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More funds wanted for electronic patient database

Source: Lateline Business
Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 1:38 AEDT
Expires: Monday, March 2, 2009 1:38 AEDT

At the weekend Council of Australian Governments meeting in Canberra, state and territory leaders were pleased to receive an extra $9 billion in federal funding for health programs, but only $200 million has been allocated towards developing an internet based system of patient record keeping.

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