Today’s IT lift-out (May 25, 2010) has a special focus on e-Health. If you can find a print copy or have access worth a browse.
Information
Call to put e-health on fast track
Hospitals around the country are making steady progress in using information technology to improve consumer outcomes and spend public money more efficiently, but clinicians are calling on the government to accelerate investment in e-health and position Australia at the forefront of these globally significant developments.
Will the iPad revolutionise medicine?
Steve Jobs got a new liver, the rest of us got an easier way to surf the net in bed, and the health-care industry just may have got the big break it needed to launch into the 21st century.
Remote possibilities thrown up by Tasmania portal
As politicking continues to threaten electronic health progress and the future of the fundamental building block of unique identifier numbers for patients and providers on the national front, regional and state-based e-health initiatives appear to be in better physical shape.
The chief executive of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre has accused the federal government of making the same mistakes as its predecessor, failing to take privacy concerns seriously enough in its bid to get crucial health identifier legislation through Parliament.
Enjoy.
David.
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