Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 26 September, 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-----I have to say the first article calls into question just how the Feds have been procuring IT and what implications there are for Federal Digital Health – a worry!Otherwise a few other good ones as well!-----https://itwire.com/government-tech-news/government-tech-policy/audit-office-releases-scathing-report-on-dta-s-ignoring-of-procurement-rules.htmlThursday, 22 September 2022 07:29Audit office releases scathing report on DTA ' s ignoring of procurement rulesBySam VargheseThe Australian National Audit Office has released a scathing report about the Digital Transformation Agency ' s handling of nine selected procurements, saying it " did not conduct the procurements effectively and its approach fell short of ethical requirements " .Inthe review, released on Wednesday, the ANAO also said for these nine procurements the DTA failed to manage contracts effectively and, while it had a procurement framework, the implementation and oversight of it were weak. The original value of seven of these procurements was $25.4 million, but the amount blew out to $55.7 million by July 2022.The review said of one direct-approach procurement that the contract value had increased 40 times from $121,000 t...
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