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LiST tool measures lives saved
The LiST health intervention analysis tool has been given a revamp thanks to a Gates Foundation grant last month Johns Hopkins University in Maryland in the US is revamping a life-saving...
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Weaving a web of world eHealth strategies
Rachel De Sain of Flaxworks has just returned from speaking at ehealth conferences in London and the US and gives a rundown on lessons learned. Digital strategist Rachel de Sain is fascinated by the...
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HealtheNet turns on sharing
HealtheNet is now sharing extensive clinical information between four local health districts, 5 Medicare Locals and the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network across NSW. Clinicians in hospitals,...
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High Standards
Dave Whitlinger, Executive Director, New York eHealth Collaborative, is following a standards agenda that is spreading across the US and internationally Dave Whitlinger heads the New York eHealth...
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Private Protections
Reforms to Australia’s privacy laws introduced this year will require a re-think for many medical professionals, says former Privacy Commissioner Malcolm Crompton A decade ago, Malcolm Crompton was...
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Directory Director
Prof Anton Donker has been driving the National Health Services Directory, a central database stretching across state, national, public and private health systems Behind the scenes, linked into...
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Data Role
Clinical ontology is a burgeoning field that will play a huge role in our health future, says Dr David Hansen, who heads the Australian eHealth Research Centre Technology will be a key factor...
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Realising the benefits of eMM at St Vincent’s
St Vincent's Hospital is showing the way with eMM. St Vincent’s Hospital, a 320-bed facility in inner Sydney, has had significant success with its electronic medications management system, based...
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Thatcher reflects on ten years at Mater
After ten years at Mater Health Services, CIO Mal Thatcher is off to Queensland Health for a twelve month placement. Longstanding Mater Heath Services chief information officer, Mal Thatcher is set to...
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Cambridge, analytics and all that: Melb Health's Dr Gareth Goodier
Melbourne Health CEO Dr Gareth Goodier reflects on his time at Cambridge, and suggests some tips for Australia's healthcare system. With a quarter century of experience as a healthcare chief executive...
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Getting behind Australia’s med-tech sector
Pharmaceutical company Janssen is behind a challenge designed to identify the most promising new developments in Australia’s med-tech sector. Four hot new technologies have been identified as the...
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St Stephens fully digital hospital lead by clinical transformation
The opening of St Stephen's Hospital as the first fully integrated digital hospital in Australia represents a true collaboration of management vision, clinical design, plus technology smarts. The...
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Big data to ease strain on the public health system
A WA epidemiologist has linked Commonwealth and state health databases, with startling results. A leading epidemiologist has called for the linking of Commonwealth and State health databases as a...
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Data and transparency keys to transforming the face of NHS England
NHS National Director for Patients and Information, Tim Kelsey. “We know that small indignities in the hospital system if left unchecked can grow into disasters,” reflects Tim Kelsey, National...
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Bellin’s Pete Knox on Accountable Care and Innovation
US healthcare is moving beyond fee for service with Accountable Care Organisations. While activity based funding or fee-for-service is a widely used model in healthcare systems around the globe it is...
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