ETS is available across the State and has supported more than 58,000 emergency cases since it began, and now deals with about 300 cases a week.
Western Australia's virtual emergency department has been expanded to a 24/7 service. The WA Country Health Service's Emergency Telehealth Service (ETS) is now available around-the-clock from its 78 rural and remote locations.
A program to save rural and remote renal dialysis patients unnecessary travel through the use of telehealth technology has been recognised as the best in the state at the 2017 Queensland Health and Department of Health Awards for Excellence.
The Queensland Health Regional, Rural and Remote Award for Outstanding Achievement was presented to representatives from Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service Renal Services at a gala awards event in Brisbane on Tuesday night.
Weiterlesen: AU: Queensland : Telehealth technology wins state-wide award
Ongoing economic uncertainty and a slowdown in government technology investment continue to delay or limit the adoption of digital innovation and radically redesigned service models.
But CIOs at all levels of government can help ease the path.
Part of the problem is that the structure of government has remained largely unchanged for more than half a century, while the needs and expectations of citizens and businesses have outpaced the ability to adequately address them.
Weiterlesen: AU: CIOs and the transition to digital government
The office led by Information and Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim received 114 voluntary data breach notifications, 35 mandatory digital health data notifications, and 2,494 privacy-related complaints during the 12-month period.# During the 2016-17 financial year, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) received a total of 114 voluntary data beach notifications, with a further 35 mandatory digital health data breach notifications also reported, the agency's 2016-17 Annual Report [PDF] has revealed.
Weiterlesen: AU: OAIC received 114 voluntary data breach notifications in 2016-17
Victorian healthcare provider Melbourne Health has published a request for tender to support its proposed electronic medical record system.
The Victorian government has gone to tender, seeking a provider to upgrade Melbourne Health's network and site infrastructure.
The successful vendor will be charged with enabling appropriate levels of clinical and administrative user access to a proposed electronic medical record (EMR) system to be introduced at Melbourne Health, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and the Royal Women's Hospital, the request for tender (RFT) explains.
Weiterlesen: AU: Melbourne Health seeks network provider as it readies electronic record system