News

• Medicare Locals' e-health system receives $50m funding

  By Stephanie McDonald | 21 May, 2012 08:38

  The Medicare Locals network has received $50 million in funding over two years to help general practitioners and healthcare providers use the e-health record system.

• Govt shells out $21m for final leg of e-health record system

  By Chloe Herrick | 03 April, 2012 09:54

  The Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) has allocated $21 million to the National E-Health Transition Authority’s (NEHTA) for the final scope of the national e-health record system.

• Govt finally offers e-health incentive for GPs

  By Chloe Herrick | 29 March, 2012 09:58

  The Federal Government has confirmed it will provide incentives for GPs to participate in its $467 million national e-health record system, scheduled to go live on 1 July, following a prolonged period of lobbying by industry.

• NBN trial sites to roll out e-health, education projects

  By Hamish Barwick | 22 March, 2012 12:28

  National Broadband Network (NBN) trial sites in Townsville, Queensland and Armidale, New South Wales are in the process of rolling out separate trials over the NBN designed to help Townsville type two diabetes sufferers and, in Armidale, offer remote access to TAFE courses.

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

  By Hamish Barwick | 07 March, 2012 11:32

  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.

• Telehealth initiative a success in WA: RACGP

  By Chloe Herrick | 29 February, 2012 10:19

  Australia’s peak body of general practitioners (GPs) has given the Federal Government a pat on the back following the implementation of its telehealth incentive scheme last July, labelling the project a success in Western Australia.

• Mirus Australia creates aged care BI

  By Hamish Barwick | 21 February, 2012 15:42

  In a bid to provide better patient data to care providers, aged care services firm, Mirus Australia, has developed an Aged Care Metrics (ACM) system which utilises business intelligence (BI).

• SWARH improves patient care with touchscreen technology

  By Chloe Herrick | 16 February, 2012 10:20

  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.

• MSIA recommends alternative e-health record rollout

  By Chloe Herrick | 06 February, 2012 12:45

  The Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA) has detailed an alternative rollout schedule for the Federal Government’s Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) project, following claims the system will be not even be close to completion by 1 July.

• MSIA doubts e-health record delivery deadline

  By Chloe Herrick | 01 February, 2012 11:24

  The Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA), whose members include Cerner, Cisco, iSoft and Microsoft, has delivered a scathing criticism of the National e-Health Transition Authority’s (NeHTA) handling of the government’s national e-health record project.

• BT appoints new Australian chief operating officer

  By Hamish Barwick | 24 January, 2012 16:12

  Communications services company, BT, has appointed former Macquarie Telecom customer service and operations group executive, Simon Gatward, as its new chief operating officer.

• NeHTA rejects electronic health record fears

  By Chloe Herrick | 10 January, 2012 10:19

  The National E-Health Transition Authority (NeHTA) will maintain its current design for personal e-health records despite acknowledging concerns that increased consumer control over health information could potentially result in poorer health outcomes for patients.

• Metro Spinal Clinic uses IBM analytics to manage patients' pain

  By Chloe Herrick | 05 December, 2011 13:08

  The Melbourne-based Metro Spinal Clinic has enlisted analytics software from IBM to track and record data to better manage patients' pain.

• Federal Govt flags e-health trial for chronically ill veterans

  By Chloe Herrick | 29 November, 2011 15:34

  The Federal Government has flagged a trial of in-house telemonitoring technology for chronically ill veterans via the National Broadband Network (NBN), kicking off in July 2012.

• NEHTA licenses CSIRO software for e-health rollout

  By Chloe Herrick | 28 November, 2011 15:31

  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.