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Over $200 million in technology spending was laid out for Queensland Health in the state's budget released today.
Queensland Health is looking to appoint a permanent chief information officer (CIO) after filling the role with an acting CIO for the past six months.
Queensland Health has settled its long-running lawsuit with e-health vendor TrakHealth and its parent InterSystems.
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Acting Queensland Health CIO Ray Brown has been appointed to permanently fill the chief information officer role.
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