Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 18 July, 2022.

Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. 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-----Aged Care had a good run this week with lots of discussion on just how useful it could be and where the priorities lay. Some fools were wittering on about how helpful the #myHR can be in this setting!Telehealth went and came back!The James Webb Telescope humbled us all with images for an age!-----https://itwire.com/science-news/health/%e2%80%98concerning-lack%e2%80%99-of-digital-health-systems-in-residential-aged-care,-survey-reveals.htmlMonday, 11 July 2022 11:31‘Concerning lack’ of digital health systems in residential aged care, survey revealsBy Staff WriterA nationwide survey of residential aged care staff has found almost one in ten works in a facility reliant on paper records for care management, while “critical digital systems” are yet to be widely implemented in a sector in “dire need of disruption”.Conducted by the Aged Care Technology Consortium – a collaboration by Australian technology companies working to modernise the nation ' s aged care system – the survey found only 8% of residential aged care workers have access to a digital incident management system.And within the results, 3% said their facility had implemented a visitor management platform, despit...
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