A contract of $23.6million has been won by IBM from the Government's National E-Health Transition Authority, for the design and building of the National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) project.

According to a spokesperson of IBM, the entire infrastructure project is set to be given out by the June 30 in the year 2012. There has been a claim that says the project would mean one of the main foundation stones of any national e-health system.

The aim of the system is to become the first national authentication system for the purpose of gathering electronic records from a number of health bodies.

The system is required in order to make sure that all the data that is transferred between various departments is genuine and secure.

According to a statement by NEHTA, IBM is soon going to use its hardware, service capabilities, and software for the management of the project delivery of the systems for the providers of healthcare.

The director of IBM, Andrew Stevens, was of the view that the project would prove as an encouragement of more widespread acceptance of systems and health care records.