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The National Electronic Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) was established in July 2005 as a joint enterprise between the Australian Government and state and territory governments to identify, and develop the necessary foundations for electronic health (eHealth).[1]
NEHTA aims to unlock eHealth system aspects and improve the ways in which information is electronically collected and exchanged.[2]
In 2014, a government review recommended that NEHTA be scrapped.[3] The 2015–16 Federal Budget provided funding to strengthen eHealth governance arrangements consistent with the review. This included the transition of relevant activities and resources from the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) and from the national My Health Record system operation activities managed by the Department of Health, to a new entity called the Australian Digital Health Agency.[4]