<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
established	O
as	O
the	O
Personally	B-Application
Controlled	I-Application
Electronic	I-Application
Health	I-Application
Record	I-Application
(	O
PCEHR	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
shared	O
electronic	O
health	O
summary	O
set	O
up	O
by	O
the	O
Australian	O
government	O
with	O
implementation	O
overseen	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
Electronic	O
Health	O
Transition	O
Authority	O
(	O
NEHTA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
facts	O
combined	O
with	O
the	O
ageing	O
Australian	O
population	O
,	O
vast	O
geographic	O
expanse	O
,	O
and	O
ever	O
increasing	O
population	O
,	O
drove	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
an	O
electronic	B-Application
health	I-Application
record	I-Application
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
medical	O
record	O
into	O
the	O
21st	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Australian	O
Government	O
had	O
a	O
policy	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
lifetime	O
electronic	B-Application
health	I-Application
record	I-Application
for	O
all	O
its	O
citizens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
electronic	B-Application
health	I-Application
record	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
deployed	O
in	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
underwent	O
active	O
development	O
and	O
extension	O
by	O
the	O
Australian	O
Digital	O
Health	O
Agency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Australian	O
standards	O
organisation	O
,	O
Standards	O
Australia	O
,	O
and	O
federal	O
Department	O
of	O
Health	O
have	O
created	O
an	O
electronic	O
health	O
website	O
,	O
"	O
e-health	O
"	O
relating	O
to	O
information	O
not	O
only	O
about	O
Australia	O
and	O
what	O
is	O
currently	O
going	O
on	O
about	O
EHRs	B-Application
but	O
also	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
key	O
stakeholders	O
contribute	O
to	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
integrating	O
EHRs	B-Application
within	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
National	O
Authentication	O
Service	O
for	O
Health	O
Public	B-Architecture
Key	I-Architecture
Infrastructure	I-Architecture
(	O
PKI	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
certificate	O
that	O
authenticates	O
healthcare	O
professionals	O
accessing	O
the	O
eHealth	O
records	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
