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  • Patient tracking system unveiled to solve drug errors

    Australian citizens will be assigned a unique identifying number to help healthcare providers protect their patients from accidentally being given the wrong treatment.

  • Medicare raises axe over every IT vendor

    Medicare has revealed all of its ICT services contracts are set to expire soon, with the insurer hoping to find replacement suppliers this year.

  • This is the year of delivery: NEHTA

    The standards and foundations for nation-wide e-health solutions in Australia have now mainly been completed, according to National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) CEO Peter Fleming, leaving implementation on the agenda for 2009.

  • ICSGlobal sues Medicare

    Electronic health transaction company ICSGlobal has filed a lawsuit against Medicare Australia, accusing the Federal Government agency of anti-competitive behaviour over the development of its e-health transaction network ECLIPSE.

  • Labor promise: 'We won't bring in new Access Card'

    The Department of Human Services has denied the Federal Labor government is investigating the introduction of a nationwide ID card scheme similar to the previous government's Access Card.

Features and Case Studies (2)

  • E-health: Consultations down the wire

    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.

  • VoIP war stories from the Australian front

    In this feature, ZDNet.com.au speaks to IT managers across the nation to collate their "war stories" deploying Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in their organisations. Cut through the spin and find out what's really happening on the Australian VoIP front.

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