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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about e-Health issues and implementations.
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- Chronic Healthcare Transformed in Mildura
- Medical care in Mildura has been transformed thanks to a broadband-based technology that is helping hospital patients monitor and manage their health in the comfort of their own homes.
Added: 9 January 2008
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- e-Health - Australia (Archive)
- Archived articles and resources relating to e-Health trends and issues in Australia - 2005
Added: 6 December 2005
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- e-Health - Canada
- Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to e-health in Canada.
Added: 12 December 2005
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- e-Health - United Kingdom - Archive
- Articles and resources about e-health trends and issues in the United Kingdom.
Added: 15 December 2005
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- Electronic Health Records - National Health Service, United Kingdom - Archive
- Articles and resources about progress in electronic health records in order to improve patient care.
Added: 24 November 2005
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- Geelong leads new Frontier in Health Technology
- Geelong Hospital's Intensive Care Unit is leading Australia as the only Australian ICU to have introduced cutting edge Smartcard technology to patients' bedsides.
Added: 10 August 2006
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- National Partnership Agreement on E-Health - Council of Australian Governments (COAG)
- The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) held its 28th meeting in Brisbane on 7 December 2009. During that meeting an agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the States and Territories was tabled for the National Partnership on E-Health. This agreement will contribute to an improved health system for all Australians by transforming the way health information is used to plan, manage and deliver healthcare services through the development of an electronic health (e-health) capability.
Added: 10 December 2009
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- Stroke Telemedicine in Victoria
- The Victorian Stroke Telemedicine project has commenced with contracts completed and working groups commencing.
Added: 24 August 2010
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- Victoria - Electronic referral is taking off
- The number of electronic referrals (e-referrals) sent and received between Victorian health and human services agencies nearly doubled in 2006-07. Additionally, the number of health and human services agencies able to send and receive e-referrals nearly doubled.
Added: 27 March 2008
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- HealthSMART: Victoria's Whole-of-Health ICT Strategy
- Department of Health. "This site provides information about HealthSMART, Victoria's whole-of-health information and communication technology (ICT) strategy. HealthSMART is a seven-year $360 million strategy to modernise and replace ICT systems throughout the Victorian Public Healthcare Sector. The ICT improvements provide healthcare agencies with the tools required to meet the growing healthcare demands expected in the future..."
Added: 12 March 2010;
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- Australian Government's e-Health Information Portal
- The national e-health initiative is the first time that Australian governments have embraced end-to-end integrated e-health. This website is jointly published by Australia's Federal, State and Territory health authorities to help explore the e-health concept and to keep up to date with the latest innovations.
Added: 12 March 2010;
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- Healthcare Identifiers
- National E-Health Transition Authority. "One of the key foundations for a national approach to e-health will be a standard process across the health sector to accurately identify everybody involved in a healthcare transaction. This includes the person receiving healthcare, the person providing healthcare, and the place where the care is given..." The Australian government is introducing healthcare Identifiers to make this process happen.
Added: 12 March 2010;
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- Denmark, England and Scotland are at the forefront of telehealth ... Rethinking healthcare
- European Commission, 8 May 2012. "Denmark, England and Scotland have been pioneers in the use of electronic communication in and across the health and social care sectors. The three pioneers have been able to integrate telehealth into standard patient treatments, according to a new study from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (IPTS) Telehealth, offered in the three countries, means less hospital care and more patient empowerment. Through telehealth patients gain a better understanding of their illness while they have the chance to be treated in their own homes..."
Added: 21 May 2012;
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- E-health budget about efficiency: Plibersek
- By Suzanne Tindal, ZDNet Australia, May 16, 2012. "Federal Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek has addressed criticism of how the government has reallocated funds for its planned e-health system in a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA)..."
Added: 17 May 2012;
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- Open source test results service adopted by renal patients
- UK-wide online system letting patients see results within hours of a test may be used by other specialities, by SA Mathieson. Guardian Professional, Friday 4 May 2012. "Patients of 53 renal units across the UK are accessing results and clinical letters through a secure online system, often meaning they get the information faster than their GPs. Renal PatientView is used by 19,000 patients who have opted-in to accessing their results online. The system also lets patients add their own data - such blood pressure - access online information about their condition and is being adapted to allow them to pass comments on their care back to hospital units..."
Added: 10 May 2012;
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- Budget 2012: e-health gets $233m boost
- By Josh Taylor, ZDNet Australia, May 8th, 2012. "The government's national e-health program is set to get a $233.7 million dollar boost in this year's Budget ahead of the 1 July launch of the service. In 2010, $466.7 million of funding was allocated for a period of two years to launch a personally controlled e-health record (PCEHR) system for all Australians. Funding for the program was scheduled to run out this year; however, the program has been given a $233.7 million boost in the 2012-13 Federal Budget..."
Added: 9 May 2012;
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- Redesigning health in Europe for 2020 - in pdf format (9515kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). eHealth Task Force Report, European Commission, Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2012. "In 2020 the health and health care of our citizens could look quite different. We find ourselves today on the threshold of a new era with many opportunities for radical improvements in the way we manage and receive health care. In order to ensure the sustainability of our health care systems, there is a need to tackle considerable challenges. This report focuses on how to achieve a vision of affordable, less intrusive and more personalised care. Ultimately, increasing the quality of life as well as lowering mortality. Such a vision depends on the application of ICT and the use of data. The Task Force behind this report was convened to explore the potential of ICT in health innovation in the EU and make recommendations on what could be done now to ensure that Europe reaps the full benefits of eHealth in 2020..."
Added: 8 May 2012;
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- Telehealth on mobiles rolling out to thousands of patients in Somerset
- Touchscreen phones with remote monitoring capabilities will be offered to NHS Somerset patients with chronic lung disease, heart disease and diabetes, by Gill Hitchcock. Guardian Professional, Thursday 3 May 2012. "NHS Somerset has begun rolling out telehealth equipment to thousands of its patients as part of a scheme that will allow them to monitor long-term health conditions from home..."
Added: 3 May 2012;
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- Social media 'likes' healthcare: From marketing to social business
- PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Health Research Institute, April 2012. "Social media is changing the nature and speed of health care interaction between consumers and health organizations. This in-depth HRI report dives into what some of the largest health care companies are doing in and with social media. The report's findings are based on a survey of more than 1,000 consumers and 124 health care executives... According to PwC’s consumer survey of 1,060 U.S. adults, about one-third of consumers are using the social space as a natural habitat for health discussions. Social media typically consists of four characteristics that have changed the nature of interactions among people and organizations: user generated content, community, rapid distribution, and open, two-way dialogue. This report dives into the social world of the health industry and provides insights into new and emerging relationships between consumers and the biggest health companies that serve them. It examines how individuals think about and use the social channel; how some providers, insurers, medical device, and pharmaceutical companies are responding; and discusses specific implications for organizations to take advantage of with this new view into the 21st century patient..."
Added: 27 April 2012;
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- Patient Opinion launches in Australia
- eGov AU - Craig Thomler's professional blog - eGovernment and Gov 2.0 thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Thursday, April 26, 2012. "One of the UK's social media success stories, Patient Opinion, has now launched an Australian website at www.patientopinion.org.au. Patient Opinion, which has been live since 2005, allows patients to rate and comment on their experience with health providers. It has been an amazing (if sometimes painful) success in the UK, leading to a number of care improvements across the health system and at individual providers..."
Added: 26 April 2012;
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- Public consultation for a white paper on the development of eHealth services
- ePractice.eu, 13 April 2012. Country Norway; Domain eHealth; Topic Electronic health records, ePrescribing, Health portals, Homecare & Telecare Services, Hospital information systems, ICT and lifestyle management, ICT for disease prevention and health promotion, ICT for patient safety, Policy, Regional/national Health Information Networks. "The Ministry of Health and Care Services (Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet, in Norwegian) is conducting a public consultation for a new white paper on eHealth in Norway. Input can be submitted through a blog which will remain open until 1 June 2012..."
Added: 19 April 2012;
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- 'Do nothing on telehealth and you let down your local community': minister
- Care minister Paul Burstow talks about how the government is now in mobilisation phase and has enlisted the help of industry to boost telehealth adoption, by Gill Hitchcock. Guardian Professional, Tuesday 3 April 2012. "It's four years since the whole system demonstrator (WSD) programme began investigating the potential benefits of telecare and several months since David Cameron promised the government would implement it nationally. Now the Department of Health (DH) is at "mobilisation stage, getting everyone teed up" to offer telecare and telehealth to those with chronic illnesses, according to care services minister Paul Burstow..."
Added: 18 April 2012;
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- NBN Enabled Telehealth Pilots Program
- Department of Health and Ageing. "The National Broadband Network (NBN) Enabled Telehealth Pilots Program aims to demonstrate how the NBN infrastructure enables better access to high quality healthcare services, particularly aged care, palliative care and cancer care, using telehealth services in the home..."
Added: 5 April 2012;
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- Invitation to Apply for NBN-Enabled Telehealth Programs
- Joint Release from The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Health; Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Digital Productivity. 4 April 2012. "Older Australians, people in need of palliative care and cancer patients are among those set to benefit from new telehealth pilot projects designed to be supported by the National Broadband Network (NBN). Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek and Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy today announced an invitation to apply for funding for the NBN-Enabled Telehealth Pilots Program, which will provide up to $20.6 million for innovative telehealth pilots over the next two years..."
Added: 5 April 2012;
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This category last updated: 21 May 2012
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