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Going from paper to paperless and live with a complex electronic medical record, in one day, in one big bang, in three hospitals simultaneously, might be considered rather ambitious. In the middle of a global pandemic, it is probably unprecedented. That is the story of the big bang implementation of an Epic EMR at Royal Melbourne Hospital … [read more] |
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Melbourne's Northern Health has rolled out 34 wireless glucometers that automatically link patient blood glucose measurements with patient data in Northern Hospital's iPM patient administration system. The glucometers are part of the new Northern Inpatient Diabetes Service (NIDS) and and will be integrated with the health service's electronic … [read more] |
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Australia's COVIDSafe digital contact tracing app is getting a makeover by the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA), which is planning to incorporate the world's first use of the open source Herald protocol for Bluetooth communication and range finding into the app. The protocol promises to improve the app's encounter … [read more] |
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The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) has published a review of the safety and quality benefits of secure messaging, recommending that a technical incident monitoring framework be considered to assess adherence to standards. The review found widespread recognition of the potential benefits of secure … [read more] |
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