Transitional funding for electronic patient dossier in place
Published: Wednesday, Mar 13th 2024, 20:30
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Parliament wants to finance the distribution of the electronic patient dossier with CHF 30 million on a transitional basis. The National Council has resolved the final differences in the corresponding bill. The lean approach of the Council of States prevailed.
On Wednesday evening, the upper chamber voted in favor of the unification conference's proposal by 93 votes to 92 with 7 abstentions. The Council of States' version had previously prevailed in the committee with members of the preliminary consultative commissions of both chambers.
In the previous three rounds of consultation, he had always argued in favor of lean transitional legislation. He pointed out that the major issues would have to be discussed as part of the comprehensive reform of the legislation on the e-patient dossier. The Federal Council intends to present this bill by the end of the year.
The National Council originally wanted to enshrine various conditions in law during the transitional period, such as an obligation for outpatient service providers to join the scheme. In the end, however, it decided against this.
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