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Electronic Health Services
Electronic health services (e-Health services), including telemedicine and electronic prescribing, aim to deliver safer, more efficient, better quality healthcare.
Follow the links below to find information about e-Health and telemedicine services. The Personal Medical Records [HealthInsite Topic Page] includes information about electronic health records.
Reviewed March 2011
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| Title: | Online OCD Treatment |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Editorial Team |
| Description: | Preliminary results for a new online psychological treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) show it is effective in managing symptoms and improving quality of life. The program may advance the delivery of health care to rural and remote areas of Australia. |
| Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Title: | Media release. Pulling e-health together, not tearing it apart |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | Article by Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon and published on 6 Minutes. |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Telehealth Technical Standards Position Paper / Guidance on Security, Privacy and Technical Specifications for Clinicians |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | These two papers have been developed and released for consultation within the information and communication technology and health professional communities. |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Media release. Ehealth record blueprints finalised |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | The finalised plans for Australia's secure, efficient eHealth system have been released by the Government. |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Concept of Operations: Relating to the introduction of a Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record System |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) System and how it will work. |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Media release. Monsignor Cappo appointed chair of Australia's first national mental health commission |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | Monsignor David Cappo AO has been named chairman of the nation's first National Mental Health Commission. |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Media release. Australia's first e-mental health strategy |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | Australians living with mental illness are a step closer to being able to access online care and support following the establishment of a new e-mental health expert committee which will advise on the rollout of the nation' s first mental health online portal and virtual clinic. |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Jean Hailes Online Support Communities with Healthshare |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Editorial Team |
| Description: | The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health has established a partnership with the social health network, Healthshare. |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Media release. Accenture to build Australia's personal e-Health system |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | Accenture, a world leader in IT, has been selected to lead the building of the IT infrastructure for Australia' s national personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system in another major milestone for national health reform. |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Use of electronic health records to support smoking cessation |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | In many countries a large investment is being made in technology to computerize patient medical records. One potential of electronic health records (EHR) is that they could be used to remind clinicians to record tobacco use, to give brief advice to qui... |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Telehealth - Modernising Medicare by providing rebates for online consultations |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | From 1 July 2011 people in remote, regional and outer metropolitan areas of Australia will have access to telehealth; an initiative allowing patients to have video consultations with a range of medical specialists. This will provide patients with easier access to specialists, without the time and expense involved in travelling to major cities. |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Medicare Funding for Telehealth Services |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Editorial Team |
| Description: | Australian patients are now able to have Medicare funded consultations with any medical specialist via a video conference for the first time. |
| Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Title: | Media release. Telehealth transforming health care |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | Australian patients will be able to have Medicare funded consultations with any medical specialist via a video conference for the first time starting 1 July 2011. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Media release. Ensuring the successful delivery of e-health records |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | The Australian Government has announced two important appointments to further guide the implementation of the nation's personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Telehealth Fees Unveiled |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Editorial Team |
| Description: | Patients in rural, regional and outer metropolitan areas will benefit from an increase in telehealth services with greater access to Medicare funded medical specialist video consultations available from 1 July this year. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Media release. Telehealth fees unveiled |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | Patients in rural, regional and outer metropolitan areas will benefit from an increase in telehealth services with greater access to Medicare funded medical specialist video consultations available from 1 July this year. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Electronic prescribing and dispensing of medicines |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | Electronic prescribing and dispensing of medicines is a key eHealth initiative aimed at improving the delivery and quality of health care and achieving better health outcomes |
| Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Title: | Setting a standard for electronic prescribing systems |
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| Publisher: | Australian Prescriber |
| Description: | Given the widespread use of electronic prescribing systems in day-to-day practice, coordinated activity to ensure these systems meet key quality and safety criteria is overdue. Clear guidance and standards are a prerequisite. |
| Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Title: | Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) |
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| Publisher: | Medicare Australia |
| Description: | The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register is a national register administered by Medicare that records vaccination details for children under 7 years of age who live in Australia. |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Telehealthcare for asthma |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Asthma is a common condition, affecting an estimated 300 million people worldwide. Its symptoms include cough, breathlessness, wheeze and associated limitation in activity. Increases in the prevalence of long-term conditions such as asthma are presentin... |
| Date: | Apr 2010 |
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