The HIMAA Victorian Branch
wishes everyone
a very Merry Christmas and a
Wonderful New Year.
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Well, it was inevitable. If any demographic group would embrace text messaging for healthcare, it would have to be teenagers, right? Even for the most serious of ailments.
A new study in Pediatrics shows that text messaging really can help adolescents stick to their prescribed regimens, even when that regimen is to prevent rejection of a [...]
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Nearly 70 percent of parents of children with diabetes have a “very positive” impression of a prototype mobile phone that collects and transmits blood-sugar readings to doctors, a new study suggests. And more than half of the parents would be interested in signing up for phone-based glucometer service, according to the study, conducted by the [...]
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AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the AMA welcomes reports that the Coalition will make health funding, including public hospital funding and governance, a key policy battleground at the next Federal election.
It is reported that the Coalition policy includes direct Commonwealth financing of new local hospital boards, leaving the States out of the [...]
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To read the current edition of Coding Matters
Volume 16, Number 3, December 2009 CLICK HERE
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I’ve been thinking for some time now that in our celebrity-driven culture, it would take a big Hollywood name to latch on to health IT in order to get the masses–and the mainstream media–to make the connection between information technology and patient safety. A few candidates had been involuntarily brought to the fore with regards [...]
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CENTRELINK’S John Wadeson will head a mega-agency IT shop created after a back-office merger with Medicare.
Human Services Minister Chris Bowen today announced the portfolio shake-up, which is aimed at reducing duplication in backend processes.
“In order to obtain the necessary seamlessness and co-ordination, the Prime Minister has agreed to my proposal that Medicare and Centrelink should [...]
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Workplaces are all about trust. It’s one of those buzzwords you can’t escape, along with “synergy,” “teamwork” and “value add.” There are even teambuilding activities based on trust.
The problem with trust is that it’s a loaded concept. How do you know when you trust someone? Are there levels of it or is it a black [...]
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Each year the VAED, VEMD, ESIS, VINAH and AIMS data collections are reviewed to ensure that the collections support the department’s state and ational reporting obligations and reflect changes in hospital funding and service provision arrangements for the coming financial year.
Subject to confirmation of any National Minimum Dataset updates by 31 December 2009, draft specifications [...]
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We’ve heard, at least anecdotally, how EMRs make it so much easier for physicians to report on compliance with quality measures, so this news was probably inevitable: those with EMRs are more likely to report adverse drug events. That is the finding of an Ipsos survey of 300 primary-care physicians, commissioned by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
Half [...]
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