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  • Professor issues proprietary e-health warning

    A health informatics professor from Sydney University today said Australia's e-health systems should be strictly open source rather than using proprietary software.

  • Health IT wins big in QLD budget

    Over $200 million in technology spending was laid out for Queensland Health in the state's budget released today.

  • Broadband what the doctor ordered

    Business-focused telco Pacific Internet has retained the business of around 90 general practitioners (GPs) as part of the government's subsidised AU$35 million Broadband for Health (BFH) program.

  • Health IT project a headache: AMA

    One of the government's key technology projects for the health sector has "major problems" and neglects the concerns of Australian doctors, an industry body has warned.

  • E-health gaining traction: Conference delegates

    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.

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  • VoIP the right prescription for Melbourne medical chain

    It may have had its share of teething pains, but medical clinic chain Medi 7 has used its VoIP and open source Asterisk PABX rollout to improve call routing and slash thousands of dollars in telecommunications costs.

  • NSW mothers to get state-wide database

    Mothers in NSW can look forward to their maternity data being recorded on a new state-wide database designed to provide better access to life-saving information. However the data will also be made available to GPs over the Web as well as used for research purposes.

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