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  • FCC ruling on 800MHz band a boon for Sprint

    The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a rule change for part of the 800MHz band at a meeting on Thursday, opening the door for Sprint Nextel to use the band for its 4G LTE network.

    Written by Stephen Lawson • 25 May 12 19:53

  • Coding contest shows how big data can improve health care

    A recent coding competition in the Boston area brought together IT professionals, medical workers and others with an interest in health IT to show how data analytics can improve health care.

    Written by Fred O'Connor • 25 May 12 15:03

  • Vic $500m e-health project scrapped

    Victoria's $500 million e-health system, aimed at creating electronic patient records and prescriptions, has been dumped and will be replaced with a patchwork approach.

    Written by AAP • 18 May 12 13:12

  • E-health rollout likely to be slow: Labor

    Federal health minister, Tanya Plibersek, has admitted the take up of electronic health records will likely be slow in the first few years.

    Written by AAP • 17 May 12 09:10

  • On a merger mission

    "Our business is not just four DHBs (district health boards) but effectively we are delivering to many individual hospital departments and primary and community care organisations, working together around the patient," says Johan Vendrig, general manager information systems, at healthAlliance.

    Written by Divina Paredes • 01 May 12 10:03

  • Q&A: Clifford Hallam Healthcare CIO, Ged Halstead

    Clifford Hallam Healthcare (CH2) CIO, Ged Halstead, has been with the healthcare logistics company for about six years. The company has undertaken a 10-year plan to improve its supply chain and warehouse initiatives to overcome data and traceability issues in the medical and pharmaceutical wholesale industry.

    Written by Diana Nguyen • 24 April 12 09:59

  • Govt website lets students compare universities

    A new website will let students compare universities on different criteria and the government already is planning its expansion.

    Written by AAP • 03 April 12 12:28

  • Queensland Institute of Medical Research seeks CIO

    The Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) is on the lookout for a new CIO to drive and manage the strategic direction, development and implementation of its IT services (ITS).

    Written by Diana Nguyen • 02 April 12 14:12

  • E-health market set to grow as Australia ages: KPMG

    IT companies are been urged to look at opportunities in the e-health market as Australia faces an aging population over the next 10 years.

    Written by Hamish Barwick • 07 March 12 11:32

  • Software glitch halts insurance, medicare claims

    Thousands of customers have been prevented from making immediate private health insurance claims and Medicare transactions because of a computer glitch.

    Written by AAP • 29 Feb. 12 16:40

  • How to successfully bring business into IT

    The widespread glee over consumer technology has created your most demanding customers yet. The ease with which business leaders can adopt Cloud services means less clout for your centralized IT structure. And the aging IT workforce means fewer bodies to do the additional work. Masochist that you are, no doubt, you love these new challenges, but you still need tools for dealing with them.

    Written by Martha Heller • 29 Feb. 12 07:03

  • Using business intelligence to create better health decisions

    Senior VP and CIO Doug Porter and President and CEO Scott Serota discuss Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's business intelligence tools.

    Written by CIO Executive Council • 29 Feb. 12 04:01

  • SWARH improves patient care with touchscreen technology

    For many years doctors and nurses working in hospital wards have made do with the traditional functionality of a whiteboard for recording patient data. As healthcare continued to evolve, however, it became clear to the South West Alliance of Rural Health (SWARH) that a faster and more accurate tool was needed.

    Written by Chloe Herrick • 16 Feb. 12 10:20

  • NSW government 'sitting on health report'

    The NSW government has come under attack for failing to release a report into problems with the computer system that runs emergency departments throughout the state.

    Written by AAP • 13 Feb. 12 09:15

  • PCEHR on track for 1 July rollout

    The rollout schedule for the Federal Government’s Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) project is currently on track, according to the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA).

    Written by Diana Nguyen • 07 Feb. 12 14:28

  • NSW cancer patients get specialist website

    NSW cancer patients and GPs can now use a website to search for healthcare specialists.

    Written by AAP • 03 Feb. 12 15:08
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    NBN to deliver disability support services to regional Australia

    Children with hearing or vision impairments who live in regional and remote areas of Australia will soon receive specialist services and therapies via the National Broadband Network.

    Written by Diana Nguyen • 01 Feb. 12 16:43

  • IT contract not checked for value: NSW A-G

    There has been a cost blowout in IT contracts to two state government agencies because they failed to review whether taxpayers were getting value for money, Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat says.

    Written by AAP • 01 Feb. 12 14:56

  • NEHTA licenses CSIRO software for e-health rollout

    The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) has licensed software from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to aid the move to a standardised dictionary of clinical terms as part of the Federal Government’s PCEHR project.

    Written by Chloe Herrick • 28 Nov. 11 15:31

  • Federal Govt introduces e-health legislation

    The Federal Department of Health has introduced e-health legislation into Parliament pertaining to its $467 million Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) project, scheduled for completion by 1 July 2012.

    Written by Chloe Herrick • 23 Nov. 11 14:54
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