Australian Health Information Technology

Weekly Australian Health IT Links - 07-11-2009

2009-11-08T17:05:00.000+11:00

Here are a few I have come across this week. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,26303442-15306,00.html Health misses key goals Karen Dearne | November 04, 2009 THE federal Health Department did not meet its e-health implementation targets for 2008-09, failing to progress the electronic sharing of clinical information to improve patient safety as well as increased use of secure messaging by GPs. ----- http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/articles/5a/0c06505a.asp E-health a ‘superhighway to nowhere’ 4-Nov-2009 By Sarah Colyer Millions of dollars spent on e-health will be wasted unless governments fund computer systems in public hospitals, the nation’s top clinical advisor on e- health warns. ----- http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Professor-issues-proprietary-e-health-warning/0,130061791,339299347,00.htm Professor issues proprietary e-health warning By Liam Tung, ZDNet.com.au 03 November 2009 04:59 PM A health informatics professor from...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.

A Request for a Little Help.

2009-11-06T17:28:00.001+11:00

As part of reducing the time spent on the blog and having a go at doing some more useful work in the time freed up I am planning to try and put together a history of e-Health in Australia going back hopefully to the 1980’s or earlier. What I am hoping is that some who read will have some interesting tit-bits to share. I am especially interested in the goings on in States other than NSW and in Commonwealth material that was created before 2000. The aim is to try and understand what has gone right and wrong and hopefully create some suggestions as to how we might successfully move forward. My e-mail contact is available by clicking on the ugly picture at the top left of the blog! If you only have paper the postal address is found on my Company web page just below the e-mail address. Thanks in advance for any docs, links or whatever. Whatever I come up with will see the light of day as drafts here. A parallel project is going to be trying to assimilate the lessons learnt from...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.

Electronic Prescription Transfer and E-Prescribing - What Happens Elsewhere?

2009-11-05T17:18:00.000+11:00

I came upon this slide the other day from NEHTA. eMM National Development Roadmap • Progressive releases from 2008 – 2013 – Release 1: Electronic Transfer of Prescription – Release 2: Adherence Monitoring – Release 3: Current Medication List – Release 4: Community Medication Review – Release 5: Decision Support and Secondary uses Source: Andy Bond Presentation – June 2009. From this we can be sure we are all going to be waiting a good while for eMM (Electronic Medication Management) to become a reality in Australia. What is happening elsewhere? Just for reference let’s look at the US and UK. United States of America I think this provides the flavour: ALEXANDRIA, Va. and ST. PAUL, Minn. – April 22, 2009 – Surescripts®, which operates the country’s largest national electronic prescribing network, today announced that more than 100,000 prescribers are now routing prescriptions electronically in the U.S. What’s more, the use of three critical components of e-prescribing –...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links 02-11-2009

2009-11-05T17:16:00.000+11:00

Here are a few I have come across this week. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/23/government-agencies-to-spend-15-billion-on-health-it-by-2014.aspx Government agencies to spend $15 billion on health IT by 2014 Federal agency spending on health IT systems could rise to $5.6 billion By Alice LipowiczOct 23, 2009 Federal, state and local governments will spend $15 billion on information technology systems to support their public health and health insurance programs in 2014, a $3 billion increase from 2009 levels, according to a new report from the Input research firm of Reston, Va. ----- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/24/AR2009102400967.html Electronic medical records not seen as a cure-all As White House pushes expansion, critics cite errors, drop-off in care By Alexi Mostrous Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 25, 2009 In a health-care debate characterized by partisan bickering, most lawmakers agree on one thing: American...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.

The Canadian Auditor General Reviews Health Infoway. Facts are Good!

2009-11-04T17:22:00.001+11:00

If ever there was a difference between the spin and what was really said we see it here. Here is what Infoway said of the review. Open Letter to Canadians The Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) has issued its report on our organization, Canada Health Infoway (Infoway), and we welcome their insights and helpful suggestions. These reports are vital; they provide you with the information you need and deserve to judge how well your tax money is being spent, and they provide useful analysis and advice to the organizations being audited. What’s in the report We’re very pleased that the Auditor General found that Infoway, in her words, has accomplished much in the eight years since we were established. While we still have a lot of work ahead of us to achieve our ambitious goals, this audit tells us we are on the right track. It acknowledges that we have been working with “due regard” for taxpayers' money, and that we have sound systems in place for managing projects...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.