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Australian Health IT News
Thursday, 9 May 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Towards a National Strategy for Telehealth in Australia »
A new paper has just been released outlining a proposed way forward for telehealth in Australia. Read the paper. From a press release by the...
Tuesday, 7 May 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Media review: gene patents and scientific research »
Does gene patenting stifle scientific research? If the answer to this question is yes then the fact that nearly 40% of the human genome has...
Tuesday, 9 April 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Compare and Contrast - views on Coalition and Labor plans for the NBN »
The Coalition have released their rival NBN policy and a slew of news organisations have produced articles comparing, contrasting and generally weighing up the flaws...
Monday, 4 March 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Citigroup: Coalition NBN plan “difficult to achieve” »
From Delimiter In the lead up to the election HISA will be closely following the issue of the NBN rollout. The NBN will eventually become...
Monday, 4 February 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Coalition to do a stocktake on the PCEHR »
From Pulse+IT: A Coalition government would do a "stocktake” on the PCEHR system should it win this year's election to determine its level of functionality...
Monday, 28 January 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Cyber Security Centre planned to target growing threat »
Important news considering the rising number fo cyber attacks to healthcare providers in Australia, from The Conversation: "The internet must remain open but also secure,”...
Thursday, 17 January 2013   (0 Comments - view/add)
Victorian Auditor General's Office seeking input to strategic review »
The Victorian Auditor-General's Office (VAGO) is seeking consultation on the potential scope for a strategic review of clinical and patient management ICT systems in the...
Thursday, 20 December 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
The eHealth year in review from Pulse+IT magazine »
Kate McDonald has put together a wonderful two part 'e-health year in review' article for Pulse+IT Magazine. Kate was the reciepient of HISA's Media Award...
Tuesday, 18 December 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
UNSW to lead $ 10.9 million research program to make health care safer »
UNSW to lead $ 10.9 million research program to make health care safer Congratulations to our members and colleagues at the University of New South...
Sunday, 4 November 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
St Vincent's the first hospital to connect to the PCEHR »
From Pulse+IT Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital has become the first hospital in Australia to connect to the PCEHR, and has achieved another first in uploading...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
IBM’s NASH deal gets terminated »
From Delimeter The National E-Health Transition Authority and IBM this afternoon confirmed Big Blue’s $23.6 million contract to build a key component of the Federal...
Tuesday, 23 October 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
RCPA requests feedback, cancer protocols before tomorrow! »
The 2nd editions of the Colorectal and Breast cancer protocols, developed as part of the structured pathology reporting project to establish protocols for different cancers,...
Tuesday, 23 October 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Medical One and Zedmed upload first document to PCEHR »
From Pulse+IT A doctor at Victorian-based medical centre group Medical One has uploaded the first clinical document directly from a practice management system to an...
Wednesday, 5 September 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
HL7 Standards to be freely available »
5 September 2012 HL7 Standards soon to be freely available Health IT Standards Leader to Support Widespread Global Adoption by Making Standards and Select IP...
Thursday, 19 July 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
How to set up your PCEHR online »
Instructions on how to register for a PCEHR online have been added to the australia.gov.au website. As outlined in Pulse+IT last week, the first step...
Monday, 16 July 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
All you need to know to become 'HIP' (a Health Informatics Professional) »
Article by HISA CEO Dr Louise Schaper As Australia’s health informatics organisation, HISA receives regular enquiries from a wide range of people and organisations. Hardly...
Thursday, 12 July 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
A first look inside the PCEHR »
First, how to register online. As we reported last week, the call centre for telephone registration was constantly busy, so we waited until Saturday to...
Wednesday, 11 July 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Australia Faces Problems in Rollout of Personal Health Record System »
The Australian government has encountered problems with the recent launch of its Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record system, or PCEHR system, the Sydney Morning Herald...
Wednesday, 11 July 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
PCEHR’s big picture: Why Australia’s system matters »
From eHealthSpace The federal government’s $700 million Personally Controlled Electronic Healthcare Record (PCEHR) is currently one of the most significant ehealth projects undertaken by any...
Tuesday, 10 July 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
803 sign up in PCEHR's first week »
From Pulse+IT Over 800 people registered for a PCEHR in its first week of operation, either by telephone, online or in person at a Medicare...
Thursday, 5 July 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
QLD senator slams PCEHR »
From Computerworld Queensland Senator Sue Boyce has slammed the Personally Controlled E‐Health Record (PCEHR) system, stating it is a "faulty" system and a waste of...
Tuesday, 3 July 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Privacy Commissioner reveals investigative powers over PCEHR »
From Pulse+IT The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released details of the powers it has been awarded under the PCEHR Act to...
Monday, 2 July 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Privacy commissioner to regulate PCEHR eHealth system »
From Computerworld The federal government's new eHealth system will be regulated against privacy breaches by the privacy commissioner and the Office of the Australian Information...
Sunday, 1 July 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Registration For An eHealth Record Now Available »
From SMARTHOUSE Australian consumers will be able to register from today for a personally controlled electronic health record – but the $1 billion PCEHR system...
Friday, 29 June 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Accenture bags e-health contract »
From The Australian IT ACCENTURE has won a $47 million contract to operate the national infrastructure for the $1 billion personally controlled e-health record over...
Thursday, 28 June 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Primary Care SIG - get involved! »
Innovative health informatics in primary care Paul Macdonald, South Eastern Melbourne Medicare Local The current health reform process places greater focus and importance than ever...
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Have your say - nursing informatics »
International Survey to Identify Priority Areas for Nursing Informatics Research We are seeking the views of those with an interest in nursing informatics, both nurses...
Thursday, 28 June 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Australia passes new e-Health law »
From FutureGov Australia’s widely-debated personally-controlled e-Health record (PCEHR) system has passed both Houses of Parliament – with e-Health services to become available from 1st July 2012....
Tuesday, 26 June 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
Superfast broadband to make healthcare affordable: IBM report »
From Pulse + IT IBM has launched a new report into Australia's digital future, pinpointing healthcare as one of the most significant industry sectors that...
Monday, 25 June 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
AMA launches desktop toolkit for GP resources »
From Pulse + IT The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has developed a GP Desktop Practice Support Toolkit for members to provide easy access to over...
Friday, 22 June 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
e-health record grinds to July deadline »
From ITWire Ten days from now Australians should be able to sign up for a personally controlled electronic health record – the centrepiece of the...
Wednesday, 20 June 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
E-health laws pass parliament »
From ZDNet The legislation required to set up the government's planned personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system passed parliament yesterday. The Federal Government said...
Tuesday, 19 June 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
AMA calls for e-Health penalty delay until 2014 »
From The Australian IT THE withdrawal of incentive payments to doctors who fail to sign up to the e-Health scheme must be delayed until 2014,...
Tuesday, 19 June 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
E-health records laws pass Parliament »
From The Australian IT PATIENTS will no longer have to repeatedly re-tell their medical histories to doctors after legislation passed Parliament to set up a...
Tuesday, 19 June 2012   (0 Comments - view/add)
E-health records' security at risk »
From the Sydney Morning Herald The national electronic health record database to be launched on July 1 has both medical and security experts calling for...

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