A Few Comments On The Election Health Debate - August 27, 2013

1. The two debaters were Ms Tanya Plibersek (Labor) and Mr Peter Dutton (Coalition).

2. Mr Dutton raised the PCEHR debacle in his introductory comments. Said that the PCEHR program was going to be reviewed and that the Coalition had done better in e-Health when in power last - citing GP usage of computers going from 17% to 90%+.

3. However in the debate proper there was not a single comment on e-Health.

4. I would believe overall Ms Plibersek was clearly more on top of the issues than Mr Dutton - however you mileage may vary.

5. No e-Health mentions in the the summary given at the end of the debate and no e-Health questions from the Press.

David.