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Booking system for COVID vax live but not fully functional Written by Kate McDonald on 17 March 2021. Australia’s new national vaccination information and location service is live but is not yet fully functional, with a restricted number of clinics listed on the searchable Healthdirect site and only a handful showing they are offering online bookings. Most are listed as offering telephone bookings only. Health Minister Greg Hunt announced this morning that Australians eligible for Phase 1B will be able to find a vaccination provider through the COVID-19 vaccine eligibility c...

Written by Kate McDonald on 17 March 2021. Australia has become the first country outside of the US to launch Google’s depression screener in its search function. The tool helps people see their risk for depression and can connect them with the evidence-based resources and crisis hotlines, including Black Dog Institute and Lifeline.

Written by Kate McDonald on 14 March 2021. Attend Anywhere conquers NHS, India’s digital health plan, virtual care in Malaysia, IBM blockchain for Germany’s vaccine certificates, US Covid relief package and health IT, sign-up site for leftover Covid vax, smart speakers track heart rhythm, Telus Health buys Babylon Canada, guide to digital health passports Digital Health News ~ Hannah Crouch ~ 11/03/2021 Not too many people had heard of Attend Anywhere before March 2020 but since then the video consulting capability has been offered to all, and adopted by most, NHS trusts across Englan...

Canadian firm to buy PMS vendor Intrahealth for $21 million Written by Kate McDonald on 12 March 2021. Canadian EMR vendor WELL Health Technologies has agreed to buy New Zealand-founded practice management system vendor Intrahealth for $C19.25 million ($NZ21.25m). Intrahealth provides its Profile PMS to approximately 15,000 clinicians, mainly general practices and medical specialists in New Zealand, Australia and Canada as well as the New Zealand Defence Force and the Australian Antarctic Division.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is lobbying the federal government for an extension to the temporary MBS