Online mental health service for teens, risk calculator for aspirin

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Stepped care mental health service uncovers depression in teenagers

An online mental health service based on the principles of stepped care has helped identify students experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety in a pilot study in NSW. Developed by the Black Dog Institute, the Smooth Sailing service uses a website to screen, assess, allocate and deliver care for depression and anxiety, with symptoms ... [read more]

Online benefit-harm calculator for aspirin bleed risk

Researchers from the University of Auckland and Middlemore Hospital have developed a benefit-harm calculator for use by clinicians and patients to decide on whether to take daily aspirin as a preventative against heart disease and stroke. The web-based calculator brings together a bleed risk estimate with an estimate of how many CVD ... [read more]

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Queensland passes laws to enable real-time prescription monitoring

The Queensland Parliament has passed new laws today that update regulations covering medicines and therapeutic goods to allow for the introduction of a real-time prescription monitoring system. Like the other states and territories, Queensland has had access to a licence for a software solution called ERRCD since 2012, but has not made ... [read more]

Royal Rehab to roll out MasterCare patient administration system

Sydney's Royal Rehab Private Hospital plans to go live next month with a new MasterCare patient administration system (PAS) from Global Health. The MasterCare PAS will support workflow from admission through to discharge of patients, managing all aspects of patient information flow from beds and medical records to billing, private health ... [read more]

TechnologyOne wins ACT Health inventory management contract

ASX-listed software as a service vendor TechnologyOne has won a four-year, $3.2 million contract with the ACT Health Directorate to provide a replacement for its legacy inventory management system. TechnologyOne will implement an enterprise SaaS solution incorporating supply chain, prosthesis management, business ... [read more]

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Healthdirect releases online risk checker for preventable diseases

Healthdirect Australia and The George Institute for Global Health have developed a free online risk checker to help consumers determine their level of risk for heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes. The healthdirect Risk Checker provides a personalised summary and report that guides users through lifestyle changes ... [read more]

A Better Visit on Android for people living with dementia

Dementia Australia's A Better Visit app is now available for Android tablet devices, having been downloaded 3000 times from the App Store since its launch for iPads in November last year. The free app features a range of two-player games designed to enhance communication between people in residential care living with ... [read more]

Blog: ADHA makes a move on re-platforming MyHR

In late news this week we hear that the Australian Digital Health Agency hopes to approach the market in the next few weeks through a request for information (RFI) process about the potential to “re-platform” the national digital health infrastructure, including the My Health Record. This move has been mooted for a few years now and was confirmed ... [read more]

International health IT week in review: September 15

Big tech not interested in EMRs, Apple ups research reach, health data privacy, maternal mortality tools, NLP and documentation burden, drones deliver in remote Canada, US DoD extends Cerner roll-out, Boots offering GP video consults in store, FHIR on Android ... [read more]

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