August 8, 2018
Re-imagining patient management on the cloud
The cloud and mobile make your next look at upgrading your patient management system a potentially game-changing decision
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August 8, 2018
August 8, 2018
Five things I like about MHR
The MHR isn’t everyone’s favourite government project at the moment, but there are some reasons to be cheerful.
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August 7, 2018
To Be a Machine
Spend enough time in the tech infosphere and you’ll find that there’s no shortage of confidence in the ability of technology to make us better as humans.
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August 7, 2018
Digital healthcare’s Game of Thrones
Doctors, particularly GPs, are at the epicentre of our evolving digital health landscape. But will they be gatekeepers or pawns in an evolving Game of Thrones around control of information and data distribution in the sector?
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August 7, 2018
I couldn’t afford an EMR so I bought a robot
Something is going wrong when a manager running a major Australian hospital information systems looks at buying a hospital-wide electronic medical records (EMR) system then decides instead to buy a surgical robot for one of their busy theatres.
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August 7, 2018
Brexting: smartphone addiction & babies
In a now-famous experiment in the 1970s, mothers were asked to sit across from their seated infants, but instead of saying “hello”, smiling or cooing, the mothers were told to remain expressionless and unresponsive.
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August 7, 2018
PMS cloud dilemma for GPs
A couple of months ago the announcement that patient cloud management system start-up MediRecords had won the contract to replace the PMS of visiting doctors in Queensland Health who also practise privately, seemed to pass with little fanfare.
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August 7, 2018
MHR: It’s a matter of trust
“All humans have three lives: public, private and secret.” – Gabriel Garcia Marques
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August 7, 2018
Why a country GP is opting out of MHR
The issue of the MyHealthRecord has been troubling me. I lack the eloquence to express my concerns sometimes, so please bear with me. I’ve also thought long and hard about this issue and been in active discussion with may leading doctors in Australia on this via backchannels. It is an important topic and one that impacts on everyone.
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August 7, 2018
Self driving cars, doctors, moose & EMRs
Drivers are distracted klutzes and computers could obviously do better. Self-driving cars will make all of us safer on the road.
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August 7, 2018
Why telehealth still has a long way to go
Seven years after specialists were granted rebates for remote telehealth consultations, rural GPs hope their time has finally arrived to break the access barrier for patients in the bush.
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