AEHRC appoints research director
Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) has appointed Dr Kanagasingam Yogesan as its new research director.
Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) has appointed Dr Kanagasingam Yogesan as its new research director.
The Federal Government has accelerated its national e-health journey with the introduction of key legislation into parliament this week.
The Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is to deploy a shared electronic health record system.
A release promoting extra safeguards for national e-health identifier by its governing body has been labelled ‘chaff’ from a long-term industry advocate.
The Rudd Government needs to boost its leadership and learn from other countries implementing e-health strategies, according to a leading healthcare industry CIO.
The implementation of national e-health standards has taken another step forward with Northern Territory health agencies launching a secure messaging delivery system to share information between different clinical software systems.
Microsoft plans to buy health-care software maker Sentillion for an undisclosed sum in order to expand its own health-care offerings and capitalize on an upcoming opportunity for new sales.
The move towards e-health standards has taken a significant step forward as industry groups join with the National E-health Transition Authority (NEHTA) to develop an approach for the standard assessment of medical software.
Open source software could provide a model for better e-health collaboration, but should not be seen as a panacea for addressing the interoperability challenges in healthcare, according to a leading healthcare industry CIO.
The Federal Government and healthcare industry bodies should abandon proprietary software and embrace open source if Australia is to have a successful national e-health platform, argues e-health academic, Professor Jon Patrick. Professor Patrick, who heads up the health information technology research laboratory at the University of Sydney, said the existing proprietary software used in the health industry lacked the flexibility and cost-effectiveness to meet the demands of emergency department clinical situations.
The Department of Health and Ageing is to embark on a 14 month project — the Pharmaceutical Consolidated Information System (PharmCIS) — to support the listing of drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Schedule (PBS). The system, to be delivered by May 2011, is aimed at enhancing the coordination and transparency of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) processes and assisting the publication of approved drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Schedule.
Seven hospitals, 1000 beds, 7000 staff, 9000 babies, 35,000 theatre cases and 90,000 emergency attendances is all in a year’s work at Queensland’s largest independent hospital group.
Scientists at IBM are using a combination of nanotechnology and microchips to map out personal genetic code that could make significantly improve the process of diagnosing and treating diseases.
The company set up by the Australian, State and Territory governments in 2005 to lead the transition to greater use of e-health in Australia, the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), has released its Strategic Plan to 2012.
ASX-listed healthcare software provider iSoft (ISF) has recorded a $20m growth in its net profit after tax (NPAT) to $34.7m, up from $14.7m for the last financial year.