Two community health agencies servicing the western suburbs of Melbourne and Bendigo have implemented Intersystem's Web-based TrakCare healthcare information system, the first deployments in a AU$10 million rollout across a number of Victorian health agencies.
The University of Queensland's Centre for Online Health (COH) and Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane have launched a joint paediatric service for remote communities using a telepresence system called called 'Tiny Tom'.
Blacktown Hospital has run a trial of a tablet PC designed specifically for the healthcare industry even blood and guts won't slow it down.
Medical information will soon be shooting across Western Australia's regional expanses, with the development of a new AU$21.3 million medical communications network which will cover 2.55 million square kilometres and reach 454,000 people.
The latest round of the government's Clever Networks funding will see a AU$4.5 million grant given to a Northern Territory satellite broadband scheme.
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Dr John Halamka, the CIO of Harvard Medical School, is an early adopter of RFID technology -- he's got a chip implanted in his arm. These tags can keep track of personal medical records, as well as hospital equipment. Halamka talks with ZDNet.com editor in chief Dan Farber about recent advances in patient care, and electronic prescriptions.
CeBIT Australia is on again for 2007 with hundreds of IT products and services on display in addition to the conference, keynotes and forums. Join us as we take a photo tour of the exhibition halls.
The possible ill effects on human health of mobile phones and towers will be studied at a virtual centre comprised of research organisations from Victoria and South Australia.
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