Common criteria for services right across Australia adapted from UK Government.
Australia’s new e-government unit, the Digital Transformation Office, has set out criteria that digital services right across government must meet before they are launched.
The criteria, which were adapted from the UK Government’s Digital by Default standards, will apply to all new services and existing ones with more than 50,000 transactions per year.
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New Govt transactions will need to meet ‘standards’.
The federal government’s freshly minted Digital Transformation Office has issued the list of expectations agencies will need to meet before they launch any major new electronic services.
The ‘standards’ - borrowed from the UK Government’s own service design criteria - will apply to all new and redesigned services owned or partly-owned by Commonwealth agencies that account for more than 50,000 transactions per year.
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The rollout of the State Government’s troubled $422 million electronic health records system has been delayed again.
The Government revealed today that the Enterprise Patient Administration System (EPAS) will not be implemented at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) before the transition to the new Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Telstra Health recently announced the purchase of the business assets of Medibank’s Anywhere Healthcare, one of Australia’s specialist telemedicine solutions.
Established by Medibank in 2013, Anywhere Health offers people in regional and remote areas of Australia or people with physical constraint access to specialist medical practitioners and other allied health professionals over video conference.
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Telstra is adding to its e-health arsenal, striking an agreement to acquire Medibank Private's Anywhere Healthcare network as Australia's largest telecommunications provider looks to grow profits outside its traditional businesses.
Anywhere Healthcare was established in 2013 and is designed to help people in regional and remote areas, or those with mobility issues, get access to specialist doctors and healthcare over video conferencing.