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FiveP spins out Baret as standalone digital health messaging business

29 February 2024

Melbourne-based Microsoft 365 specialist practice FiveP is spinning out its Baret role-based messaging solution as a standalone business, setting its sights on expansion into the Asia Pacific and US markets. The agency’s Microsoft business applications practice is being sold to financial services firm Findex, with FiveP’s chief marketing officer Matt Krosch and chief technology officer […]

APIs for aged care quality indicators, 24/7 nursing in test mode

29 February 2024

Four new application programming interfaces (APIs) that will support aged care providers to directly report on critical areas of care such as 24/7 nursing and quality indicators are now in test mode in the Department of Health and Aged Care’s business to government (B2G) developer portal. The APIs are due to be released later this […]

Te Whatu Ora to simplify and standardise “ugly baby” in digital modernisation program

27 February 2024

A digital modernisation program will be the focus over the next three years for the Data and Digital division of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand as it looks to a 10-year digital transformation program amid an environment of increasingly constrained resources. Te Whatu Ora’s chief data and digital officer Leigh Donoghue told the […]

Telstra Health integrates Medtasker with Kyra Flow to streamline tasks

27 February 2024

Telstra Health has added new features to its Kyra Flow patient capacity and demand solution for hospitals, including integrating the Medtasker mobile communications and task management platform. Kyra Flow version 11.9 includes an uplift of its bed management view function as well as enhancements for the importing of IQ notes from emergency departments to inpatient […]

MyMedicare, secure email and floating notes new features in MedicalDirector update

26 February 2024

MyMedicare enrolment status, more secure email functionality, a new floating progress notes window and the revamp of Sidebar to Smartbar are some of the new features in the latest upgrade to Telstra Health’s MedicalDirector Clinical and Pracsoft. Clinical and Pracsoft version 4.3 is one of the largest updates for some time, and also includes a […]

Blog: ADHA gets a big tick for transparency with digital health roadmaps

26 February 2024

The new National Digital Health Strategy is out – a little later than expected, it must be said – and one thing is certain: the repeat use within its pages of My Health Record as an example of digital health progress is dead-set guaranteed to send the system’s perpetually enraged detractors spiralling over the precipice. […]

MediRecords extends enterprise PMS contract with Queensland Health

26 February 2024

Cloud-based EMR software vendor MediRecords has renewed its contract with Queensland Health for an enterprise-level practice management system for medical officers employed by QH who also practice privately. MediRecords rolled out the solution to 13 hospital and health services (HHS) in 2019, primarily for Medicare billing and reporting workflows but it is also used by […]

International health IT week in review: February 25

25 February 2024

WHO’s global initiative on digital health launched, virtual second opinions, Russia announces arrest of Medibank hacker, slower growth for virtual care, 100+ Romanian hospitals affected by ransomware attack, AI governance policies, collaborative for evidence-based technology adoption World Health Organisation launches Global Initiative on Digital Health Digital Health News ~ Andrea Chipman ~ 21/02/2024 The organisation […]

System interoperability and data exchange key to new National Digital Health Strategy

22 February 2024

A strong focus on system interoperability, health information exchange and real-time access to data for consumers and clinicians is a feature of Australia’s new National Digital Health Strategy 2023-28, released today by the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA). The strategy, which is accompanied by a delivery roadmap of current and future initiatives, details four change […]

NSW Health single digital front door initiative begins to bear fruit

22 February 2024

The single digital front door initiative that NSW Health has been building with Healthdirect Australia is beginning to bear fruit, with new figures showing a reduction in emergency department presentations from people with non-life threatening conditions who were diverted by Healthdirect. Healthdirect data shows that between January 1 and December 31, more than 315,000 people […]

Best Practice releases MyMedicare bulk import tool for registered patient lists

21 February 2024

Best Practice Software has released a new reporting tool that allows practices taking part in the MyMedicare voluntary patient enrolment scheme to bulk import their patients’ MyMedicare status from Services Australia’s Health Professional Online Services (HPOS). BP users have been able to do bulk uploads of registered patient lists through a CSV import function using […]

NHSD, Path Tests Explained integrated with ADHA’s my health app

21 February 2024

Healthdirect Australia has integrated the National Health Services Directory (NHSD) with the my health app, allowing consumers to search for a healthcare provider within the app, along with its symptom checker and medicines information functions. The Pathology Tests Explained website has also been added to the my health app, which was released by the Australian […]

Amplar Health signs with Amwell for digitally supported preventative health program

20 February 2024

Health fund Medibank’s health solutions division Amplar Health has partnered with US health technology provider Amwell to offer preventative health programs supported by Amwell’s automated and digital care technologies. As part of the deal, Amplar Health will become a reseller of Amwell’s SilverCloud behavioural and mental health suite and its Automated Care platform, which includes […]

Telstra Health to bring Smile’s FHIR-first data platform to ANZ

20 February 2024

Telstra Health has partnered with Canadian health information exchange platform vendor Smile Digital Health to bring Smile’s Health Data Platform solution to Australia and New Zealand. Smile Digital Health markets a clinical data repository (CDR) for healthcare data harmonisation, integration and information sharing, and uses HL7’s Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR) and its Clinical Quality […]

Calls for digital health agency, migration of ICT to the cloud for new health minister

19 February 2024

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora plans to simplify its clinical application landscape and migrate local ICT systems to accredited cloud providers as immediate priorities this year. The plans were revealed in Health NZ’s briefing to incoming Health Minister Shane Reti and released publicly earlier this month. Health NZ outlined what it called a fragmented […]

Health NZ to notify 12,000 people in vaccinator data breach case

19 February 2024

Around 12,000 people will be located and notified that their names were included in a data breach by a former Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand staffer, who has been charged with leaking the information to a vaccine conspiracy website. The first group of people to be identified includes a large number of Covid-19 vaccinators, […]

International health IT week in review: February 18

18 February 2024

OpenAI introduces Sora text-to-video AI model, standards for interoperable faxing, NHS Federated Data Platform could include GP records, Children’s Hospital LA’s ER patient app, Ontario electronic records, guided search tool for patient-provider matching, HIPAA compliance when texting patient data, NHS England suspends £300m digital framework OpenAI introduces Sora, its text-to-video AI model The Verge ~ […]

Blog: MEDITECH scoops up St Vincent’s private hospitals network

16 February 2024

The big story in health IT in Australia this week was the official announcement that EMR giant MEDITECH had won a pretty big contract with St Vincent’s Health to implement its Expanse system on a software as a service – or MEDITECH as a Service (MaaS) as the US vendor likes to dub it – […]

St Vincent’s to roll out MEDITECH Expanse for single EMR across 10 private hospitals

15 February 2024

St Vincent’s Health has chosen MEDITECH’s Expanse platform as a foundation EMR across its 10 private hospitals in Victoria, NSW and Queensland, providing a single platform to connect patient records. St Vincent’s will deploy Expanse through the new MEDITECH as a Service (MaaS) subscription model that was released in Australia last year. The platform includes […]

Northeast Health Wangaratta to upgrade digital care record

15 February 2024

Victoria’s Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) is currently upgrading its digital care record (DCR) to a modern version of the Orion Health system with an enhanced user experience and integration capabilities, part of a longer roadmap towards future capabilities such as mobility on devices, eReferrals and progress notes. NHW has used a DCR from Orion Health […]

Personify Care digitises patient health questionnaires for LifeFit SurgFit program

14 February 2024

Adelaide-based digital health platform developer Personify Care has won a contract with Perth’s South Metropolitan Health Service to provide an SaaS solution to digitise pre- and post-surgery patient health questionnaires (PHQ) as a part of its LifeFit SurgFit program. The solution has been trialled at Fiona Stanley Hospital before an expected wider roll out at […]

WACHS to revamp its virtual care service, WA Health to add PaTCH to state operations centre

14 February 2024

The WA Country Health Service (WACHS) has issued a request for information for a new virtual care solution for its rural and remote healthcare service, looking to replace two legacy systems for its WACHS Command Centre and outpatient services. It is open to exploring all options, including software as a service or on prem solutions, […]

Partnered medication charting project to use electronic medical records

13 February 2024

The University of South Australia will lead a new $1.4 million study that will implement and evaluate a partnered medication charting and de-prescribing model in hospitals using electronic medical records. The Evaluating a Collaborative Approach for Reducing Harm and Optimising Medication outcomes through Partnered Charting(CARe-MED) study will build on a number of paper-based pharmacist charting […]

NSW Health sets up AI taskforce to oversee AI framework

12 February 2024

NSW Health has established a new taskforce to inform and guide the use of artificial intelligence in the public health system in NSW. The AI taskforce is co-chaired by NSW Health’s deputy secretary for clinical innovation and research Jean-Frédéric Levesque and chief information officer Zoran Bolevich and will be supported by working groups to develop […]

Telstra Health bundles marketplace product suite under new Smart brand

12 February 2024

Update: Health IT solution vendor Telstra Health has launched a new ecosystem of digital health solutions that it is branding as Smart, including the former MedicalDirector Marketplace of approved third-party solutions that integrate with its practice management software. Telstra Health describes Smart Marketplace as a single gateway of integration for third parties that have met […]

Patient portal access to hospital records goes mobile in Northland

12 February 2024

Te Tai Tokerau Northland is continuing its promotional roll out of patient portal access to hospital and GP records through the Manage My Health and Health 365 portals, commandeering a bus to travel the region this month to promote digital health. The Digital On-Road Access (DORA) bus is part of a long-term initiative to involve […]

International health IT week in review: February 11

12 February 2024

Google’s Gemini AI chatbot, genetic data stolen from 23 and Me, Apple Vision Pro for mental health, Oracle hires former CMS head Seema Verma for Cerner business, Visage Imaging launches diagnostic imaging platform for Apple Vision Pro Google releases Gemini, an A.I.-driven chatbot and voice assistant New York Times ~ Cade Metz ~ 08/02/2024 As […]

Blog: AI scribes and the doctor-patient experience

9 February 2024

It has been some time coming but this week there was a major breakthrough in the use of AI-assisted transcription tools in general practice when Best Practice announced it had partnered with very youthful start-up Lyrebird Health to integrate the latter’s Lyrebird Scribe tool into Bp Premier. Rival Medical Director was not far behind, announcing […]

AHPA calls for standard clinical terminology dataset for allied health

8 February 2024

Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) says the current work it is doing with the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) to connect allied health practitioners and their clinical software to the My Health Record system will quickly become outdated unless more funding is secured to develop a standard clinical terminology data set for allied health disciplines. […]

Prince of Wales Hospital live with eReferral solution in outpatients

8 February 2024

The Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney’s east has gone live with electronic referrals in 23 outpatients clinics as part of eHealth NSW’s Engage Outpatients program. The solution, which has also been piloted at Sydney Local Health District, Northern NSW LHD and Western Sydney LHD, uses HealthLink’s SmartForms secure messaging technology and an electronic referral […]

Queensland Health plans to amend QScript regulations to exempt RACF look-ups

7 February 2024

Queensland Health is proposing to amend rules for GPs and hospital clinicians that mandate they check the QScript real-time prescription monitoring system when prescribing or dispensing a monitored medication for patients in residential aged care or when they are hospital inpatients. The proposed changes have been requested by the Queensland branch of the Australian Medical […]

Social benefits of VR technology under the spotlight in residential aged care

7 February 2024

Victoria’s Barwon Health has launched a new study into the social benefits of virtual reality experiences for people living with mild dementia in residential aged care. The study, in association with Deakin University and technology developer SilVR Adventures, aims to address the social aspects of people living with mild dementia in residential aged care Research […]

Best Practice to integrate Lyrebird Health’s AI transcription tool

6 February 2024

Best Practice Software has partnered with start-up AI company Lyrebird Health to integrate its Lyrebird Scribe AI transcription tool directly in Bp Premier. While the technology is browser-based and can be used as a standalone system to generate clinical notes and letters, Best Practice says this partnership will be the first to offer a fully […]

Tasmanian Dept of Health deputy steps up CIO as Prentice heads to ADHA

5 February 2024

The Tasmanian Department of Health has a new CIO with former deputy Brent Feike appointed to the top job after the departure of Warren Prentice, who has joined the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA). Mr Feike has been with the department for three years but previously did a five year stint as manager of IT […]

South Australia live at first site with statewide PROMs and PREMs

5 February 2024

South Australia’s statewide patient reported measures (PRM) program is live at its first site at the South Australian Medical Imaging (SAMI) nuclear medicine theranostics service at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide. The program is using NZ company The Clinician’s ZEDOC digital solution for the collection and reporting of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) and […]

International health IT week in review: February 4

4 February 2024

Canadian calls for digital records by 2028, 2023 breaks data breach records in US, LLMs perpetuate bias, US survey on generative AI in healthcare, prescription list on NHS App, standards-based EHR APIs, qualified health information networks, virtual sitter services, WhatsApp and the NHS Make all health records paperless, accessible to patients digitally by 2028: report […]

Blog: Say hello to sycophantic summaries and AI hallucinations

2 February 2024

Clinical AI was back in the news this week with the release by a consortium of five international colleges of radiology including RANZCR of a comprehensive joint statement on AI use in the discipline. In what is somewhat of a departure from the norm for this sort of thing, the statement turned out to be […]

RANZCR collaborates on how-to paper for developing, purchasing and monitoring AI

2 February 2024

Five international radiology organisations including the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) have joined forces to issue a guidance statement on AI in clinical use, aimed at those wanting to develop, purchase and implement AI in their practices. The comprehensive statement outlines the potential power of AI in patient treatment and what […]

Real-life use of NHI API as New Zealand’s Hira program gears up for patient summary

1 February 2024

Health IT vendor InterSystems is testing out the FHIR-based National Health Index application programming interface (API) developed by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand as part of its Hira program as an early adopter of the technology. InterSystems has been working with Te Whatu Ora on using the NHI API in real-life scenarios, including […]

Cubiko and Best Practice partner for bulk MyMedicare upload and write-back functions

1 February 2024

Practice management software vendor Best Practice and practice intelligence platform Cubiko have partnered to help general practices taking part in the MyMedicare voluntary patient registration program to easily generate lists of eligible patients, and to streamline bulk uploads of registered patient lists from HPOS through a CSV import function. MyMedicare lists of registered patients are […]

Hayylo signs with BaptistCare for home care communities using AlayaCare

1 February 2024

Care communication platform Hayylo will roll out its technology to BaptistCare home care services using its integration with AlayaCare’s home care software, before a potential roll out to BaptistCare’s residential facilities. Hayylo is a customer service platform purpose-built for the care sector that enables teams to stay on top of demands across community care. It […]

ACIITC to develop digital maturity improvement toolkits for aged care sector

30 January 2024

The Aged Care Industry IT Council hopes to develop two toolkits for the aged care sector to help providers improve their digital maturity as part of its Digital Maturity in Aged and Community Care project. The project involved a digital maturity survey of residential and community aged care providers conducted in 2023 and builds upon […]

NSW virtualKIDS goes statewide for urgent care

29 January 2024

The virtualKIDS urgent care service first developed by the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (SCHN) has now gone statewide for children up to 16 with non-life-threatening health concerns. VirtualKIDS has been available to families in the three local health districts with specialist paediatric hospitals – South Eastern Sydney, Western Sydney and Hunter New England Local Health […]

Gamified at-home exercises can help to prevent falls in older people: study

29 January 2024

An exercise program to improve mobility, balance and cognitive function using gamification that is being trialled at four Allity residential aged care facilities has been shown to reduce falls in older people in a new study. The smart±step program uses a wireless step mat and computer system that connects to a television screen or monitor. […]

International health IT week in review: January 28

28 January 2024

Updated INFRAM model, call to commercialise NHS data, medical abortions and telehealth, Newfoundland’s MyHealthNL, DAX copilot and Epic, Medibank sanctions, COVID lab results breach HIMSS to showcase new modernized INFRAM at global conference Healthcare IT News ~ Staff writer ~ 26/01/2024 The new Infrastructure Adoption Model is designed to help health systems link their IT […]

Blog: St Vincent’s hack puts spotlight on cyber strategy for health

26 January 2024

The belated announcement this week that the hack on St Vincent’s Health Australia (SVHA) first reported in mid-December had not involved the release of personal health information from medical records or information from identification documents was a welcome relief. Coming in the same week that the federal government had for the first time used Magnitsky-style […]

No medical records or personal ID stolen in St Vincent’s hack: SVHA

25 January 2024

No medical records or other sensitive personal information was stolen from St Vincent’s Health Australia during a cyber security incident it experienced just before Christmas, the organisation says. The hospital, health and aged care provider detected an attack on its network on December 19 and engaged security expert CyberCX to assist it. A spokesperson said […]

DoHAC plans national consumer advertising campaign for MyMedicare

24 January 2024

A national advertising campaign for the new MyMedicare voluntary patient enrolment scheme is scheduled to kick off next month following the addition of patients’ MyMedicare registered practice and doctor details to the My Health Record. Patients can opt to include their MyMedicare information and allow their healthcare providers to see it on their MyHR, as […]

Foxo and reCare register with PCA as practice registrations near 2000

24 January 2024

Pharmacy campaign and clinical management solution vendor reCare Australia and clinical communications platform Foxo Technology have registered with Provider Connect Australia (PCA) to receive automatic updates of changes to healthcare provider information. They join a handful of other business partners including eHealth NSW and 26 primary health networks (PHNs) registered for the service. New figures […]

Feds unleash Magnitsky sanctions on Medibank health fund data thief

24 January 2024

The Australian government has for the first time used its Magnitsky-style sanction powers against the criminal responsible for the ransomware attack on health insurer Medibank in 2022, which saw more than nine million records stolen and published on the dark web. The government today named the hacker thought responsible, a member of the Russian-linked ransomware […]

Core Schedule launches virtual care solution for telehealth scheduling

23 January 2024

Healthcare rostering technology specialist Core Schedule has launched a new virtual care solution tailored for the needs of the telehealth sector. Core Schedule has partnered with Aspen Medical’s Aspen Health division to roll out the scheduling technology, aiming to streamline operations and enhance service delivery. According to Core Schedule, the platform is designed to simplify […]

Waikato rolls out Smartpage non-clinical task solution for attendants and orderlies

23 January 2024

Te Whatu Ora Health NZ Waikato has rolled out the non-clinical version of Alcidion’s Smartpage communications platform to attendants and orderlies, replacing a legacy attendant task management solution. Smartpage was first developed in New Zealand by clinical messaging firm Oncall Systems, which was acquired by Alcidion in 2017 and integrated into is Miya patient flow […]

International health IT week in review: January 21

21 January 2024

DAX Copilot, Palantir and the UK’s FDP, billing for asynchronous consults, Epic Showroom, COVID-19 testing platform leak, gen AI ‘impossible’ without copyrighted material, drop in digital health funding in 2023, Apple Watch back on sale, Denmark’s health tech industry Vanderbilt piloting Nuance DAX Copilot, testing other genAI use cases Healthcare IT News ~ Mike Miliard […]

Blog: Action stations: digital health blueprint scores a few goals

19 January 2024

It was certainly a curious decision by the Department of Health and Aged Care to release its Digital Health Blueprint and Action Plan two days before Christmas, thus consigning it to oblivion in publicity terms, but release it they did, and it makes for some interesting reading. The blueprint itself outlines the vision of the […]

Action plan for aged care in DoHAC’s digital health blueprint

19 January 2024

The Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHAC) has identified five separate short-term programs for aged care in the action plan accompanying its new Digital Health Blueprint, released late last year. The blueprint sets out the department’s vision for the health and aged care systems, while the action plan provides detail on existing and planned […]

Inside DoHAC’s digital health blueprint and action plan

18 January 2024

The Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHAC) released its 10-year Digital Health Blueprint 2023-2033 just before Christmas, accompanied by an action plan that is tied to the $1.1 billion worth of investments in digital and data revealed in the 2023-24 federal budget. The blueprint sets out the department’s vision for more personalised and connected […]

Ramsay Connect partners with CareMonitor for home heart rehab program

18 January 2024

Digital healthcare platform CareMonitor is being deployed to support a new home heart health program to remotely support patients living with heart failure. The Virtual Heart Failure Service is a collaboration between CareMonitor and Ramsay Connect, a joint venture between outpatient care provider Ramsay Health Plus and rehab at home provider Remedy Healthcare that provides […]

WACHS to roll out Charm Evolution for oncology using SMHS foundation

18 January 2024

WA Country Health Service (WACHS) will roll out Magnetus’ oncology solution Charm Evolution across its regional facilities using the same instance of Charm being implemented at Perth’s South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS). Charm Evolution will act as a centralised oncology patient record at WACHS cancer care facilities in Albany, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton, Northam, Esperance, Narrogin, Karratha […]

Medical colleges call for genetic test exemption to MyHR seven-day delay plan

17 January 2024

Anatomical pathology and cytopathology reports as well as genetic test results should be exempt from the federal government’s plan to remove the seven-day delay on uploading pathology reports to the My Health Record, two of the peak medical colleges say. The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) and the Royal Australian College of General […]

Data Capture Experts appoints chief clinical informatics officer

17 January 2024

Melbourne-based health IT company Data Capture Experts (DCE) has promoted Leanne Anderson to the role of chief clinical informatics officer (CCIO). Ms Anderson has worked with DCE, best known for its DC2Vue care management platform, for two years as an account director, following over 13 years at Bendigo Health, where she was most recently director […]

Microsoft to offer Copilot for Microsoft 365 for small business use

17 January 2024

Microsoft has announced that it is making its Copilot AI companion available for personal use for Microsoft 365 personal and family subscribers, and is also extending availability to commercial customers, including small- and medium-sized businesses from today. The company announced it is removing the 300-seat purchase minimum for commercial plans and making Copilot available for […]

HealthLink swoops on Telstra Health’s secure messaging and eReferrals business

16 January 2024

Secure messaging market leader HealthLink has acquired Telstra Health’s secure messaging and eReferrals portfolio, which includes the Argus secure messaging service used widely in general practice and the ConnectingCare web-based based eReferrals delivery platform. The sale also includes Telstra Health’s eReferrals brand. Telstra Health and HealthLink have set up a transition plan and are promising […]

NT Health may revert to legacy system at Darwin EDs following Acacia issues

16 January 2024

NT Health is considering temporarily reverting to its former clinical system in the emergency departments of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) and Palmerston Regional Hospital (PRH) following some problems with its new Acacia EMR. Acacia is the new name for the electronic health record component of the $259 million core clinical systems renewal program and has […]

Te Whatu Ora to pilot AI-assisted clinical coding for hospital admissions project

16 January 2024

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has issued a call for registrations of interest (ROI) from suppliers to take part in an artificial intelligence-assisted clinical coding pilot for hospital admissions. Te Whatu Ora’s Data & Digital division is managing the pilot, which aims to understand the current state of AI and digital solutions supporting clinical […]

AIDH appoints Anja Nikolic as new CEO

15 January 2024

The Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) has appointed Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) head Anja Nikolic as its new CEO. Ms Nikolic will take over from interim CEO Mark Nevin at the end of March. Mr Nevin has been acting in the role since the departure of long-time CEO Louise Schaper in July 2023. Ms […]

Five Faces rolls out digital front door solution for Alfred Health clinic

15 January 2024

Digital consumer experience software provider Five Faces has deployed its digital front door solution to Alfred Health’s Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC). Five Faces’ digital front door solution uses configurable modules from its proprietary DX5 Framework, integrated with MSHC’s clinical patient management system. The DX5 Framework is described as a low-code technology foundation that powers […]

PenCS adds MyMedicare eligibility filter to Clinical Audit Tool

15 January 2024

Health analytics software provider PenCS has added new features to its Clinical Audit Tool (CAT) to help general practices and Aboriginal health organisations to streamline the process of identifying patients who are eligible for the Australian government’s new MyMedicare voluntary patient enrolment scheme. CAT has been designed to identify practice patients at risk of unplanned […]

iMedX to offer gen AI documentation and speech recognition technology

15 January 2024

Transcription solution provider iMedX has partnered with US firm DeliverHealth to offer a roadmap for generative AI documentation and speech recognition technology for Australian and New Zealand users. iMedX’s clinical documentation solutions are powered by DeliverHealth’s cloud-based eScription One (eSOne) platform, which is used by a range of healthcare organisations in the region, including Te […]

The Hot Top 20 most-read stories on Pulse+IT in 2023

16 December 2023

There was a great deal of interest – but very little detail – on the federal government’s MyMedicare voluntary patient enrolment scheme this year, which may explain why a story from an AAPM-hosted webinar on the topic topped the list of most popular stories this year. The government’s plans for information sharing, the big investments […]

Blog: 2023 year in review is one for the optimists

15 December 2023

As has become a tradition at Pulse+IT over the last decade now, this week we published our annual year in review series about all the happenings in the digital health sector in Australia and New Zealand. Readers are incredibly forgiving about the verbiage contained therein, but the series does provide a good resource for tracking […]

Top 10 movers and shakers for 2023

15 December 2023

Who did what in digital health in 2023 that you won’t read about first on LinkedIn. 1. ADHA chief technology officer Mal Thatcher resigns amid agency restructure 2. Vic DHS chief digital officer Neville Board heads home 3. Peter O’Halloran to jump ship from ACT Health to ADHA 4. Digital health institute loses CEO Louise […]

The 2023 Australian Digital Health Year in Review: part four

15 December 2023

In September 2023, the Department of Health and Aged Care kicked off a public consultation on steps to modernise the My Health Record system by making ‘sharing by default’ for private and public practitioners and services a reality, initially through uploads of pathology and diagnostic imaging reports to the system. With the federal government seemingly […]

The 2023 Australian Digital Health Year in Review: part three

14 December 2023

All eyes were on MedInfo as the second half of the year kicked off, but making big news in early July was the resignation of ADHA chief technology officer Mal Thatcher. In charge of the multi-million dollar My Health Record modernisation program, Dr Thatcher, a former Queensland Health CIO, joined the agency in January 2021 […]

The 2023 Australian Digital Health Year in Review: part two

13 December 2023

Much of the second quarter of the Australian year in digital health was taken up with two big events on the horizon: the May federal budget, which when all totted up provided over $1 billion in funding for digital health over the next few years, including modernising the My Health Record, ongoing funding for ADHA, […]

The 2023 Australian Digital Health Year in Review: part one

12 December 2023

2023 may go down as an exemplary year for digital health in Australia, one in which serious funds and serious progress was made towards realising the goal of a digitised healthcare sector. There were major developments in electronic medical records and virtual care in acute care, real progress in aged care, a bit of a […]

The 2023 New Zealand Digital Health Year in Review

11 December 2023

Some of the major foundations upon which Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand’s future health system will run began to come to fruition this year, headlined by the awarding of a contract to build the National Data Platform to Accenture. The NDP is described as a federated data platform that will bring together a number […]

The 2023 New Zealand Digital Health Hot Top 10

11 December 2023

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Accenture was chosen by Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand to build the National Data Platform (NDP), which aims to establish a nationally consistent system of data capture, analytics and intelligence. That story was the most popular NZ story on Pulse+IT in 2023 by far, allied to the […]

Blog: Healius gives way on MyHR uploads as aged care makes progress

8 December 2023

Healius came to the party this week when it reversed its decision to stop uploading pathology reports to the My Health Record, no doubt under extreme pressure from a very disappointed health minister. But while the struggling company was not forthcoming on reasons why it made the decision, it has quickly become obvious that in […]

Alfred Health specifies advice and guidance for new eReferral solution

7 December 2023

Melbourne’s Alfred Health has gone to market for a new electronic referral management solution that includes a requirement an eConsult service to allow for asynchronous advice and guidance between an Alfred specialist and the referring GP. The solution will be required to use pre-populated smart forms integrated into the GP’s practice management software, an eReferral […]

Aged care transfer summary capability in MyHR, plans for My Aged Care integration

6 December 2023

The Australian Digital Health Agency has added a capability to generate an aged care transfer summary in the My Health Record and will now work with software vendors to add the capability to their products, with a view that residential care transfer records being accessible at receiving hospitals. The agency is also working on new […]

Halo Connect to expand interoperability platform with Zedmed integration

6 December 2023

Cloud-based interoperability platform for primary care Halo Connect will be available for Zedmed’s practice management software in January, with plans to also develop a Cubiko implementation for Zedmed later in 2024. Halo Connect uses a FHIR-based real-time API that provides a single integration point to allow health data to be accessed safely and securely in […]

Clinimetrix launches payroll tax solution in CMxPay

6 December 2023

General practice analytics platform developer Clinimetrix has released a payroll tax feature in its CMxPay practitioner payment reporting module to help medical practices comply with the Queensland Revenue Office (QRO) position for general practitioner payroll tax. The move comes as the RACGP calls on the National Cabinet to agree on a nationally consistent approach to […]

Healius restarts pathology report uploads to My Health Record

5 December 2023

Pathology and diagnostic imaging provider Healius has recommenced uploading pathology reports to the My Health Record system a week after the company received a tongue-lashing from Health Minister Mark Butler when it ceased uploads in September. A Healius spokesperson did not respond to questions about why the company took the decision to stop uploading, which […]

Queensland Health returns to market for PRMs and staff survey solution

5 December 2023

Queensland Health has released an invitation to offer for a patient reported experience and outcomes measures solution, despite having awarded Philips Healthcare a $7.5 million, four-year contract for a statewide PROMs and PREMs system back in 2020. The new ITO calls for an off-the-shelf solution to provide a Queensland Health Patient Reported Measures (PRMs) and […]

Exposed vaccine data used to falsely claim excess mortality: reports

4 December 2023

A Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand staff member has appeared in court in Wellington charged with accessing a computer system for dishonest purposes following the alleged release of COVID-19 vaccine-related data on an overseas website. Te Whatu Ora CEO Margie Apa said the large volume of data – which is understood to have […]

DC2Vue certified for integration with Medicare for Eclipse online claiming

4 December 2023

Data Capture Experts (DCE) has been certified by Services Australia for the integration of its DC2Vue digital health platform with Medicare Online, DVA and Eclipse claiming services. The certification with Eclipse covers key functionalities for public hospitals, private hospitals, community health centres and mental health providers including patient verification, patient eligibility checks, online claiming and […]

International health IT week in review: December 3

3 December 2023

Super-intelligent AI a distant dream: Microsoft, UK’s Faculty of Clinical Informatics to shut up shop, Nuance partners up at RSNA, AWS and Anthropic share spotlight at re:Invent 2023, Palantir contract for NHS England still reverberating, GPT-4 outperforms journal readers, AI driving VC growth in digital health Microsoft president says no chance of super-intelligent AI soon […]

Blog: Healius in heaps of hot water in horror week

1 December 2023

The Australian Financial Review was breaking news this week when Health Minister Mark Butler or one of his functionaries dropped a very tempting scoop about pathology and diagnostic imaging provider Healius and its rather extraordinary decision to stop uploading test reports to My Health Record. Apparently, Healius hasn’t uploaded anything since September 12 and is […]

Govt to release digital health blueprint to outline vision for connected health

1 December 2023

The Australian government will shortly release a digital health blueprint that will outline the Commonwealth’s vision for more personalised and connected healthcare, along with an action plan tied to the investments it has made in modernising the health system, including the billion dollar funding in the May budget. Department of Health and Aged Care digital […]

Healius under pressure over share slump, My Health Record upload refusal

30 November 2023

ASX-listed pathology and diagnostic imaging provider Healius has been accused by Health Minister Mark Butler of refusing to upload reports to the My Health Record system in what is understood to be a long-standing wrangle over subsidies for IT work and the ongoing freeze on Medicare indexation for pathology. Mr Butler told the Australian Financial […]

Western Sydney to axe the fax in Engage Outpatients eReferrals pilot

29 November 2023

Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is getting ready to pilot NSW’s Engage Outpatients eReferral solution in two groups of clinics at Blacktown Hospital. The solution, which has been piloted at Sydney LHD and Northern NSW LHD, uses HealthLink’s SmartForms secure messaging technology and an electronic referral management system (eRMS) co-developed with eHealth NSW. The […]

Michael Kidd rejoins Telstra Health board

29 November 2023

Former deputy chief medical officer and principal medical advisor to the Australian government Michael Kidd has rejoined Telstra Health’s board. It is Professor Kidd’s second term on the board following his resignation in 2020 to take on deputy CMO role during the Covid-19 pandemic. Professor Kidd is also the inaugural director of the Centre for […]

South Metro to roll out Charm Evolution oncology solution at Fiona Stanley Hospital

29 November 2023

Perth’s South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) will roll out the Charm Evolution oncology solution as a centralised oncology patient record at Fiona Stanley and Rockingham General hospitals next year. The system aims to provide more accurate patient data and instant access to real-time information and standard protocols across cancer teams, clinical services and sites, enabling […]

WA Health’s HSS signs $242m contract with Atos to support digital strategy

28 November 2023

WA Health’s ICT service provider Health Support Services (HSS) has signed an extended five-year $242 million contract with cybersecurity, cloud and high-performance computing giant Atos to continue to support WA’s digital health strategy, having successfully worked together on the massive HealthNext project. HSS and Atos have facilitated several major WA Health projects since 2018, including […]

The San implements Foxo and Agfa innovations for radiology communications

28 November 2023

Sydney Adventist Hospital (the San) has rolled out Foxo’s clinical communications platform at San Radiology & Nuclear Medicine (SRNM), streamlining communication delivery across the business and seeing an immediate increase in outpatient appointments and in total MRI appointments. SRNM provides comprehensive diagnostic, nuclear and interventional imaging services, performing more than 91,000 examinations a year. SRNM […]

Reti vows no big changes as he is sworn in as Minister of Health

28 November 2023

Newly sworn-in New Zealand Health Minister Shane Reti has vowed not to make major structural changes to the health system apart from the National promise to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority. Dr Reti and new Minister for ACC and Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey promised during the election campaign to […]

Murrumbidgee LHD trials telehealth hubs, WAPHA rolls out telehealth carts

27 November 2023

Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) in NSW is trialling the establishment of virtual hubs located at multipurpose services and small hospitals to provide community members with poor internet connectivity with access to virtual care. Meanwhile, the Western Australian Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) is rolling out more Visionflex telehealth carts to residential aged care facilities across […]

SilVR Adventures brings Oroi Cognitive therapeutic VR to ANZ

27 November 2023

Virtual reality technology for seniors developer SilVR Adventures has partnered with European VR experience developer Oroi to add the latter’s Oroi Cognitive therapeutic content platform to SilVR’s offerings in Australia and New Zealand. Oroi Cognitive offers a range of exercises and games that simulate activities of daily living and work to improve attention, language, memory, […]

International health IT week in review: November 26

26 November 2023

Outrage builds as Palantir officially awarded NHS England federated data platform, fears over Palantir “takeover” of FCI, US defense dept “nears completion” of Oracle Health (Cerner) EHR, UK cancer hospital goes openEHR, cybersecurity expert charged with hacking hospitals to get business, US consumers keen on generative AI, eHealth Exchange boosts FHIR adoption Palantir’s NHS deal […]

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