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• NSW seeks better analytics, consistency with digital health record initiative

  NSW Health has launched a formal market engagement process to as it seeks to boost the capabilities of the state’s electronic medical record system.

• NSW government earmarks $1 billion for major IT projects

  The New South Wales government plans to spend close to $1 billion on major ICT and digital projects, the 2017-18 budget reveals.

• NSW Dept of Family and Community Services appoints new CIO

  The NSW Department of Family and Community Services have appointed Tim Hume, from the state’s department of health, to the role of CIO.

• NSW Health calls time on GroupWise, preps Exchange move

  NSW Health has started preparing the consolidation of all its disparate e-mail systems into one Microsoft Exchange environment for some 200,000 end-users across the state government department with the big loser being Novell's GroupWise.

• EMR success needs IT wake up: NSW e-health CIO

  The success of an electronic medical records (EMR) project will depend on a level of high-velocity, mission-critical ICT not seen before in the sector, says the NSW Department of Health’s director of e-health and ICT strategy branch Ian Rodgers.
  

• NSW Health moving to single payroll

  NSW Health is considering the consolidation of its multiple salary packaging solutions into a standard state-wide salary packaging solution.

• Privacy concerns won’t stymie e-health uptake: NSW Health

  People concerned about the privacy implications of a move to transferable electronic health and medical records should not be dissuaded by doubt as the benefits outweigh potential drawbacks, according to health industry executives.

• Is open source the key to successful national e-health?

  The Federal Government and healthcare industry bodies should abandon proprietary software and embrace open source if Australia is to have a successful national e-health platform, argues e-health academic, Professor Jon Patrick. Professor Patrick, who heads up the health information technology research laboratory at the University of Sydney, said the existing proprietary software used in the health industry lacked the flexibility and cost-effectiveness to meet the demands of emergency department clinical situations.

• NSW Health to spend $100m on electronic medical records

  After many promises and trials, NSW Health has committed $100 million over the next two years to replace existing paper-based health records in public hospitals with a state-wide electronic system aimed at improving patient care.