The Victorian government has hired Deloitte for AU$1.3 million to develop an Australia-wide e-health strategy.
The Victorian state government is pushing ahead with plans to implement electronic referral functionality within the state's medical sector.
Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott has openly expressed his frustration at the slow progress towards a single portable electronic healthcare record (EHR) framework -- but early trials in Australia's least populous states suggest that lack of patient buy-in, not technological limitations, may limit the utility of the EHR systems expected to be in place before the year's end.
Unless we can prove that electronic health records work, how can we justify additional IT spending to doctors, nurses, and patients?
Developers of an Internet-based remote health care system that may assist early diagnosis of blindness in remote and aboriginal communities are not confident of its swift approval for Medicare funding.
A Sydney-based start-up is offering a way for doctors to track and bill their clients for consultations over the phone and by e-mail.
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