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Fred IT to launch WhatsApp solution for prescription fulfilment requests Written by Kate McDonald on 28 April 2021. Pharmacy IT solution vendor Fred IT is getting ready to launch its new WhatsApp-powered messaging solution to allow patients to request their prescriptions be dispensed and to specify pick-up or delivery times from their pharmacy. The solution is thought to be the first in Australia to use the WhatsApp platform for prescription dispensing requests and will use What...

Written by Kate McDonald on 27 April 2021. The federal government has agreed to extend MBS-funded telehealth services until the end of the year, putting aside $114 million as part of the upcoming budget. The item numbers have been extended several times since first announced in March 2020 to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, and the government is promising to work with peak bodies to co-design permanent post pandemic telehealth programs.

Fred IT live in first site with My Script List digital script wallet Written by Kate McDonald on 26 April 2021. Fred IT’s new digital list of prescriptions, dubbed My Script List (MySL), is now live in its first site in a Tasmanian pharmacy with plans to roll it out to the other states – and other pharmacy and GP software systems – over the coming months. MySL is the first Department of Health conformant active script list (ASL) to go live. It will work alongside the new e...

Written by Kate McDonald on 23 April 2021. Decades of promising but failing to deliver digital tools to improve health outcomes and enable better access to healthcare can be overcome with a fundamental restructure of the New Zealand health system, Health Minister Andrew Little says. Mr Little announced sweeping reforms to the health system this week which will see the 20 district health boards disbanded and replaced by one national organisation dubbed Health NZ.

Southern Sun Pathology live with Sectra’s digital pathology solution Written by Kate McDonald on 20 April 2021. Sydney-based skin cancer laboratory Southern Sun Pathology has gone live with Sectra’s digital pathology solution, allowing pathologists to examine skin tissues remotely and share images more efficiently. The solution will be integrated with the two different laboratory information systems (LIS) used at Southern Sun Pathology and its Gold Coast subsidiary Helix Pat...

Telstra Health rebrands digital hospital platform as Kyra Written by Pulse+IT on 20 April 2021. Telstra Health has rebranded its suite of digital health solutions for hospitals as Kyra, following several years of development work that included a complete upgrade of its electronic medical record in 2020. Telstra Health says the Kyra suite is available on mobile devices to give clinicians access to patient information in the right place at the right time.

Survey of aged care providers to benchmark use of clinical software Written by Kate McDonald on 19 April 2021. The Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council (ACIITC) is surveying residential aged care providers on their use of clinical software and what are the main barriers to and influences over further uptake. The research, commissioned by the Australian Digital Health Agency, will also investigate how clinical software interacts or interfaces with other software syst...

PrimaryClinic Medical conformant for eScripts, integration plans for Lifecard PHR Written by Kate McDonald on 19 April 2021. GP software product PrimaryClinic Medical is now able to issue token-based electronic prescriptions, with vendor Global Health planning to integrate the capability with its Lifecard personal health record later in the year. PrimaryClinic Medical version 4.7.0 has been listed on the Australian Digital Health Agency’s electronic prescribing conformance reg...

Written by Kate McDonald on 18 April 2021. Google trying again with PHRs? evidence for AI tools, Denmark’s coronapas, Malaysia’s Immunitee, US VA EHR, Facebook’s vaccine finder, Microsoft/AXA digital health platform, eReferral app cuts DNAs, Dedalus and the NHS, SMART health cards for vax credentials, COVID-detecting mobile phone sensors STAT ~ Erin Brodwin ~ 09/04/2021 After 13 years, Google is coming back for patient health records. The tech giant has launched an early user feedback...

NZ to roll out national vaccination booking system next month Written by Kate McDonald on 16 April 2021. The New Zealand government aims to roll out a national booking system for COVID-19 vaccinations at the end of May, allowing people to pre-register and then book an appointment that suits their time. The booking system, which will use a plug-in to the Salesforce-based national COVID-19 immunisation register (CIR), will allow people to book for their first and second dose of th...