
		3.2.1	Code of Good Practice
		3.2.2	Consensus
		3.2.3	Collaboration
		3.2.4	NEHTA’s Involvement in Standards Development
		3.2.5	Quality 


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