The Australian Medical Association has named e-health infrastructure as one of the highest priorities to receive cash from the government's $10 billion Health and Hospitals fund, in a submission to the 2009-2010 Federal Budget released today.
Australia's health sector has made only "marginal" progress towards being able to exchange information electronically, despite governments investing more than $5 billion in the field over the last 10 years, according to a report released late last week.
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon appeared to resurrect the concept over the weekend of using a smart card to deliver a unique e-health identifier to Australians.
Health ministers from around the country said yesterday that more consultation on privacy protections was necessary before any implementation of national individual health identification records could proceed.
The National E-Health Transition Authority has accepted all recommendations made by a Boston Consulting Group review, including suggestions to step up recruitment by outsourcing, offshore recruitment and creative contractual arrangements.
It's state budget time across the country, and this week's episode of Patch Monday looks to see what each state is doing in terms of its IT spend.
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There will always be something more politically sexy than e-health for state governments, meaning the National E-Health Transition Authority's business case for a national electronic medical record might just sit on the shelf gathering dust forever.
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Patch Monday delivers the verdict on a build of Microsoft's next version of its Office suite that has found its way on the internet. We look at what happened in the Federal Budget as well as discuss the fallout from CeBIT.
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.
What this new NEHTA funding has done is ensured that its leaders feel vindicated in the way they have behaved they have essentially been 'patted on the head' and any real stimulus for 'root and branch' change has been lost.
Ray Brown stepped in two weeks ago as the latest chief information officer for Queensland Health, hoping to bring some stability to a division that has seen a number of faces move through the head technology spot in quick succession.
Jeff Dray from ZDNet Australia sister site TechRepublic describes some of the stranger setups he's encountered in the field and offers recommendations for placing a PC so that it has a long, healthy life.
Learn how the Hunterdon Hospital in the US deployed a new infrastructure that aims for no service interruption.
IBA Health this month launched its flagship Lorenzo e-health system in Australia. CEO Gary Cohen talks about the product and IBA.
Toshiba's Satellite U500 wants to be portable and powerful, which has a negative impact on both the battery life and the weight. Still, if you need power in a petite package, the U500 might do it for you.
The world of enterprise IP telephony is varied and complex. Here's our round-up of the major players and what they can bring to your business.
Asus' TS500 offers reliability, speed and efficiency at a low price for a mid-range tower server. However, case design is not ideal, and the system strangely requires a PS2 keyboard and mouse.
The Thecus N5200 Pro is definitely a higher end NAS, and will benefit power users and tweakers a lot more than entry-level users.
McAfee Internet Security 2008 trounces Norton Internet Security 2008, offering a better designed product with more security tools.
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