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• Kaiser Permanente's CIO aims to make healthcare more delightful

  By John Gallant | 02 May, 2012 23:32

  With the U.S. Supreme Court now debating the fate of the so-called 'Obamacare' legislation passed in 2010, healthcare has been much in the news of late -- and not much of the news about healthcare is very good.

• How IT creates lasting health benefits

  By CIO Executive Council | 01 May, 2012 07:27

  An interview with Tom Priselac, president and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Health Systems, and Darren Dworkin, CIO.

• One CIO's answer for improving healthcare IT

  By Phil Schneidermeyer | 01 May, 2012 06:34

  As senior VP and CIO of Yale New Haven Health System and Yale School of Medicine, Daniel Barchi had the formidable task of integrating three separate IT teams while lowering healthcare costs and providing tools that facilitate quality services for patients.

• Healthcare industry group builds cybersecurity threat center

  By Michael Cooney | 25 April, 2012 02:28

  Looking to address growing cybersecurity threats in the healthcare industry the Health Information Trust Alliance today said it has established a centralized Cybersecurity Incident Response and Coordination Center where organizations can report incidents and get help remediating electronic medical security problems.

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

  By Diana Nguyen | 24 April, 2012 09:59

  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.

• Are community Cloud services the next hot thing?

  By Brandon Butler | 02 March, 2012 07:48

  When Mathew Lodge, senior director of Cloud services for VMware, looks out over the Cloud landscape and envisions how it will continue to evolve, he sees community Clouds playing a big role. And he's not the only one.

• Are community cloud services the next hot thing?

  By Brandon Butler | 01 March, 2012 22:43

  When Matthew Lodge, senior director of cloud services for VMware, looks out over the cloud landscape and envisions how it will continue to evolve, he sees community clouds playing a big role. And he's not the only one.

• 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.

• NSW government 'sitting on health report'

  By AAP | 13 February, 2012 09:15

  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.

• NSW cancer patients get specialist website

  By AAP | 03 February, 2012 15:08

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

• Online doctors a new reality

  By AAP | 23 January, 2012 08:20

  Cancer patients and the elderly will be able to see their specialist or GP with the click of a mouse, even if they are hundreds of kilometres away.

• IBM IOD 2011: IBM launches Watson-like software for healthcare

  By Chloe Herrick | 26 October, 2011 18:35

  IBM has released new predictive analytics software for the management of patient data in the healthcare industry, following the company's Watson supercomputer partnership with American health insurance company WellPoint.

• Telehealth simulation lab launches at UWS

  By Chloe Herrick | 27 September, 2011 09:22

  A new research lab that simulates telehealth services for remote and stay-at-home patients has opened at the University of Western Sydney (UWS).

• Online help for mental health closer

  By AAP | 06 September, 2011 08:49

  Access to online mental health services is a step closer after the federal government appointed a committee to oversee their rollout.

• Q&A: Paul Jurman, director of IT, Southern Health

  By Chloe Herrick | 30 August, 2011 08:22

  With around 13,000 staff working across more than 40 sites, Southern Health is the largest health service in Victoria. The organisation covers parts of metropolitan Melbourne, as well as sites at Monash, Greater Dandenong, Casey, Cardinia, Kingston, Glen Eira, Frankston, Knox and Bayside.