Doctors in hospitals within Sydney's west had to temporarily turn back to pen and paper on Saturday when their electronic health record systems went offline, while more lost access to email.
The Australian Capital Territory has allocated $90 million it described as an "unprecedented level of investment" to electronic health initiatives in its annual budget, including an e-health record for all residents of the territory.
NSW shadow Health Minister Jillian Skinner this week demanded the NSW Government speed up its response to special commissioner Garling's damning assessment of NSW's Health's technology systems.
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The nation's telcos are lining up in droves for a piece of the hundreds of millions of dollars the New South Wales state government spends each year on telecommunications services.
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