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  • 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.

  • New Medibank CIO takes reins

    Medibank Private chief information officer (CIO) Surinder Singh has left the health fund to return to his systems integration company.

  • 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.

  • Fed budget targets ID fraud, tsunami warning

    Combating identity fraud, protecting the nation's borders and tsunami warning systems were among the areas heavily funded in last night's federal budget.

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  • Photos: Native Aqua OpenOffice on Mac

    The OpenOffice team have announced this week the first alpha release of the Aqua version of OpenOffice productivity suite for Mac OS X.

  • Security remains on CIOs agendas

    Recent international incidents have heightened the importance of information technology security. But increased security doesn't have to be at the expense of end user's privacy, argues an Australian CIO.

  • Turning off the Internet tap

    Frustrated with the combined costs of lost productivity, virus cleanups, and e-mail monitoring, it's very likely that many companies may soon be taking a "just say no" approach toward employee requests for Internet access.

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