Queensland eHealth chief executive Dr Richard Ashby has resigned following allegations of an undeclared relationship involving an individual linked to the replacement of the state’s Patient Administration System (PAS).
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is to overhaul its medical records system (MRS) in a bid to streamline the government agency’s business processes.
It was a bad idea from the start, but even as bad ideas go, this one went horribly wrong.
The IT director of a nonprofit organ procurement center for more than 200 hospitals in Texas was sentenced last week to two years in prison for intentionally deleting numerous organ donation records and other data after being fired from her job.
After many promises and trials, NSW Health has committed $100 million over the next two years to replace existing paper-based health records in public hospitals with a state-wide electronic system aimed at improving patient care.
Obama's appointment of Vivek Kundra marks an important first step for rectifying the nation's concerns about IT.