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A recent study also revealed that Australian aged care nurses found it difficult to use multiple digital tools to perform tasks while providing end-of-life care.
Also, New South Wales has introduced a new virtual urgent care service for adults.
This could impact ongoing health system IT modernisation efforts, says New Zealand’s largest trade union, Public Service Association.
Public health services in South Australia and Melbourne are set to implement a digital patient flow management platform.
Also, the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department has launched a new patient portal which already helped reduce duplicate records by a tenth.
Also, Australia's aged care research centre has received additional funding to deploy AI.
This follows an audit report that flagged its "partly effective" management of its contract outsourcing the operation of the digital health record system.
This is part of an ongoing project to replace paper-based chemotherapy prescribing across South Australia.
The migration will allow it to integrate AI tools to deliver clinical efficiencies.
Also, the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care is looking for a chief digital information officer.
