Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 01 August, 2011.

Here are a few I have come across this week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a paragraph or two. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment. General Comment The first article concerns an apparent technology innovation which, if true, will certainly have a major impact on the NBN build out and does demonstrate the broader...

AusHealthIT Poll Number 81 – Results – 1 August, 2011.

The question was: Is Senator Boyce Correct In Calling for a Pause and Review of the PCEHR Program? Definitely - 29 (58%) Probably - 6 (12%) Probably Not - 9 (18%) Definitely Not - 6 (12) With 70% leaning to the need for a pause and review of the PCEHR Program a pretty clear outcome! Votes : 40 Again, many thanks to those that voted! Dav...

The Frog Is Slowly Boiling And Sadly It Is Not Noticing Its Inevitable Fate. It Will All End in Tears!

It is now only 11 months to go until we will all be able to register for our own Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR). Additionally I am told that pretty soon we will have an announcement of which consortium has won the tender to build the technical infrastructure to have this all happen, and which will underpin the central components of the PCEHR. This will be the last major tender as the others covering such things as marketing,...

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links - 31 July, 2011.

Here are a few I have come across this week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a paragraph or two. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment. ----- Mayo Clinic Builds Next-Gen Health Information Exchange Open-source natural language processing software will provide additional context so that clinicians and researchers...