This Has To Be One Of The Biggest Digital Health Stuff-Ups In A Good While.

News of a new Auditor General Report broke last week on the Telstra Health Cancer Registry debacle. There is lots of coverage. Here are two of the better ones.Audit committee suggests Telstra Health contract termination over cancer screening register delayThe Department of Health should consider terminating its AU$220 million contract with Telstra Health over delivering the long-delayed national cancer screening registers, the joint audit committee has recommended.By Corinne Reichert | October 18, 2018 -- 03:04 GMT (14:04 AEDT) | Topic: Mobility A joint audit committee has suggested that delays in delivering cervical and bowel cancer screening registers by Telstra Health could result in a termination of the AU$220 million contract, or with penalties to be paid by the provider.In Report 472: Commonwealth Procurement -- Second Report Inquiry based on Auditor-General's reports 9 and 12 (2017-18) and 61 (2016-17) [PDF], published on Thursday, the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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