Telstra, NTT has signed a contract for a major ICT upgrade to healthcare facilities in Up-to-date South Wales
eHealth NSW has revealed that telecommunications companies Telstra and NTT have been used to upgrade wired and wireless network infrastructure at more than 1,100 public health facilities in Up-to-date South Wales.
Hospitals and community health centers will “progressively refresh the on-premise network hardware and software that underpins our increasingly digital hospital environments,” said Ian Schrader, director of infrastructure at eHealth NSW.
The major upgrade of network infrastructure is part of NSW Health’s Health Grade Enterprise Network initiative to purchase and manage ICT network infrastructure across the state.
GPs in North Queensland are using artificial intelligence to register for MyMedicare
General practices in a north Queensland primary care network have adopted artificial intelligence technology to escalate voluntary patient registrations on MyMedicare.
NQPHN recently partnered with health technology company Healthily to offer GPs in north Queensland its GoShare Voice technology to facilitate identify and reach patients eligible to register for MyMedicare. The AI-powered tool also enables automated outbound phone calls to patients who do not initially respond to SMS invitations to MyMedicare to further discuss enrollment options and allow them to ask questions.
MyMedicare is the government’s voluntary patient enrollment model that aims to formalize the relationship between patients, their primary care physicians and primary care teams.
With funding from the MyMedicare Mini NQPHN continuous quality improvement program, adopting GoShare Voice will also facilitate primary care physicians prepare for them.in anticipation of changes to subsidized chronic disease management components of the Medicare benefits program in November.
Austin Health’s virtual branch is operating as normal
Austin Health’s technology-enabled home care service, piloted in 2021 with funding from the federal government, is currently operating as normal.
The hospital’s Home and Virtual Care Virtual Unit currently admits up to 10 patients at a time, focusing on high clinical acuity patients such as cardiology and hematology patients. They are monitored via a watch or patch, and the hospital care team sees them in near real time via teleconference.
In February, the virtual department began integrating data from mobile devices with the EMR system, improving patient data management.