The eHealth strategy aims to address a number of issues currently being faced by people who provide care to patients and those who support them. The key issues can be summarised as follows: • Improved ability to access information that is integrated and accurate • Better support for clinicians and care providers from across the health system to interact more efficiently and effectively with each • Support for clinical and managerial decision making • Greater capability for managing patient flow through improved planning and scheduling • Support for location-independent health service delivery. Principles of Implementation: The principles for the implementation of the eHealth Strategy are: • Build on what exists today and re-use viable capabilities in place • Establish solid functionality and information, and then build new capabilities • Introduce new and extended capabilities in phases, and realise benefits incrementally • Identify solutions that improve quality of care and patient ou...