Dentists want ‘opt-out’ eHealth record

Review of PCEHR drilled over functionality, training.

23 October, 2014

Payne pillories CPSU Medicare attack ads

Health Department just window shopping, not selling, says Human Services minister.

30 September, 2014

Human Services and Telstra deny plans to outsource call centres

Voice recognition and internet automation the real jobs threat.

17 September, 2014

Unconfirmed text of Human Services announcement of on-site Telstra call centre staff

Comments welcome.

17 September, 2014

Federal Attorney General’s Department head to leave

No replacement named for Roger Wilkins

15 August, 2014

Death of a Postman: Fahour cheques out Medicare

Mail volumes predicted to “literally fall off a cliff”

15 August, 2014

Outsourcing push reveals Health and DHS split

Cross-agency confusion on welfare infrastructure

11 August, 2014

Medicare outsourcing could cost 20,000 jobs: CPSU

Accusations fly over market testing

11 August, 2014

NeHTA set to be scrapped in radical eHealth overhaul

The government’s review of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record has not only recommended that a new Commission be set up to run the scheme but that electronic records become the default.

20 May, 2014

eHealth examination probes for private sector buy-in

By Julian Bajkowski The private sector and medical providers could soon have a much bigger say in how Australia’s ailing efforts to create a national system of electronic health and medical records unfolds. The Abbott government has revealed it now wants substantial input on what non-government providers can contribute to make eHealth a reality after […]

4 November, 2013

Poor prognosis for Victorian eHealth

By Julian Bajkowski Australia’s troubled eHealth sector has been handed yet another negative appraisal after the Victorian Auditor General released a report cited “poor planning and an inadequate understanding of the complex requirements to design and implement clinical ICT systems” as the reasons for the state’s major online medical upgrade failing to deliver what it […]

31 October, 2013

Coalition recasts federal public service structure

By Julian Bajkowski Furniture removalists and stationers in Canberra are set for a busy Christmas after Prime Minister Tony Abbott revealed his much anticipated carve-up of ministerial and departmental functions. The big themes in the changesare simplification and clarity, and there is plenty on the move. The bureaucratic shake-up will hit dozens of departments agencies […]

18 September, 2013