Electronic Health Services

Electronic health services (e-Health services), including telemedicine, 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 January 2008

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Title:   Smart home technologies for health and social care support
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People who are ill (physically or mentally), or who are frail, may find it difficult to meet their everyday personal and social needs at home. Healthcare providers are trying to find ways to support more people at home, but finding home care workers and...
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Telephone consultation and triage: effects on health care use and patient satisfaction
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Visits to emergency departments and family doctors have increased. One possible way to decrease the demands is to provide telephone helplines, hotlines or consultations. People can speak with health care professionals, such as doctors and nurses, on the...
Date:   Mar 2004
Title:   Media release. Improving patient transport services in Tasmania
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Patient transport and accommodation will receive a $10 million boost to improve access to health services across Tasmania.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Media release. $50 million to strengthen mental health
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government will invest almost $50 million to strengthen mental health services, including $20 million to help prevent suicide.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Media release. Federal-state collaboration advances electronic health agenda
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Minister for Human Services, Senator Joe Ludwig, and the Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, have welcomed the signing of a contract between Medicare Australia and the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) for the development of a Unique Healthcare Identifier (UHI) service.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Media release. Elliot urges Australia's aged care providers to get on board with IT systems - better medication care and financial savings
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, said aged care providers who adopt new information technology systems could improve resident care and make significant financial savings.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   National E-health Strategy summary
Publisher:   Victorian Department of Human Services
Description:   Australia has one of the best health systems in the world based on the health outcomes of its citizens. However, maintaining or improving the health outcomes of Australians will require a fundamental change in approach to the way health care is delivered in this country.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   CHF submission on the National E-Health Transition Authority privacy blueprint for the Individual Electronic Health Record
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   The CHF submission on the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) Privacy Blueprint for the Individual Electronic Health Record considers a range of key issues including governance, audit functionality, sensitivity labels, what controls individuals have over information on the Individual EHR, and secondary uses.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   E-medication saves lives and costs
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   A national electronic medication system will improve safety and quality in the health system, with subsequent reductions in adverse events and efficiencies for hospitals.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Albany e-health consumer discussion session
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF and the Arthritis Foundation of WA held a free e-health consumer discussion session in Albany on Thursday 1 May 2008.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Perth e-health consumer discussion session report
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF and the Health Consumers Council of WA (HCCWA) held a free e-health consumer discussion session in Perth on Tuesday 29 April 2008.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   E-health is a valuable tool
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   As the e-health movement continues to gain momentum across Australia, consumers are playing a greater part in driving the e-health direction to meet consumer needs.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Keeping consumer e-health transparent
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Ethics is central to the culture of health provision in Australia; however, when it comes to looking at e-health things can get a bit clouded. This article looks at just one aspect of e-health, consumer sponsored and run websites.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   CHF e-Health industry and consumer workshop: 'What's next in e-health' Workshop Report
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   The Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) held an e-health industry and consumer workshop, 'What's next in e-health' in central Sydney on 27 November 2007. During the workshop, participants discussed e-health success stories and sticking points and identified practical steps for making e-health work for consumers.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Clinical terminology - a world of possibilities
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Australia is one of nine countries that have signed up as Charter Members of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO). This allows Australian health care organisations to use the clinical terminology system SNOMED.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Canberra E-health consumer discussion session report
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF and Health Care Consumers Association of the ACT held an e-health consumer consultation session in Canberra on Friday 23 November 2007.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   E-health in the WA Goldfields - GoldHealth broadband project hits pay dirt
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   The Western Australian goldfields region was the site of a project to trial high speed broadband use in health with encouraging benefits for health care providers and consumers.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Submission to the NEHTA Review
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF made a submission to the Boston Consulting Group's review of the National E-Health Transition Authority.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Darwin E-health Consumer Discussion Session Report
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF and the Top End Division of General Practice held an e-health consumer discussion session in Darwin on Tuesday 5 June 2007.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Alice Springs E-health Consumer Discussion Session Report
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF and the Health Consumers Voice NT held an e-health consumer discussion session in Alice Springs on Wednesday 6 June 2007.
Date:   Jun 2007
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