In a statement, the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) CIO, Ann Steward, announced that IP principles would be altered to give government agencies more flexibility with the use of data and information.
Weiterlesen: Australian Government Information Management Office responds to Gov 2.0 Taskforce on IP
Dr Haikerwal, head of the National E-Health Transition Authority's clinical leads program, says a more integrated approach is needed if the community is to gain improved patient care and cost savings from e-health programs.
"To reap the benefits, the role of NEHTA must be matched with a national implementation arm with the ability to co-ordinate across the states, and across the myriad private providers that administer the bulk of healthcare to Australians," Dr Haikerwal said. "With the rubber now set to hit the health superhighway, health professionals urgently need technical capacity and expert guidance to ensure clinical relevance, utility, safety and acceptability of e-health systems."
Weiterlesen: Australia: E-health needs implementation body: Haikerwal
Over 10 000 council seats which includes 4277 wards will be contested in eight metropolitan councils, 45 districts and 231 local municipalities.
The importance of local elections is often overlooked by the average voter, and this apathy is reflected by industry. We spend much of our time criticising national government for non-delivery, when we should be holding our local government accountable too. We need to raise issues of e-government and service delivery at a local level if we want to see meaningful change.
Weiterlesen: Australia: Taking the service delivery struggle back to the people
National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) clinical lead Christopher Pearce and head of the clinical unit at NEHTA Mukesh Haikerwal said a national system had the potential to improve health care provision and cut costs.
“The use of electronic health records (EHRs) may bring significant cost benefits from improved efficiency and increased quality, which will accrue as the EHRs become more comprehensive,” they said.
The Western Australian Department of Treasury and Finance has claimed success in implementing key projects across the past year as it looks to fully modernise its revenues, tax and shared services systems by 2013
According to its annual report for the 2009/2010 financial year, the government will finalise a roll out of Oracle e-Business systems by mid-2012, seeing a total of 90 agencies gain access to the shared services platform. A total of 14 agencies were rolled in during the past year, with plans to roll in a further 20 agencies across 2010-2011. The systems, focussed around project operations and shared services, are expected to enable whole-of-government industrial awards, the first of which were completed and implemented over the past year.
Weiterlesen: Western Australian Treasury inches closer to tax modernisation