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Simple Retail to roll out active script list capabilities backed by Scrypt Written by Kate McDonald on 24 May 2021. Pharmacy solutions vendor Simple Retail will roll out new active script list (ASL) functionality to its users on May 31 after it received confirmation of conformance with the Australian Digital Health Agency requirements for active script lists. Simple Retail has worked with parent company MediSecure and digital clinical relationship management system vendor Scrypt...

Written by Kate McDonald on 24 May 2021. The ACT Health Directorate has dubbed its new real-time prescription monitoring system Canberra Script and promises to begin rolling it out later this year in early adopter sites. The system is replacing the territory’s DAPIS Online Remote Access (DORA) real time prescription monitoring system and is being built using the same technology platform used by Victoria, South Australia and Queensland for their SafeScript, QScript and ScriptCheckSA system...

Written by Kate McDonald on 20 May 2021. The roll-out of IT systems to support New Zealand’s Covid-19 immunisation program is facing challenging timeframes with some aspects being finalised just in time for each stage, a report from the Office of the Auditor-General has found. Auditor-General John Ryan said the audit showed the health sector was working hard to roll out the Covid-19 vaccination program but a significant scale-up was required to achieve the government’s vaccination goals...

The Alfred to fully integrate BD infusion pumps with Cerner EMR Written by Kate McDonald on 20 May 2021. Melbourne’s The Alfred Hospital has signed a contract with medical device manufacturer Becton Dickinson (BD) and electronic medical record vendor Cerner to implement the first bidirectional integration between BD’s Alaris infusion pumps and the Cerner EMR in Australia and New Zealand. The Alfred is due to go live with the new process in its ICU in the next few months and ...

Waikato suspects phishing email to blame for malware attack Written by Kate McDonald on 19 May 2021. Waikato DHB’s information systems team is working on the theory that the malicious attack that caused the shutdown of its IT systems yesterday was an incursion via an email attachment. Waikato DHB CEO Kevin Snee told Radio NZ the attackers had not yet threatened to release patient information, just a demand for a ransom, which would not be paid.

Fred to launch WhatsApp prescription ordering at APP this week Written by Kate McDonald on 19 May 2021. Pharmacy IT solution vendor Fred IT will launch its new WhatsApp-based prescription ordering system for electronic prescriptions at the Australian Pharmacy Professional (APP) conference on the Gold Coast this week. The solution is thought to be the first in Australia to use the WhatsApp messaging platform for prescription dispensing requests and will use WhatsApp’s chatbot f...

A recommendation by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Safety and Quality that there be universal adoption of the My Health Record

ASX-listed Hills Limited has appointed experienced healthcare technology executive David Clarke as its new CEO

ADHA enhances clinician view of immunisation details in My Health Record Written by Kate McDonald on 17 May 2021. The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) has released an enhancement to the immunisation status section of the My Health Record, including showing any due, overdue or upcoming immunisations. This includes COVID-19 vaccination status and National Immunisation Program (NIP) schedule details. ADHA says the ability to see overdue or upcoming immunisations will be espe...

ACT Health’s MyDHR booking system live for mass vaccination centres Written by Kate McDonald on 13 May 2021. ACT Health has gone live with its new booking system for its two COVID-19 mass vaccination clinics, using the MyDHR system rolled out in association with electronic medical record vendor Epic. Eligible Canberrans are being asked to sign up to MyDHR using their Medicare card to confirm their eligibility. An invite to book an appointment will then be sent within 24 hours ...