The Federal Government's $446 million commitment to e-health is “not enough” and could deliver a "prototype" to sell the benefits of technology and healthcare, according to the Victorian Department of Health.
E-health has been used as a political football, which takes funding away from other health services, according to the medical practitioner who reviewed the UK government's e-health record implementation.
The Labor government's proposed $43 billion national broadband network (NBN) isn't necessary for the rollout of the health record identifiers, according to the head of the National eHealth Transition Authority (NEHTA).
The e-health capabilities of the major political parties are “as bad as each other” according to the former chief of the South Australian department of health.
Election analysts predict that it could take as much as two weeks to decide the fate of the Australian Government, but planned e-health measures are expected to progress in as little as a month.
ASX-listed e-health provider Medtech Global Limited (ASX:MDG) has secured a $1 million deal to provide software for an “important national health project” for New Zealand's Ministry of Health.
A number of Australia’s leading health associations have welcomed the news that a re-elected Labor Government would use the speed and connectivity of the National Broadband Network (NBN) to [[artnid: 357077 |facilitate online consultations between patients and doctors|new]] via videoconferencing.
Sites in Brisbane, the Hunter Valley and Melbourne's eastern suburbs will receive $12.5 million over two years as the starting point for the Labor party’s proposed $466.7 million e-health records policy.
Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has used the Labor Party’s official campaign launch to link the future health of Australians with the National Broadband Network (NBN).
The National e-Health Transition Authority (NeHTA) is claiming a milestone in the advancement of a national e-health system with the first live implementation of the Australian Medicines Terminology (AMT).
The Victorian Government is to shortly progress to the third phase in its implementation of the National e-health Transition Authority’s (NeHTA) national product catalogue.
The Opposition’s pledge to crush the Government’s national e-health scheme will risk thousands of lives and waste millions in taxpayer funds, according to a former advisor to the scrapped Access Card.
The key ICT political figures in the Federal Election are expected to go head to head in a debate at the [[xref: http://www.npc.org.au/|National Press Club]] on 10 August.
ASX-listed e-health provider iSoft (ASX: ISF) has revised its revenue forecast down by another $10 million, following a halving of its share price last month.
iSOFT today said it had completed the rollout of new patient management systems in mid-June to Victorian hospitals under Victoria's delayed HealthSMART project begun back in 2003, as financial problems continue to plague the Australian e-health giant.