Quote Of The Year

Timeless Quotes - Sadly The Late Paul Shetler - "Its not Your Health Record it's a Government Record Of Your Health Information"

or

H. L. Mencken - "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Weekly Australian Health IT Links - 01-11-2009

Here are a few I have come across this week.

http://www.medicalobserver.com.au/News/0,1734,5526,26200910.aspx

Rural GPs espouse online mental health training

Andrew Bracey - Monday, 26 October 2009

AN interactive online mental health training program is drawing together isolated rural doctors in online learning communities.

The ACRRM-run program allows GPs to log into an interactive learning module to discuss patients' mental health issues with colleagues across the country and ask questions of trainers.

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http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26271153-15306,00.html

Hospitals need open source in IT: expert

Karen Dearne | October 28, 2009

OPEN source software offers one cure for clinical system implementation woes, as authorities struggle to find solutions that meet all medical requirements, a leading health informatics researcher says.

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http://www.prwire.com.au/pr/15220/isoft-selects-intranet-dashboard-for-global-rollout

iSOFT selects Intranet DASHBOARD for global rollout

Melbourne, Australia: Thursday 29 October 2009 – iSOFT, a leading global provider of healthcare IT solutions, has selected Intranet DASHBOARD (iD) as its new group-wide communications platform for its 4,700 employees located across the globe.

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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26277668-23289,00.html

Cyber aid to quitting smoking

October 30, 2009

Article from: The Australian

WASHINGTON: Battling one's cigarette demons in a virtual world may prove to be an effective way to help people quit smoking, a research team has found in a preliminary study.

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http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26280953-15306,00.html

Medicare settles Thelma dispute

Karen Dearne | October 30, 2009

MEDICARE Australia has settled an alleged anti-competitive action, agreeing to pay $460,000 to Thelma, a wholly owned subsidiary of listed health transactions provider ICSGlobal, a month before the matter was due to return to the Federal Court.

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http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26268194-15306,00.html

NSW unveils data centre reform plans

Fran Foo | October 28, 2009

THE NSW Government has released long-awaited details of its data centre consolidation project, calling for two purpose-built green data centres to be developed and run by the private sector.

NSW government CIO Emmanuel Rodriguez has realised his vision for data centre consolidation.

The Departments of Health and Education will act as anchor tenants, with facilities to be fully operational in 2011 at either new or existing sites.

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http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26262923-15306,00.html

Rethink on medical imaging radiation to cut risks

Jennifer Foreshew | October 27, 2009

A COMPUTER program that aims to make radiography imaging safer for patients by minimising their radiation exposure is expected to be tested in a clinical environment next year.

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http://www.pharmacynews.com.au/article/profession-failing-the-health-system-menadue/503548.aspx

Profession failing the health system: Menadue

27 October 2009 | by Simone Roberts

Pharmacists have been criticised for their lack of innovation and unwillingness to change in a damning assessment of the profession from an outsider.

John Menadue, a director at the Centre for Policy Development and the chair of a number of recent major health reviews, told delegates at the Pharmacy Australia Congress this month that pharmacists had failed to respond to the health system's need for them to do more in their professional capacity.

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http://www.techworld.com.au/article/324380/ubuntu_9_10_karmic_koala_release_gives_kde_boost

Ubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala' release gives KDE a boost

Release paves way for more KDE on netbooks

Rodney Gedda (CIO) 30/10/2009 09:32:00

Kubuntu 9.10 ships the new and improved 4.3 KDE interface

Open source software vendor Canonical has released the new version of its Linux-based Ubuntu operating system, Ubuntu 9.10 -- codenamed "Karmic Koala" -- and with it comes a number of updates to improve the KDE experience.

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Enjoy!

David.

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