The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has arrived at a new electronic health record deal with Oracle, following five years marked by rollout challenges and performance problems that have impacted veterans’ care – resulting in reported harm…
Continue Reading
Social care employers will be better able to equip their staff with the skills required to benefit from new technologies, enhancing patient care and providing staff with care development opportunities, thanks to new guidance published today.To…
Continue Reading
The Australian government is giving a huge boost to digital health with new funding of A$951.2 million ($643 million) over four years.The 2023-2024 budget for digital health includes:
A$325.7 million ($220 million) to make the…
Continue Reading
The Western Australian government is setting aside nearly A$100 million ($68 million) to complete the first phase rollout of its EMR system.This phase involves the implementation of digital medical records with single sign-on technology…
Continue Reading
“In China we’ve seen this leapfrogging concept in terms of payments. They moved from cash-based society into online payments straight away and skipped credit cards. So I think that kind of model for tech…
Continue Reading
More residential aged care residents in Western Sydney can now access an IT-enabled urgent care service by the New South Wales government following its expansion.The inTouch urgent care service provides patients with less urgent conditions with…
Continue Reading
By Sarai Rodriguez
May 04, 2023 – A coalition of 24 states united to appeal a Texas judge’s ruling that could essentially withhold medication abortion pills nationwide and jeopardize reproductive care access under the Title X family planning…
Continue Reading
In an already stretched aged care sector, news of recent aged care centre closures is concerning.Blame for the closures has been directed at the pending legislative requirements which mean from July aged care facilities…
Continue Reading
Rural hospitals face significant cybersecurity challenges due to limited resources, making them easy targets for cybercriminals. Money and staffing are the primary challenges, and a lack of funding for cybersecurity investments puts them at…
Continue Reading
The unprecedented expansion of telehealth and mental health care during the pandemic was a monumental shift for behavioral health care in more ways than one.
The flexibilities for behavioral health visits that resulted from the…
