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Two community health agencies servicing the western suburbs of Melbourne and Bendigo have implemented Intersystem's Web-based TrakCare healthcare information system, the first deployments in a AU$10 million rollout across a number of Victorian health agencies.
The Victorian state government is pushing ahead with plans to implement electronic referral functionality within the state's medical sector.
Victoria's Department of Human Services has picked Fujitsu for a AU$30.8 million managed services contract delivering services to further the state's HealthSMART information and communications strategy.
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