The territory government has pre-empted the Federal Government's decision on a national e-health strategy for the creation of electronic health records which could cost $2 billion.
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According to a spokesperson for the state's Health Support Services division, which handles IT and shared services such as datacentre services for NSW Health, the outage began around 9am on Saturday morning.
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The Government introduced the e-Award in 2006 to promote excellence in the use of ICT at all levels of Government.
The projects nominated for the finals this year came from The Australian Bureau of Statistics; the Australian Taxation Office; the Child Support Agency; the Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations; the Department of Immigration and Citizenship; Intellectual Property Australia; Queensland’s Tablelands Regional Council; and the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development.
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The Minister for Health, John Della Bosca, said the $100 million project to digitise 250 hospitals will save money by eliminating duplicate diagnostic tests and imaging. It will also improve patient safety by alerting staff to a deteriorating patient and reduce the likelihood of errors.
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Doctors already involved in Australia's embryonic telemedicine sector, which allows patients to consult specialists hundreds or thousands of kilometres away, say the Government's plans to build a $43 billion national fibre-optic network is a good first step to encourage further roll-out of such hi-tech services.
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