Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.
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Another quite busy week and lots of different things happening. Enjoy the browse.
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Leidos-led consortium wins $329.6 million Australian Defence Force digital health platform contract
Telehealth company Coviu and clinical and practice management software provider MediRecords join Leidos in the ambitious project.
By Lynne Minion
May 05, 2022 09:24 PM
A consortium led by systems integrator Leidos has secured a $329.65 million contract to roll out a comprehensive new digital health capability for the Australian Defence Force by July 2028.
Leidos and Australian companies MediRecords, Coviu and Nous Group joined in the consortium bid to deliver the ambitious technologies, including an EMR, telehealth, ePrescribing, practice management, eReferrals, clinical decision support, artificial intelligence and data analytics.
The platform will work across primary, occupational, emergency and hospital care, and integrate with the ADF's IT infrastructure and My Health Record.
ADF expects it to reach at least Stage 5 on the HIMSS Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model.
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Leidos-led consortium scores $329m Defence e-health records deal
By Justin Hendry on May 3, 2022 6:40AM
Solution to replace infamous EMIS-based Defence eHealth System.
A Leidos-led consortium has won a $329 million deal to deliver a new e-health records platform for the 80,000 deployed and non-deployed personnel in the Australia Defence Force (ADF).
iTnews can reveal the systems integrator, together with partners MediRecords, Coviu and Nous Group, secured the contract for the system, which is officially known as the Health Knowledge Management (HKM) solution, at the end of last year.
The significant deal was recently made public through the federal government’s procurement website AusTender, without an accompanying announcement from the Department of Defence.
A spokesperson told iTnews the contract followed first pass approval for the HKM solution, which represents the final component of a multi-year, billion-dollar JP2060 deployed health capability project.
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/labor-promises-audit-to-improve-mygov-579444
Labor promises audit to improve myGov
By Justin Hendry on May 2, 2022 12:09PM
Online services platform "not up to scratch".
Labor has pledged to audit the government’s myGov online services platform and use it to roll out reliability and usability improvements for users.
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese and shadow government services minister Bill Shorten announced the “user audit” over the weekend, as the election campaign enters its final three weeks.
The audit will look at “how well myGov is performing for its most important stakeholders – the Australian public – when it comes to reliability and functionality for a user-friendly experience”.
Reliability and usability have been a bugbear for myGov since the one-stop shop for online services was introduced in 2013, particularly in its first two years.
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https://www.ausdoc.com.au/news/texting-patients-preconsult-would-boost-preventive-care-says-gp
Texting patients pre-consult would boost preventive care, says GP
Dr Oliver Frank is calling for an overhaul of practice software to stop patients missing out on screening
4th May 2022
A prominent GP has taken aim at "simplistic" general practice software that he claims is leading patients to miss out on preventive care.
Dr Oliver Frank says current electronic clinical record systems need updating to send patients automated texts before consults to let them know about screening and other preventative healthcare activities.
Currently most on-screen prompts for GPs are a simple ‘X is due now’ and do not include reminders about national priority and important health programs, Dr Frank says.
“On-screen reminders to GPs are simplistic and easily overlooked, and no reminders are sent automatically to patients,” he writes in the Australian Journal of Primary Health.
These new messages would go straight to patients, inviting them to view a comprehensive overview of their preventive care status — ideally before a consultation or the creation or review of a GP management plan.
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https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/spotlight-on-privacy-as-health-sector-reports-most
Spotlight on privacy as health sector reports most data breaches
To mark Privacy Awareness Week, the RACGP is reminding practices to review policies and procedures to ensure health information is secure.
03 May 2022
The health sector remains the highest-reporting industry for
data breaches, with health service providers notifying 83 data breaches during
the period for July–Dec 2021 – making up 18% of the 464 total breaches.
This information comes from the latest Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner (OAIC) Notifiable
Data Breaches (NDB) report. It confirms that health service providers and
the finance industry have consistently reported
the most data breaches of all industry sectors since the NDB
scheme began in 2018.
For this year’s Privacy
Awareness Week (2–8 May), the RACGP is again supporting the OAIC to raise
awareness off and remind general practices how to minimise risks of data
breaches and information security attacks.
According
to the college, maintaining privacy is one of the key principles of
delivering safe, quality healthcare, and practices are advised to have robust
policies and procedures in place.
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https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/racgp/in-practice-how-did-telehealth-services-rate-durin
In Practice: Last call for GP22 submissions
GPs still have the chance to share the unique contribution they make to patients, the profession and healthcare in Australia.
05 May 2022
This week’s round up also includes upcoming CPD webinars,
last calls for GP22 submissions, and member benefits from the college.
Member feedback on COVID-19 telehealth services
The Australian National Audit Office is undertaking an audit to assess whether
the Department of Health has effectively managed the expansion of telehealth
services during and post the COVID‐19 pandemic.
In response, the RACGP is seeking feedback from members on telehealth services
in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Telehealth was first
introduced in March 2020 and a number
of changes have been made to Medicare Benefits Schedule items in response
to the evolving pandemic situation.
GPs and GPs in training can provide their feedback until 8 June.
Information about how to provide feedback is available on the RACGP
website.
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Announcement from HiNZ Board Chair
Kim Mundell, chief executive of Health Informatics New
Zealand (HiNZ) has resigned, effective 31 May 2022.
The board has appointed Kylie Williams, HiNZ sales and marketing general manager,
as acting chief executive from 1 June 2022.
Williams says Mundell leaves big shoes to fill. "We are
delighted Kim (Mundell) will continue to provide advisory services to HiNZ as a
part-time consultant after she exits the CE role”.
Williams brings a wealth of expertise to the role: her CV includes senior
marketing roles at Microsoft, World Vision, and the BBC.
Mundell says, "HiNZ will be in very capable hands with
Williams at the helm. She is well known to most of our sponsors as an excellent
media strategist and she has the full support of the HiNZ team and
board."
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Perth private hospital to expand rollout of home care platform for surgery patients post-discharge
Following the success of the Personify Care platform in minimising readmissions after general surgeries, St John of God Murdoch Hospital is rolling it out to the specialist surgery wards.
By Lynne Minion
May 03, 2022 09:52 PM
St John of God Murdoch Hospital in Perth is rolling out its "Healthcare at Home" platform to surgical specialty wards including urology and gynaecology following its success in reducing preventable patient readmissions in the general surgical wards.
In 2021, Australian digital health company Personify Care delivered a platform at the 530-bed private hospital, enabling post-surgery home care for patients with community-based clinical support.
WHY IT MATTERS
As part of St John of God Healthcare's digital transformation program, the system has been highly effective in managing patients' after discharge and detecting emerging care needs through the collection of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs).
"The technology has been shown to be successfully adopted across patient cohorts, including older and high-risk patients. This supports the change in community expectations as it leans ever closer to the widespread use of technology in our day-to-day interactions," Simone Scales, the project manager at St John of God Healthcare, said.
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NSW government official joins EY as partner
Edmund Tadros Professional services editor
May 2, 2022 – 11.31am
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Terry Sweeney, 52, is now an Adelaide-based partner in EY’s consulting division. Dr Sweeney is also a part-time professor in the University of Adelaide’s school of health and medical sciences and a special advisor on technology and innovation to the G20. He is the former chief executive of the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre and a former managing director at IBM. He worked as an analyst for MI6 where he spent time embedded with an active British military unit in the former Yugoslavia.
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Respiri raises $1.5m to fast-track wheezo commercialisation in multi-billion-dollar US market
-May 2, 2022
Health technology company Respiri (ASX: RSH) has unveiled a $1.5 million capital raising as it fast-tracks its expansion through the US respiratory health market, which is forecast to be worth US$85 billion by 2026.
The funds will be used to accelerate Respiri’s roll-out strategy of its Food and Drug Administration approved wheezo device and software as a service (SaaS) in the US, where the company says there is “strong interest”.
Respiri’s wheezo device and software records breath sounds, which are then analysed in the app for wheeze presence.
The technology allows users to log symptoms, triggers, medication and environmental factors, with data collected to build a personalised profile, which can be shared with healthcare professionals on demand.
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/bupa-cio-takes-health-services-md-chair-for-now-579500
Bupa CIO takes health services MD chair for now
By Richard Chirgwin on May 3, 2022 12:09PM
Executive search in train.
Bupa's A/NZ chief information officer Sami Yalavac has been given the role of interim managing director of Bupa Australia's health services portfolio.
A Bupa spokesperson told iTnews that previous incumbent Dwayne Crombie has “returned to New Zealand as managing director of our aged care business”.
Yalavac has been Bupa’s A/NZ CIO since January 2016, with responsibility across all Bupa private health insurance, care homes, optometry, dental, telehealth and “all other Bupa business in the region”.
His appointment to the acting managing director role became public by way of a low-key edit to his LinkedIn profile.
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Regional Radiology Information System live at Capital and Coast DHB
Wednesday, 4 May 2022
NEWS - eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth
Capital and Coast DHB (CCDHB) has gone live with the
regional Radiology Information System and PACS reporting solution on the
Philips Vue imaging platform.
The move is part of an agreement between the six Central Region DHBs – CCDHB,
Hutt Valley, Wairarapa, MidCentral, Whanganui and Hawke’s Bay – to implement
shared regional ICT systems to support DHB radiology functions.
These systems are the; Regional Clinical Portal, Ordering for Radiology,
Radiology Information System (RIS), and the Regional Picture Archiving and
Communication System (PACS) reporting solution.
Martin Catterall, chief digital officer for Capital & Coast, Hutt Valley
and Wairarapa DHBs says the RIS is used to manage the patient journey through
Radiology – from the front desk to radiologists.
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https://gphn.org.au/burst/programs/health-record/fact-sheets/
My Health Record – Fact Sheets and Guides
Home » Programs & Projects » My Health Record » My Health Record – Fact Sheets and Guides
Want more information about My Health Record? Visit the My Health Record Fact Sheets and Guides area to access:
· an overview of health directories
· healthcare setting-specific information
· pathology reports for clinicians
· clinical software summary sheets
· interview on benefits of My Health Record for pharmacists
· identity verification code (IVC) number registration card
· Assisting patients to register
· shared health summaries versus event summaries
· Australian Medicines Terminology (AMT)
· registered and not using digital health tips
· data quality checklist for ‘active’ patients
Show me the My Health Record fact sheets and guides
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https://wildhealth.net.au/unease-as-pbs-critic-named-to-lead-tech-review/
6 May 2022
Unease as PBS critic named to lead tech review
Controversy is brewing over the federal Department of Health’s announcement of a proposed reference committee for the Health Technology Assessment review.
The announcement came on 10 April, the same day that Prime Minister Scott Morrison set the election date, meaning any activities the committee will undertake will have to wait until the new government is installed.
However, it is the government’s proposed appointment of Dr Peter Boxall – a longstanding critic of the PBS – as chair of the committee, which is shaping up as a problem.
Opposition health spokesman Mark Butler said Labor did not accept the appointments made by outgoing Health Minister Greg Hunt. He said that if Labor was elected to government on 21 May it would consult with stakeholders over Dr Boxall’s and other committee members’ “proposed appointments”.
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https://wildhealth.net.au/anonymous-mental-telehealth-reduces-stigma-for-health-professionals/
6 May 2022
Anonymous mental telehealth reduces stigma for health professionals
By Fran Molloy
Anonymous mental consultations by telehealth have provided welcome relief for hundreds of in-crisis healthcare professionals, who would be unlikely to seek support otherwise because of concerns about the potential impact on their employment.
Black Dog Institute clinical psychologist Dr Peter Baldwin says digital mental health services from the group’s TEN – The Essential Network for Health Professionals platform operate outside Medicare or My Health Record, allowing health professionals to remain anonymous when seeking help for burnout, anxiety or depression.
“Health professionals appreciate the anonymity of the service because mental health is still stigmatised in many workplaces, and people don’t want to be seen walking into a psychologist’s office,” says Dr Baldwin.
“Digital health lets us make evidence-based tools tailored specifically to meet the needs of health professionals – freely available and completely confidential,” he says.
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https://wildhealth.net.au/csiros-big-ticket-items-for-ehealth-research/
6 May 2022
CSIRO’s big-ticket items for e-health research
Interoperability Technology Virtual/Remote Care
By Wendy John
Australia’s largest digital health research program is on display at this month’s AEHRC e-Health Research Colloquium, hosted by the CSIRO.
Dr David Hansen, chief executive of the Australian e-Health Research Centre at CSIRO, says the annual meeting is “part of the ecosystem in Queensland”.
“It really reflects that we’ve had a joint venture relationship in the centre with the Queensland government for the last 18 years,” he said.
The colloquium agenda is a list of what’s currently hot in CSIRO digital health research. The projects reflect a strategy that Dr Hansen says is created, in part, by identifying the needs of CSIRO partners and recruiting researchers with different strings to their bow.
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https://wildhealth.net.au/aidh-announces-new-digital-health-fellowship/
6 May 2022
AIDH Announces New Digital Health Fellowship
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) and Digital Health CRC have announced a fellowship program focused exclusively on digital health.
AIDH CEO Dr Louise Schaper said the fellowship aims to address the glaring absence of standardisation for clinicians hoping to specialise or upskill in digital health.
“Right now, there is no agreed national curriculum, recognised career pathways or recognition program for clinicians who are keen to become practitioners in digital health, in roles such as chief clinical information officer and chief digital health officer,” she said.
“We need more qualified clinicians who are upskilled, confident and enabled to deliver care in a digital world. Many of our members and clinicians in the wider community are digital health leaders and experts, but there is still very limited formal training, and much of it is knowledge rather than skills based,” she said.
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New imaging tool may facilitate mobile disease diagnosis
Tuesday, 03 May, 2022
A new microscopic imaging device small enough to fit on a smartphone camera lens could potentially make mobile medical diagnosis of diseases affordable and accessible.
Researchers from the University of Melbourne and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) are helping miniaturise phase-imaging technology using metasurfaces, which are only a few hundred nanometres thick — about 350 times thinner than the thickness of a human hair.
The detection of diseases often relies on optical microscope technology to investigate changes in biological cells. Currently, these investigation methods usually involve staining the cells with chemicals in a laboratory environment as well as using specialised ‘phase-imaging’ microscopes. These aim to make invisible aspects of a biological cell visible, so early-stage detection of disease becomes possible. However, phase-imaging microscopes are bulky and cost thousands of dollars, putting them out of reach of remote medical practices.
In addition to providing resources for remote medical practices, this new technology could one day lead to at-home disease detection, where the patient could obtain their own specimen through saliva or a pinprick of blood, and then transmit an image to a laboratory anywhere in the world. The lab could then analyse and diagnose the illness.
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Digital health for specialists – A game changer, transforming how we share care
9 May @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Join the Australian Digital Health Agency, WA Primary Health Alliance, and our special guest Dr Hemant Kulkarni (Renal physician, Wexford Nephrology and Royal Perth Hospital) and other speakers, to hear how digital health is transforming care.
Healthcare professionals and practice managers from across all sectors, and especially those in specialist medical practice, are encouraged to attend, hear these success stories and be inspired to start using digital health. There will also be the opportunity for participants to ask questions.
Find out more and register here.
Details
Date: 9 May
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Event Category: Health
Website: https://www.wapha.org.au/event/digital-health-for-specialists/
Organiser
Venue Online Course
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https://marketplace.service.gov.au/2/digital-marketplace/opportunities/21271
Australian Digital Health Agency
DH4270 Data Analytics Infrastructure Privacy Impact Assessment
Opportunity Type
Professional Services and Consulting (Seek proposals and quotes)
Opportunity ID
21271
Deadline for asking questions
Friday 6 May 2022 at 6pm (in Canberra)
Application closing date
Tuesday 10 May 2022 at 6pm (in Canberra)
Published
Tuesday 3 May 2022
Panel category
Strategy and Policy
Overview
The Australian Digital Health Agency (Agency) is seeking the assistance of a suitable service provider to conduct a Privacy Impact Assessment for a data analytics infrastructure to be established as part of a proof of concept project. This is expected to involve the ingestion of health data, and preparation, de-identification and sharing with a third party. The selected PIA provider will need to work closely and efficiently with the Agency and other government agencies as required in the development of the data analytics infrastructure PIA. The Agency is seeking the PIA to be conducted by applying 2 specific use-cases around the data analytics infrastructure.
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https://marketplace.service.gov.au/2/digital-marketplace/opportunities/21307
Australian Digital Health Agency
DH4388 Service Designer services for Project Support
Opportunity Type
Professional Services and Consulting (Seek proposals and quotes)
Opportunity ID 21307
Deadline for asking questions Thursday 5 May 2022 at 6pm (in Canberra)
Application closing date Monday 9 May 2022 at 6pm (in Canberra)
Published Wednesday 4 May 2022
Panel category User research and Design
Overview
The Australian Digital Health Agency's, Experience & Service Design team seeks to engage with experienced sellers who can provide Service Designer capability to work with members of the Agency’s ESD team to deliver a priority project which requires additional expertise and delivery support. This will involve embedding into and working closely with a highly collaborative Service Design and Research team to deliver a digital health strategic project. The required skill sets, experience, and capabilities to be provided are as follows. Customer centred design activities including customer research, problem solving, stakeholder workshop facilitation and artefact creation, such as journey mapping and service blueprinting. A design thinking approach will be used to surface opportunities and ideate customer experiences, which will support the execution of digital health programs. Experience working in government and health related projects highly regarded. Over a period of 80 days Suppliers are to provide services daily rates (inclusive of GST) for nominated personnel.
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Set up a record via a printable application form
Register for My Health Record
Download and complete this form to Register for My Health Record (PDF, 436.4 KB)
Identity documents: You will need to provide 100 points of identification when you submit the form. Copies of your identity documents must be certified. The form provides details about what documents you can provide and who can certify them.
If any of these documents are not in English, you need to provide certified copies of both the original document and the English translation of the document. Copies of foreign language documents without an English translation cannot be processed.
If you need help with the form, call the Helpline on 1800 723 471.
Send your application form and certified copies of identity documents to:
My Health Record
GPO Box 9942
Sydney NSW 2000
When your application has been processed, you will receive a letter with your Identity Verification Code. You need this code to view your record.
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https://twitter.com/asa_australia/status/1522440074654277632
The Australian Society of Anaesthetists
@ASA_Australia
#Anaesthetists and Practice Managers are invited to sign up for a webinar on 'Digital health for specialists' on Monday 9 May. Hear from the Australian Digital Health Agency about how My Health Record is transforming care. Register here attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/28551
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/vocus-urges-incoming-government-to-refocus-nbn-policy-579486
Vocus urges incoming government to refocus NBN policy
By Ry Crozier on May 3, 2022 10:20AM
Also starts preparing to separate its retail business.
Vocus CEO Kevin Russell has challenged the future federal government to rein in NBN Co from its constant “mission creep” into contestable markets.
Russell also told the CommsDay Summit in Sydney that NBN Co alone could not meet its own organisational purpose of “lifting Australia’s digital capability”, and that industry also needed to be able to play a part.
“For whoever governs in three weeks, please - we cannot afford another narrow, short-term, unsustainable NBN focused policy,” Russell said.
“Instead we need a balanced strategic industry policy that promotes sustainable competition, prioritises private infrastructure investment, and embraces the deployment of new technologies which can uplift our country’s digital capability.”
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David.
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