RACGP wants ePIP meaningful use targets dumped

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is urging the federal government to dump proposed changes to the eHealth Practice Incentives Program (ePIP) that would see the quarterly payments tied to 'active and meaningful use' of the PCEHR.

The Department of Health released a discussion paper on the proposed changes last month, suggesting that four of the five criteria for the ePIP remain the same but that the fifth – showing readiness to use the PCEHR – should be changed to demonstrating actual meaningful use of the system.