Ms Anne O'Connor:

The Senator will be aware that we do not have a single electronic health record that cuts across our community and acute services. We do, however, have a number of building blocks that we are developing. For example, we have the newborn and maternity system. That is very effective and has been brought in at a number of maternity sites. We have a big process under way for our primary care information system. In primary care services there are individuals tracking the records. However, there is no single system and certain areas have makeshift solutions in place. We are now developing, in line with the roll-out of the enhanced community care teams, a more comprehensive primary care information system. A lot of the building blocks from a technological perspective will be in place and those can be built up as we develop an electronic health record.