The Australian healthcare industry has for a decade been loathe to get its wallet out when it comes to technology, analysts have revealed.
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Australian citizens will be assigned a unique identifying number to help healthcare providers protect their patients from accidentally being given the wrong treatment.
The latest award has been made under the government's Clever Networks program, to create a AU$2 million broadband network for chronic disease management.
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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.
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A full-service paediatric hospital that cares for children from all over New South Wales, Westmead Children's Hospital treats conditions ranging from minor to critical. ZDNet Australia goes behind the scenes to see how surgical staff are using IT to make their jobs easier.
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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.
McKesson is America's oldest and largest health care services company. In this CIO Vision Series interview, Randy Spratt explains IT's critical role across the organisation.
Tablet PCs have found a home in the health care market.
Intel says its processors are behind efforts to find new breakthroughs in life sciences research and healthcare in a number of countries.
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