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Pulse+IT:2008.2
Welcome to the eighth edition of Pulse+IT, Australia’s first and only Health IT magazine.
The last few months have heralded what are likely to be pivotal developments in Australia’s eHealth landscape. Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing), having languished in the collective thought bubble of th...
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| Guest Editorial |
E-Health: turning plans into action
“The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigour”
Christian Nevell Bovee (1820-1904)
Electronic communications and data management systems are widely adopted in almost all sectors of business and society — except healthcare. While most baby boomers are happy to ...
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| AGPN |
The Health Provider Registry
In 2001 SA Divisions of General Practice Inc (SADI) identified a need for more timely and accurate discharge summaries. SADI recognised that a statewide central and authoritative address book of provider and practice details would help to address this need. In 2002, the SA Health’s careconnect.sa pr...
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| NEHTA |
Australia joining the world to develop open source e-health tools
Imagine a health system where patient information is shared between a doctor’s office, hospital, lab and even equipment like a heart monitor. That’s the goal of interoperable electronic health (e-health), and Australia, through NEHTA, is working with international organisations on the building block...
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| RACGP |
eRedbook v1.0
The Australian Government focus on preventive health care is welcome news. The RACGP’s Red Book is undergoing an e-makeover that will ensure that GPs remain at the centre of any preventive care strategy.
Initial development
In 2005, as part of its Phase Two Work Program, the General Practice C...
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| Standards Australia |
Standards Australia: Health Informatics IT-014
Standards Australia
Standards Australia is recognised by the Government as Australia’s peak Standards body. It coordinates standardisation activities, develops internationally aligned Australian Standards of public benefit and national interest, and facilitates the accreditation of other Standard...
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Interview: Totalcare
Pulse+IT: What products does Totalcare develop for the health care sector?
Our primary product suite Totalcare is an integrated Administrative and Clinical system for GPs, Specialists, Day Hospitals and Hospitals. At its most basic, that means everything from registering a patient, booking appoin...
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$$ - Mobile broadband for clinicians
Introduction
While 10 years ago, using a laptop outside of your home or typical workplace could be classified as “mobile computing”, truly mobile computing these days infers mobile Internet connectivity.
Unlike the wireless (Wi-Fi) networks found in many homes and small businesses, which sport...
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$$ - An introduction to mobile computing for clinicians
Introduction
This article is the first in a two-part series designed to outline some of the mobile computing options available to clinicians. According to Wikipedia, “mobile computing is a generic term describing one’s ability to use technology ‘untethered’, facilitated by devices which provide m...
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$$ - Email etiquette tips
It is amazing to consider the extent to which computers have entered all facets of our lives, and the fact that our adoption of technology has happened in such a short space of time. But one man’s boom is another man’s burden and more than most technologies, this reliance dichotomy comes to the fore...
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$$ - Scanning workflows
While the scanning functionality implemented in the various clinical software packages vary somewhat, nearly all software options on the market allow documents to be scanned directly into a patient file one at a time, or scanned using third-party scanning software and later linked to the appropriate...
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Remote access using VPN
There are a range of approaches to remote access that are used by government departments, large business, and smaller businesses like general practices. One approach that is cost-effective and fits the remote access needs of practices is hardware-based Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology for se...
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$$ - An introduction to Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system was released in January 2007, the fruits of a development cycle whose commencement predated the release of Windows XP. With such a long time in development, readers may be led to assume that Vista must be a significant and impressive piece of software. But ...
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