About the PCEHR and the Implementation PlanThe National Personal Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) is an electronic health record that will contribute substantially to the achieving Australia's health care safety and quality goals, which enable access to summarized and consolidated health information that comes from multiple sources and providers across Australia and its health sector (Deloitte.2013 ). The Australian Government invested $477 million over two years in the first stage of the PCEHR program, led by the Department of Health and Aging (DoHA) (NEHTA, 2012). Since the rollout of the PCEHR on 1 July 2012, the Australian Government have had the option to opt-in to the PCEHR system with the "opt in" program. The step back is to enable greater access to important healthcare information that is currently implemented in paper records in Australia (AMA, 2014). PCEHR places each individual at the center of their own healthcare by providing access to their own health information when and where they or their healthcare professionals may need it (NEHTA, 2012). The first step in PCEHR deployment is to provide basic functionality required to establish a system that can continually grow over a period of time allowing for improvements (APIS, 2011). The PCEHR system is implemented based on a combination of “top-down” national initiatives and “bottom-up” e-health sites (Private Health care Australia, 2014). This implementation plan continues the outcomes of pre-existing eHealth projects while emphasizing the central actions required to deliver this nationally interoperable system (Private Health Care Australia, 2013). . middle of document......h the number of individuals and health professionals currently enrolled in the PCEHR is far from the target set by the Australian Government when the program launched in 2012. The target number set by the government according to Kaye (2014), was unfeasible because pharmacists, pathology collectors and doctors only had access to 1% of people registered in the PCEHR (Avery, 2014). The success of PCEHR depends on healthcare providers and consumers' levels of participation and contribution to the service (OCIO, 2013). Healthcare providers must embrace the capabilities of the PCEHR and become fully engaged with the program so that changes can be implemented, thereby providing better healthcare for all. The PCEHR system has the potential to contribute significantly to health reform in Australia in several of its areas, including eMedication.