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  • ICSGlobal sues Medicare

    Electronic health transaction company ICSGlobal has filed a lawsuit against Medicare, accusing the Federal Government agency of anti-competitive behaviour over the development of an e-health medical transaction network called ECLIPSE.

  • Gershon returns to Canberra

    Sir Peter Gershon will return to Canberra next week as the British efficiency guru gears up to deliver a landmark report to finance and deregulation minister Lindsay Tanner on how the federal public sector could better spend its annual $6 billion IT budget.

  • Medicare shuffles VoIP calls nationally

    Health agency Medicare Australia has recently started trialling a call centre solution based on internet protocol (IP) telephony that allows calls to be routed to regional offices during peak periods.

  • Centrelink replaces backup batteries

    Welfare agency Centrelink has revealed planns to replace hundreds of ageing Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units that provide emergency back-up power for computers scattered all around the nation.

  • Agencies to link in $25m australia.gov.au revamp

    Finance Minister Lindsey Tanner yesterday announced that EDS had won an AU$25 million contract over four years to create australia.gov.au, a 'one-stop-shop' for all government information and services.

  • Privacy rules for a Web 2.0 world

    Former privacy commissioner Malcolm Crompton says governments are not doing enough to attract citizens to use their online services due to an overly risk-averse and closed-minded approach to liability and privacy.

  • NEHTA asks for patience on patient records

    The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), the organisation charged with steering Australia's efforts to unify patient records across the nation's healthcare providers, has asked for patience in the face of growing criticism of its progress.

  • Medicare helps patients keep track of claims online

    Medicare has launched an online claims history service so people can check the status of their claims.

  • Labor promise: 'We won't bring in new Access Card'

    The Department of Human Services has denied the Federal Labor government is investigating the introduction of a nationwide ID card scheme similar to the previous government's Access Card.

  • Medicare to block staff fee tampering

    Following an audit by the Australian National Audits Office (ANAO), Medicare has agreed to tighten its claims processing system to prevent staff tampering with claims.

  • Two million Aussies ditch paper for e-taxman

    A record 1.9 million Australians used the Internet to lodge their annual tax returns in 2007.

  • Medicare raises axe over every IT vendor

    Medicare has revealed all of its ICT services contracts are set to expire soon, with the insurer hoping to find replacement suppliers this year.

  • Patient tracking system unveiled to solve drug errors

    Australian citizens will be assigned a unique identifying number to help healthcare providers protect their patients from accidentally being given the wrong treatment.

  • Coalition ranked worst for privacy in election run-up

    The Coalition has been rated bottom among the major parties on commitment to privacy issues, according to a report released by the Australian Privacy Foundation.

  • Access card to go ahead despite backlash: Govt

    Opposition parties and privacy groups are warning that Australians may still be forced to carry the government's controversial Access Card should the Liberal Party win the upcoming federal election.

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