General practices among the 1500 that are suspected to have not met the quarterly target for the digital health practice incentive program (ePIP) are not likely to be penalised if they have made a genuine effort to comply with the new requirements, the Department of Health says.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) revealed yesterday that up to 1500 of the 5000 general practices that are enrolled in the ePIP are unlikely to have uploaded the required amount of shared health summaries to the My Health Record system.