“I can download a new episode of my favourite TV show on the night it shows in the US. I can email a movie of my son to his grandparent overseas. I can find a long-lost friend on Facebook in less time than it takes to make a cup of coffee.
But in Australia I can’t download my medical record and see my test results. I can’t search to find health professionals who can see me, and book myself in. I can’t find out who is best qualified to treat me. Even if I did, and sent them an email, how many clinicians use it as part of their practices?”
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Enrico Coiera, Sydney Morning Herald, 25 May 2010
