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Electronic Health Records

Health Information Exchange becoming a reality in Canada. When in Australia?

Malcolm Crompton's picture

Done right, an approach based on Health Information Exchange would be vastly CHEAPER AND BETTER if government established a well regulated,  competitive market place for the supply of services instead of building a monopoly that will inevitably fall behind the 8-ball. 

Empowering individuals to control their personal information

Malcolm Crompton's picture

A privacy paper from the UK tells only part the story of ‘context specific authentication’ and leaves at least two questions unanswered.

Australia Finally Heading in the Right Direction on e-Health

Robin McKenzie's picture

A person-controlled e-health record is not only the most speedy and cost effective solution for the national e-Health strategy, but it is also the approach with the best chance of achieving widespread consumer acceptance. 

Balancing Privacy and Convenience

patrickcallioni's picture

The model I propose draws on the concept of an electronic service broker as the foundation for an integrated approach to the management of personal health data and information.

e-Health & me

Helen.Briggs's picture

I am sick and tired of having to tell my story over and over again - and hoping like anything that I am remembering it properly - and not leaving out some key detail that could make the difference to some treatment.

What if we changed the way we delivered healthcare?

George.Margelis's picture

A system of home-based care, facilitated by modern telecommunications and information technology, will extend the reach of our primary care health workers enabling them to monitor a patient from a distance, and, more importantly, it will allows us to scale the limited clinical specialist resources we currently have.

NT e-Health Trials: an Important Test

Tony Abbott's picture

The creation of shared electronic records is a test that the Australian health system has yet to pass.

Talk Openly: Indigenous e-Health Forum with special guest the Hon. Tony Abbott MHR

SPECIAL EVENT: Monday, 24 - Friday, 28 November 2008

The Hon. Tony Abbott MHR, Federal Shadow Minister for Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, is our guest blogger in an interactive discussion forum on the potential benefits of e-Health practices for Australia's remote Indigenous communities.

Amongst many sectors of Australia's healthcare system, the failure to embrace new e-Health methods can be largely attributed to an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality.

Where the system is working, that's hard to argue with. However, where the system is broken, looks like a smart place for government investment in e-Health infrastructure.

It's a national disgrace that Indigenous Australians have double the infant mortality rates, and a 17 year gap in life expectancy from the rest of the population. These figures are key indicators of widespread inequalities in health standards that reduce quality of life, such as higher incidences of diabetes, renal failure, cataracts and hearing loss. The statistics are even worse for Northern Territorians.

ConnectCare: Taking the Pain Away from eHealth

Con Koulouris's picture

Providing a greater level of care for all Australian aged care residents has been the common motivating force behind this new, joint pilot project of the Federal Government & industry partners.

e-Health the key to a healthier system

Neil Batt's picture

We should be trying to buy and then modify complete e-Health bundled systems which have already proved successful overseas, rather than constantly trying to reinvent the wheel.