Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of Australian and New Zealand health, IT and eHealth news:
Dead people given e-health records in latest bungle for $1 billion government program
Daily Telegraph ~ Sue Dunlevy ~ 16/04/2016
THE federal Health Department is setting up My Health records for people who have been dead for over two decades in the latest bungle to beset the troubled $1 billion project.
It is time to stop using the word 'innovation': Telstra CTO
ZDNet ~ Asha Barbaschow ~ 14/04/2016
When it comes to actually innovating, Telstra CTO Vish Nandlall believes it is best not to use the buzzword and instead describe what is being achieved.
National health strategy to be launched on Monday
NZDoctor ~ Ruth Brown ~ 14/04/2016
Health minister Jonathan Coleman will launch the eagerly awaited New Zealand Health Strategy on Monday morning, spelling out a new vision for healthcare for Kiwis.