03-Aug-16 The number of people in Australia with a 'My Health Record' has now surpassed four million, or 17% of Australians. Minister for Health Sussan Ley said that every day, one in five GPs see a patient for whom they have little or no information. With My Health Record, they will increasingly have access to basic information about a patient. [image: Technology Decisions]

21-Jul-16 The rise of health-related technology seems like a win-win situation for patients and providers but there are barriers to the adoption of telehealth and mHealth that will take some time to overcome. In Australia the most visible “challenge” was the introduction of the PCEHR (now My Health Record) in 2012. Despite costing over AUD1 bn, sign up rates were low. [image: Pulse IT]

21-Jul-16 Australia's Dexus Property Group is making a move into the AUD172 bn (USD128 bn) healthcare sector, forging a partnership with Ramsay Health Care. The property giant has joined forces with the private healthcare provider to build a 128-bed private hospital in Sydney’s St Leonards that will help consolidate the precinct as the country’s primary medical hub. [image: Richard Polden]

25-May-16 Australia's Northern Territories government has committed AUD186 mn to the replacement of four critical clinical systems with a single, integrated patient information database that will be accessible in real-time from any of the territory’s hospitals or medical centres. The renewal program will take five years to complete and represents a comprehensive overhaul of the health system’s operational IT. [image: itnews]

10-Jun-16 Few organisations invest heavily in IT to make sure their clients use less of their product, but that’s the battle Australia’s National Blood Authority (NBA) is fighting – and winning – as it leans heavily on data and mobile technology innovations to optimise a real-time supply chain that involves most of Australia’s more than 1,300 hospitals. [image: billionphotos.com / Fotolia]