The federal government has allocated an extra $50 million over two years to assist Medicare Locals to help GPs use the eHealth records system.
Health Minister Tanya Plibersek said the funding was part of a package to support doctors to help roll out the new system.
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This article first appeared in the May 2012 edition of Pulse+IT Magazine.
The 2008 National eHealth Strategy set out a number of noble aims that were supported by industry and government alike. Industry confidence was at a high when then-Health Minister Nicola Roxon outlined her plans for a national... |
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HCF and telephone health counselling provider Healthways Australia have partnered to trial the use of a Bluetooth-enabled glucometer to improve health outcomes for HCF clients.
The partnership is running an open-ended trial to gauge patient acceptance of electronic blood sugar level reporting through... |
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Auckland-based mobile health specialist Vensa Health is in beta testing of a new application that will enable clinicians to add richer content to electronic communications with patients.
Vensa's M-Site, which is being trialled now with primary care clinics in New Zealand, is a way of attaching a mobile... |
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Health Communication Network (HCN) is holding a series of training sessions for users of Medical Director 3 and PracSoft in Brisbane next month.
The training sessions – MD3 on Friday, June 22 and PracSoft on Friday, June 29 – will be held at the Redcliffe Leagues Club.
Topics in the PracSoft... |
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The NSW branch of the Health Informatics Society of Australia has called for nominations to join its branch committee.
Nominees will be elected at the branch's AGM, being held on Thursday, June 21, at St Vincent's Private Hospital's function room in Darlinghurst, Sydney. Nominations open on Wednesday,... |
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InterSystems has extended its HealthShare strategic informatics platform, adding patented new technology called iKnow that allows users to retrieve and use unstructured data such as dictated notes, images and free text.
It has also added new Active Analytics technology that enables up-to-the-minute... |
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Clinical software and telehealth developer Healthbank has released an upgrade to its Healthbank Consult telehealth service, and is now intent on expanding its market throughout Australia.
Healthbank, which markets an electronic health record to clinicians based on its parent company Medtel's WinChart... |
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GS1 Australia and the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) are hosting seminars in Melbourne and Sydney next week to introduce the healthcare supply chain industry to their latest initiatives in national health supply chain reform and the use of GS1 standards.
Purchasers, suppliers and distributors... |
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Health Communication Network (HCN) is holding a series of training sessions for users of Medical Director 3, PracSoft and Blue Chip in Sydney next month.
The training sessions – PracSoft on June 13, MD3 on June 14 and Blue Chip on June 15 – will be held at HCN's headquarters in St Leonards.
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