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This Rather Sounds Like Money For Jam To Me. Is Accenture Milking A Dying System?
This appeared last week:ADHA extends Accenture ' s My Health Record support deal for $100mByJustin HendryonAug 9, 2022 11:42AMAs records move to Microsoft Azure.The federal government will pay Accenture $100 million to continue its support of My Health Record for another three years, as it looks to progressively decommission legacy infrastructure supporting the system.The Australian Digital Health Agency entered a contract with the consultancy on Friday, bringing the total cost of the national infrastructure operator (NIO) arrangement to $741.2 million over 13 years.The new deal replaces a decade-long contract for the desi...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 17, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - August 16, 2022.
-----This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and related matters.I will also try to highlightADHA Propagandawhen I come upon it.Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It ’s pretty sad!Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon.-----h...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 16, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 15 August, 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-----Interesting to see ongoing funding for the #myHR announced to help Accenture keep is all going. Not sure why?Lots of NBN news with the Annual Report released.-----https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/ransomware-attacks-on-the-rise-report.htmlThursday, 11 August 2022 15:33Ransomware attacks on the rise: reportBy Staff Write...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 15, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

It Seems The Australian Capital Territory Is Going Full Bore Into Hospital Digital Health!
I noticed this recently:Here ' s what you need to know about the incoming Digital Health Record13 August 2022 |Lottie TwyfordIn exactly three months ’ time, a single patient records system will be rolled out across the Territory’s public health system.When it does, it will replace a mishmash of more than 40 existing systems.The move to the Digital Health Record is touted by the government to make life easier for patients and clinicians, although some challenges and additional work for staff are anticipated in the first instance.What is the Digital Health Record?Essentially, it ’s a Territory-wide records system that ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 14, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

AusHealthIT Poll Number 644 – Results – 14th August, 2022.
Here are the results of the poll.Should It Be Made Legal To Support Those Seeking Voluntary Assisted Dying (Euthanasia) Via Telehealth Services. It Is Presently Illegal In Australia.Yes                                             32 (62%)No                           &nb...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 14, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 13th August 2022.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and 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-----https://ehrintelligence.com/news/va-appoints-functional-champion-for-ehr-modernization-programVA Appoints Functional Champion for EHR Modernization ProgramThe new functional champion appointment will assist the VA EHR Modernization program as it struggles with implementation delays and cost overruns, the VA stated.BySarai RodriguezAugust 05, 2022 - The Depart...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

There Has Been A Number Of Mentions Of Digital Health Standards This Week! Not Clear Progress Is Happenng?
First we had this:https://www.health.vic.gov.au/digital-health/clinical-information-system-and-electronic-medical-record-application-andClinical Information System and Electronic Medical Record application and interoperability standardApplication of this standard to the implementation of Clinical Information System and Electronic Medical Record (CIS/EMR) by health agencies will ensure continued interoperability of data applications across the state, now, and position health services to exchange data in line with future Victorian initiatives such as state-wide unique patient identification and sector wide shared clinical in...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 12, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

I Pass This Point Of View On Without Comment. What Do Readers Think?
This appeared last week:Residential aged care and My Health Record: Linkage is mission criticalAug 1, 2022 |Aged care,Community Chats,Community of Practice,Data,Digital Health,eHealth,Innovation,Nursing& Midwifery InformaticsResidential aged care organisations in Australia have been slow to not only move to digital clinical information systems but embrace the benefits of digitalisation in general. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (Royal Commission) and others have stated that the residential aged care sector as a whole has not kept up with even other healthcare sectors in the use and application o...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 11, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
August 11, 2022 Edition-----It is hard to go past just how bad the level strategic stability in the world seems to have gone backwards with the war hardly stopping, Nancy Pelosi poking Chinese bears. The UK imploding economically and Europe on the brink of collapse.I have never seen it this bas and many senior commentators agree. Really very worrying!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/newspoll-record-electoral-satisfaction-rating-for-anthony-albanese/news-story/6ad1f681586961423e3eb75a05b99949Newspoll: Record electoral satisfaction rating for Anthony AlbaneseSimon BensonJuly 31, 2022Anthony Alba...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 11, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Is It Possible That The New Federal Health Minister May Notice The #myHR and the ADHA Might Not Offer Much In The Way Of Value For Money?
This appeared last week:2 August 2022Fiscal challenge! ADHA funding due to expireByHolly PayneMy Health Record and the aged care PIP are also among the core federal health programs that lack secure funding.Health Minister Mark Butler may have been in the job for two months, but he ’s still learning something new every day.Often that ’s a seemingly permanent health program with funding due to expire within 12 months.“A whole lot of ongoing health programs that I certainly thought were funded right through the forward estimates in the budget are not funded,” the Health Minister told delegates at the AMA National Conf...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 10, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - August 9, 2022.
-----This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and related matters.I will also try to highlightADHA Propagandawhen I come upon it.Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It ’s pretty sad!Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon.-----h...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 8 August, 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-----Really just a lot of bits and pieces this week. Not a great deal of inspirational stuff!Sadly we see lots of spurious emissions from the ADHA wanting to tell people living at the extremities of Australia how to tweak the privacy settings of the #myHR that they don ’t care about. Staggering that this is all we hear from such an a...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 8, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

This Looks Like A Bit Of A Throwback To The Howard Era To Me.
I noticed this a few day ago.GP takes Attorney-General to court over VAD telehealth ban4th August 2022BySarah SimpkinsA GP is taking the Federal Government to court over laws that ban doctors from discussing voluntary assisted dying in telehealth consultations. Since 2005, federal laws have banned ‘using a carriage service to counsel or incite suicide’, including phone calls, text messages, emails and video.The punishment is a fine of up to $220,000.When Victoria became the first state to legalise voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in 2017, the state ' s Minister for Health warned GPs to only discuss VAD face to ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 7, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

AusHealthIT Poll Number 643 – Results – 7th August, 2022.
Here are the results of the poll.Do You Believe The ADHA CEO And Executive Have Any Idea How To Get Out Of The Hole They Have Dug For Themselves With The Costly and Essentially Useless #myHR?Yes                                            2 (3%)No                           &n...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 6th August 2022.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and 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-----https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/telehealth-bolsters-maternal-care-outcomes-patient-satisfactionTelehealth Bolsters Maternal Care Outcomes, Patient SatisfactionNew research shows that implementing telehealth, either in place of or as a supplement to in-person care, led to good clinical outcomes and high patient satisfaction in maternal care.ByMark MelchionnaJu...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs