News (67)

  • Open source sets sights on healing the sick

    An open source specialist has launched an international project between national health agencies and government-funded organisations to develop interoperable platforms for electronic healthcare products and services.

  • Aust healthcare IT in critical condition

    The healthcare industry faces a major crisis and could place patients at risk if it doesn't significantly enhance its use of information technology, an Australian expert has warned.

  • The open source revolution

    How will governments and large enterprises get their heads around the concept of open source software?

  • 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.

  • Horror story: Qld Health datacentre disaster

    On 20 May, a brief electricity brown-out struck a Queensland Health datacentre, starting a chain of incidents that resulted in serious outages of over 20 health applications. Read our blow by blow account of an event that constitutes every CIO's nightmare scenario.

Blogs (1)

Features and Case Studies (28)

  • Making a case for enterprise open source

    Bringing any new system into an established organisation, especially when it is a concept like open source, is a matter of selling the idea.

  • Linux brings hope to Spain's poor

    The rural Spanish region of Extremadura has seized on the potential of open-source software to improve the lot of its citizens and kick start the local economy.

  • How IT is saving Pilbara's Aboriginal languages

    Creating and cataloguing recordings of indigenous languages is a challenging enough technology task, but the Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre had some additional barriers to overcome: creaky IT systems, a depleting base of native speakers and the ever-present threat of cyclones.

  • McKesson Corp: Randy Spratt, CIO

    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.

  • Photos: CeBIT Australia 2007

    CeBIT Australia is on again for 2007 with hundreds of IT products and services on display in addition to the conference, keynotes and forums. Join us as we take a photo tour of the exhibition halls.

Reviews (10)

  • Microsoft Office Standard 2007

    If you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations, Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade. But stick to your current software if you don't feel that it lacks anything.

  • Roxio Easy Media Creator 8

    Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 builds on past success by offering a huge range of features and unparalleled ease of use, making it the right suite for most people.

  • Intel's sights on lip-reading software

    Intel has released software that lets computers read lips, a step forward that could lead to better voice recognition applications.

  • Intel gets inside life sciences

    Intel says its processors are behind efforts to find new breakthroughs in life sciences research and healthcare in a number of countries.

  • Getting in tune

    Microsoft cozies up to the music industry to protect rights--or is it setting up a new beachhead for Windows? Can Microsoft be trusted?

Create an e-mail alert for "patient"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
patient


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue Can not-so-smart meters help the NBN?
    It was interesting to witness Conroy's recent enthusiasm to spruik the NBN's role in supporting the Smart Grid, Smart City initiative. What a pity that Conroy hadn't yet seen the damning report from the Victorian auditor-general about that state's smart-meter roll-out.
  • Array Can the Telco Reform Act be win-win?
    In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.
  • Array Has New Zealand's smiling assassin delivered?
    One year into its tenure, how has the new New Zealand Government performed on issues of technology and telecommunications?
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured