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  • Open-Source-Vorschrift in Australien

    Das Parlament der Hauptstadt-Region Australiens in Canberra (Australian Capital Territory) hat ein Gesetz beschlossen, das bei der Einrichtung von amtlicher Verwaltung grundsätzlich vorschreibt, den Einsatz von Open Source Software zu "erwägen".
  • Optional EHR for every Australian by 2012

    The Australian Government plans to spend A$467 million (US$400 million) over the next two years to create an electronic health record for every Australian who opts to have one.

    The plan was revealed in the Government’s 2010-11 budget papers.

    “Patients will no longer have to remember every detail of their care history and retell it to every care provider they see,” according to a statement by Health Minister Nicola Roxon. “They will be able to present for treatment anywhere in the country and give permission for health professionals to access their relevant history.”

  • Outrage as eHealth record sign-up squads hit Australian hospital patients in bid to boost numbers

    Bureaucrats armed with clipboards have been sent into hospitals and nursing homes to cajole patients to sign up for an eHealth record their doctors still won't be able to use.

    Nine months after it was launched, the Government's $1 billion eHealth system holds just 414 patient records and is only a fifth of the way towards its target of signing up 500,000 patient users by June 30.

    There are currently only two hospitals using the personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system and they have uploaded just 155 discharge summaries.

  • PCCW brings network-as-a-service offering to first Australian data centres

    The company first launched the technology in 2018 and it’s taken a while to enter Australia despite having a key support presence there.

    Console Connect, the software-defined connectivity platform from PCCW Global, has been launched into the Australian market. Console Connect competes against similar interconnetion technology from the likes of Megaport, Equinix and PacketFabric.

  • Political Uncertainty Hits Australian National Broadband Network

    A tale of two networks

    Labor and the coalition debated the respective merits of their ICT policies today, and a clear divergence has emerged between them.

    The Labor government is committed to investing up to A$43 billion in a National Broadband Network (NBN), including a 100Mbps wholesale-only FTTH network to 93% of the population. Wireless and satellite will cover the last 7% of the population. Pilot FTTH sites have been activated, and further sites are under construction.

  • Pro-Linux-Gesetz in Australien

    Regierung soll bei IT-Beschaffung Open-Source-Software "in Erwägung ziehen"

    Die Open-Source-Befürworter haben in Australien einen Punkte-Sieg errungen. Das Parlament des Hauptstadt-Distriktes Canberra hat in der Nacht auf heute, Donnerstag, ein Linux-freundliches Gesetz beschlossen. Das Gesetz wurde von einer Mehrheit aus Demokraten, Unabhängigen und Grünen angenommen. Es folgt ähnlichen Bestimmungen, die bereits in Südaustralien und auf Bundesebene auf dem legislativen Weg sind. Auch der Bundesstaat Neusüdwales überlegt ähnliche Maßnahmen, berichtet AustralianIT.

  • Proposed Australian e-health records system criticised

    Both the Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA) and the Australian Privacy Foundation have criticised the private corporation established by the federal and state governments to roll out the federal government's proposed electronic health records. They have told a Senate inquiry hearing in Canberra that personally-controlled e-health records should not go live on July 1 as planned.

    According to MSIA president Jon Hughes the industry has lost confidence in the ability of the National eHealth Transition Authority (NEHTA) to deliver the program. “There is evidence of a lack of probity, ineffective governance and an inability to deliver targeted programs… The program risks falling into disuse from the very first day of live operation,” he said.

  • Prospect: South Australia’s Rising Smart City

    The City of Prospect is a small municipality in the state of South Australia with a population of only 20,000, but it has big ambitions that are being recognized internationally.

    For the sixth time in eight years, Prospect was listed in the Top 21 Intelligent Communities in the world by the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).

  • Regional Australia’s First Fully Integrated Digital Hospital

    The healthcare sector is constantly evolving as technology becomes more sophisticated. St Stephen’s Private Hospital in Hervey Bay, Queensland, which officially opened last month, is the first fully integrated digital hospital in regional Australia. New ways of working meant a new approach to design.

    Designed by Conrad Gargett Riddel AMW, the $96 million facility houses the country’s first full electronic medical record (EMR) and digital patient management system, in addition to a digital drug dispensing facility and a capacity to monitor patients during surgeries.

  • Revamped Australian e-health system passes Parliament

    The health records of Australians are set to go online by default, with the new system to be trialled first in northern Queensland and in the Blue Mountains.

    The medical records of all Australians are set to go online after legislation to revamp the e-health system and get more people using it cleared Parliament.

    The new My Health Record system is to be trialled first in north Queensland and the NSW Blue Mountains region, and will be rolled out nationally if it proves a success.

  • Revolutionising cities: The digital transformation you can’t ignore

    Cities around the world are transitioning toward smarter and more efficient living, marking the end of the third-generation (3G) network era as faster networks rise to the forefront.

    The transition to a faster network is being accelerated by the planned shutdown of all 3G networks over the next 12 months by Australia’s major telecommunications providers, which include Telstra, Vodafone, and Optus.

  • RFID, e-passport security at risk: Aus govt

    A senior cybersecurity advisor with the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has acknowledged that radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled passports and credit cards pose a risk to information security, and stressed that the government is currently looking into ways to make them more secure.

    Speaking at the annual Biometrics Institute Australia conference in Sydney last week, Dr Helen Cartledge said that RFID chips, including those located within banking cards and e-Passports issued by the government, are at risk from wireless skimming devices.

    "e-Passport utilizes basic access control (BAC) to prevent personal information being extracted without actually handing over the document. Extended Access Control is used to protect other information such as fingerprint [data]. Credit cards, however, do not have the same type of safeguards and some of the information they contain may be vulnerable if attackers are nearby with a transceiver [reader] at the same frequency range as your e-tag or cards--they may get access to some of your information," Cartledge added.

  • Royal Australian College of General Practitioners helps GPs with telehealth kit

    The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has urged its member GPs not to rush out and buy telehealth equipment before the college can finish writing an implementation guide, having reviewed the different technologies and connection options available.

    "The RACGP is currently reviewing the different technologies and connection options to provide a choice from a range of vendor equipment as a means of ensuring interoperability between them," Dr Mike Civil, chair of the RACGP Telehealth Standards Taskforce, said in a statement.

    The college is also working on the development of clinical telehealth standards for general practitioners, expected to be ready in October.

  • Schemes used by South Australia to include citizens in policy making

    State is pioneering many new methods for opening up government.

    Most governments want to include their citizens in decision-making. This is especially true when it comes to issues which cause a great deal of disagreement. So how do you host a discussion that doesn’t degenerate into an argument between the loudest voices?

  • Seamless, transparent fault management across Australian state transport network

    Transport Management Centre (TMC), a government entity under Transport for New South Wales Australia, implemented an incident and case management solution that resulted in faster response time, improved citizen service levels and lower costs in just four months. Find out how they achieved this in the summary below, or click here for the full case study.

    TMC controls all traffic operations in a large region which includes more than 18,000 kilometres of roads and more than 5,000 bridges and tunnels, as well as rail, ferry and bus lines.

  • Security concerns over Australia’s e-health records

    Medicos blame NEHTA’s "unreliable performance". But enough with lost data! Let’s criminalise negligent data breaches.

    As Australia grinds ever-closer to putting our health records online from (allegedly) 1 July, disturbing news is emerging. US hospitals are seeing more data breaches, and Australian medical experts warn that patient safety could be put at risk.

  • Services Australia battling large-scale transformation and an APS IT talent shortfall

    The super agency has eight large transformation programs underway that the rest of the Commonwealth hopes to re-use, but the Community and Public Sector Union would argue Services Australia staff are being left behind amid the bureaucracy.

    Services Australia is currently undertaking eight major transformation programs, focusing on reusing capability that the agency's CEO of transformation projects Charles McHardie has touted will provide consistency, ease of use for staff, and cost savings.

  • Snapshot: The e-health landscape in Australia

    How e-health is making its mark down under

    Under its $7.8 billion national heathcare reform project, to be completed over a five year period, the Gillard Government has committed to improving hospitals and primary healthcare, providing more training for health professional including doctors and nurses, investment in prevention, increasing support for mental illness and aged care, and bringing the health system up to date.

    As part of this health reform project, the government has established a Healthcare Identifier Bill 2010 to govern a timeline to have unique healthcare identifiers (HI) in operation within 10 years, a project spearheaded by Medicare. This will mean Australian has a unique health record held in a single national database that can be accessed by different healthcare professionals.

  • Social media policies from across Australian governments

    I've been compiling a list of social media policies released by government agencies and councils across Australia as a central resource bank for organisations who are either still in the process of creating their policies, or are interested in reviewing and improving them.

    Thus far I've identified just over 70 policies - a small number considering Australia has over 550 councils, 100 state departments and 18 federal departments, plus all of the independent agencies and statutory bodies across the nation.

  • South Australia 2010-11 budget spares ICT

    Big focus on shared services, new police technology and ICT support

    While many agencies have suffered cuts under the latest South Australian budget, many areas of ICT expenditure in the 2010-11 year will see a rise in funding.

    Noting major variations in expenditure between the 2009-10 and 2010-11 budgets, the South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance said it in the budget that it would increase expenditure by $15 million on ICT initiatives including its shared services reform, a taxation revenue management system and an e-procurement project.

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