CSIRO scientists at the e-Health Research Centre will work with their counterparts in Europe and the United States to develop technologies to support effective communication in clinical teams.
The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) International Science Linkages program has made available a $221,145 grant enabling the e-health centre to be involved in the AMIDA (Augmented Multi-party Interaction with Distant Access) project.
Weiterlesen: Australia: Human specialists to develop communication tools for e-health
The association of 800 GPs and 200 practices, known as GPpartners, has rolled out electronic health records for patients with chronic illnesses in Brisbane's north and is moving to install the technology in Western Australia's Goldfields region.
"In an area such as health, this lack of operational knowledge can have critical and even life-endangering consequences," the society's submission to the independent review of NEHTA's performance says.
"There is a concern that the almost academic approach could lead to complex, costly and possibly unsafe systems being implemented," the submission says.
Chief executive Kerry Dalton says the CAB will use the grant, along with another $340,000 provided by the Consumer Affairs Ministry, to develop a website that will provide information and links to the 50,000 services listed on the organisation's database.
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Medical staff in the Greater Southern Region will soon be able to take advantage of a remote diagnosis system after receiving a funding boost of more than AU$2 million from each of the federal and New South Wales administrations.
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