eGovernment Resource Centre - e-Health Digest

eHealth measures missing the point

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:39 +1000

By David Glance. IT news, May 21, 2013.

Gov invests $10m in another eHealth initiative - Australia

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:21:30 +1000

End of life plans will provide doctors and carers with information on how people wish to be cared for at the end of their life, by Stephanie McDonald, Computerworld, 10 May, 2013.

Telehealth and the NBN myth

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:38:05 +1000

By David Glance. IT News, May 9, 2013.

NBN telehealth projects injected with $20.3m in funding

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:41:53 +1000

The projects will demonstrate new healthcare models for the elderly, by Stephanie McDonald. Computerworld, 8 May, 2013.

Telehealth vendors not fazed by NBN debate

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:05:13 +1000

Faster broadband could reduce ballooning health IT costs, says Frost & Sullivan, by Adam Bender. Computerworld, 29 April, 2013.

Australia to lead APAC e-health record uptake: analysts

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:11:29 +1000

By Liz Tay. IT News, April 30, 2013.

E-health records saved medical system $1.3B in 6 years - Canada

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:24:36 +1000

Use of electronic records more than doubled from 2006-2012, from 23% to 56%. CBC News, Posted: Apr 22, 2013.

'Patients want an online Amazon-style NHS'

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:18:01 +1000

Publicservice.co.uk, 19 April 2013.

Online GP records to be available much earlier than 2015

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:52:08 +1000

Publicservice.co.uk, 18 April 2013.

Govt unlikely to meet e-health sign-up target

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:59:34 +1000

By Charis Palmer. IT News, April 18, 2013.

Video conferencing helps tuberculosis patients in New Zealand

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:03:33 +1000

Vivid Solutions has rolled out a pilot to trial videophones in the home, By Randal Jackson - Wellington. Computerworld, Tuesday, 9 April, 2013.

US to issue medical mobile app guidance

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:34:10 +1100

By Thanya Kunakornpaiboonsiri. FutureGov, 26 March 2013.

Coalition's $18 million Broadband program supports patients with cystic fibrosis

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:33:44 +1100

Media Release, From the Minister for Technology, Wednesday, 27 March 2013.

New Zealand streamlines e-health with robotics technology

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:48:04 +1100

By Shahida Sweeney. FutureGov, 19 March 2013.

The limits to telehealth

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:44:20 +1100

By Howard Solomon. IT World Canaca, 12 March 2013.

New York HIE collaborative offers Direct messaging

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:56:52 +1100

by Anthony Brino, Associate Editor. Government Health IT, February 26, 2013.

Queensland Health faces IT spending review

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:05:24 +1100

By Joshua Gliddon. IT News, February 27, 2013.

US shares e-medical records from ambulance

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:53:20 +1100

By Thanya Kunakornpaiboonsiri. FutureGov, 21 February 2013. "The Rochester Regional Health Information Organisation (RHIO) in the US and area emergency medical service (EMS) agencies have agreed to share health information securely with emergency department or primary care physicians, allowing e-medical records of the patients to be sent from the ambulance..."

Numbers for eHealth lagging - Australia

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:55:26 +1100

by Tim Barlass. The Age, February 17, 2013.

NEHTA shrugs off health records patent threat

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:26:38 +1100

By John Hilvert. IT News, February 14, 2013.

Digital strategy: Leading the culture change in health and care published - UK

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:19:50 +1100

Department of Health, 20 December, 2012.

Making open data more valuable, one micropayment at a time

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:39:13 +1100

Yo Yoshida's startup, Appallicious, is using San Francisco's government data as a backbone, by Alex Howard. O'Reilly Radar, January 23, 2013.

Queensland Health taps UXC for telecommunications

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:57:48 +1100

By Josh Taylor. ZDNet, February 4, 2013.

Maintaining Patient Privacy in Singapore's E-Health Records

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:06:15 +1100

By Richard Pain. FutureGov, 8 January 2013.

Trending in 2013: Electronic Health Records

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:21:53 +1100

by Tammi Marcoullier. HowTo Blog, January 3, 2013.

Aust govt justifies insourcing bungled IBM e-health project

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:19:28 +1100

By Josh Taylor. ZDNet, December 11, 2012. "Summary: The National E-Health Transition Authority has said that the work IBM was doing for the e-health project before being dumped can now be done internally by the organisation, thanks to advancements in technology..."

New tools secure mobile health data

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:39:43 +1100

By John Pulley. NextGov, 12 December 2012.

Where ER Doctors Work Entirely Via Webcam

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:18:56 +1100

By Lindsay Abrams. The Atlantic, December 11 2012.

Privacy fears as government plans to map cancer patients' DNA

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:55:12 +1100

publicservice.co.uk, 10 December 2012.

Queensland Health - eHealth Program

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:39:50 +1100

Report to Parliament 4 : 2012-13. Queensland Audit Office.

Now Qld Health bungles e-health program

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:34:55 +1100

Written by Renai LeMay. Delimiter, Tuesday, December 4, 2012.

NHSD - Find a health service - iPhone App

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:11:22 +1100

By National Health Call Centre Network Ltd (NHCCN).

NHSD - Find a health service - Android app

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:05:41 +1100

NHCCN Ltd. "The National Health Services Directory (NHSD) App is a new national health information resource supported by all Australian governments.

New app helps you locate a doctor wherever you are

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:53:02 +1100

Minister for Health, Tanya Plibersek, Media Release, 6 December 2012.

NHS could save £2.9bn through 'simple things'

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:56:10 +1100

Publicservice.co.uk, 4 December 2012.

Aust gov boosts aged care tele-health

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:56:29 +1100

By Shahida Sweeney. FutureGov, 21 November 2012.

Data Challenge Spotlight: Visualizing Health Reform - Illinois

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:50:37 +1100

By Alice Murphy. GovFresh, November 15, 2012.

Online health records: Can integrity be maintained? (UK NHS mandate)

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:27:14 +1100

By David Downing, Health Specialist, SAS UK. Posted by Andy Price. Public Technology, 14 November 2012.

NHS Mandate published

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:22:56 +1100

UK Department of Health, 13 November, 2012.

Committee releases Stage 3 rules for electronic health records - US

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:23:31 +1100

By John Pulley. NextGov, November 9, 2012.

E-health ramp-up awaits GP software

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:54:36 +1100

By Josh Taylor. ZDNet, October 19, 2012.

IBM loses key e-health contract

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:53:07 +1100

By Joshua Gliddon. IT News, October 23, 2012.

Open health data in practice: Increase your access to lab results

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:39:56 +1100

Voice your support for a proposed federal rule that expands patients' access to test results, by Tim O'Reilly. O'Reilly Radar, 16 October 2012.