Forum: Opportunities go begging as DHBs reinvent the wheel
Health Minister David Cunliffe has hinted at major changes in the way ICT delivers to the health sector.
Health Minister David Cunliffe has hinted at major changes in the way ICT delivers to the health sector.
After last week’s exposĂ© of ICT initiatives within the Ministry of Health (see letter in response), it is hard not to come to the conclusion that large health projects are terribly fraught.
Opportunities for more competition in the health ICT market in New Zealand may paradoxically grow following Sydney-based IBA Health’s takeover of British competitor iSoft last year.
Wherever GP Greville Wood is on the road, his office is always with him. As Dr Wood tours the huge, sparsely populated West Coast district, he has access to all his records, patient details and other data and can equally interact with other health centres and professionals, even when in the smallest town.
It takes a long time for healthcare organisations to see a return from IT investments, according to a recent report. This may explain why the industry has long been seen as a laggard in technology spending.
The future of Australia’s A$1.1 billion (NZ$1.25 billion) Access card is in doubt after a Senate committee said current legislation is lacking security and privacy safeguards.
Health IT software provider iSoft says it is in discussions with several parties over the possible sale of the firm. At the same time, it disclosed that problems surrounding its key contract with Britain’s National Health Service mean full-year revenues will fall by up to 15%.
The UK National Health Service (NHS) ought to terminate and replace contractors if they don’t meet deadlines for its massive upgrade of England’s healthcare IT systems, a recent UK government audit report says.
Where do you start in terms of locking down the network in such an open and frenetic place as a hospital?
The Australian federal government has laid out nearly A$300 million (NZ$371 million) to reduce social security fraud and lessen the amount of incorrect payments before introducing the "access card system using smartcard technology".
Microsoft has initiated a new programme to push its software into the health-care industry, the company announced at the recent World Health Care Congress, held in Washington, DC last month.
Health software company Orion Systems International has been named by IBM as its first Optimised Partner world industry network independent software vendor in New Zealand.
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