Australia has maintained its place as the second-best country for e-government in the biennial United Nations e-government survey.
It took out second place to the United Kingdom — which shot up the ranks thanks to early adoption and a concerted focus on digital by the British government — on both this year’s e-government development index and e-participation index.
Weiterlesen: AU: E-participation rising, but UK now beats Australia at e-government
Research into the use of digital technology to deliver positive outcomes for the sick and aged will be at the heart of the Flinders Digital Health Research Centre to be launched today.
Based at Tonsley, the centre will be headed up by digital healthcare experts Professor Anthony Maeder and Professor Trish Williams as co-directors.
Australia’s National Blood Authority saves A$10m as mobile and data innovations inject efficiency into the supply chain
Few organisations invest heavily in IT to make sure their clients use less of their product, but that’s the battle Australia’s National Blood Authority (NBA) is fighting – and winning – as it leans heavily on data and mobile technology innovations to optimise a real-time supply chain that involves most of Australia’s more than 1,300 hospitals.
The recent National Press Club debate between the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Christopher Pyne, and his Labor counterpart Kim Carr reinforced that both sides of government want to be seen as owning the innovation high ground. Unfortunately, neither has offered anything new to the voters on the subject.
Our ability to commercialise our innovations will really make a difference to the economy. Factors like research funding, forging links between businesses and a stable operating environment are all going to play their part.
Weiterlesen: Australians need access to reliable, high-speed broadband
For government CIOs, establishing an e-government model is just the first step on a journey to becoming a mature digital services organisation.
The first thing to realise is that while e-government is judged by the number of services made available to citizens, digital government will be measured by a reduction in the number of discrete services in favour of an integrated experience.