National Health ID system

The Federal Government has announced the National E-Health Transition Authority has contracted for the development of a new national healthcare identifier service.

It will identify a person's name, date of birth, address and the names and addresses of their practitioners, and is the first step towards establishing a shared electronic health records system.

Federal Minister for Human Services, Joe Ludwig, says it is not an access card and people can decide whether or not they want to be part of the service.