We had a presentation from Tim Kelsey, CEO of the Australian Digital Health Authority to CeBIT a few days ago. Here is the blog reporting what was said.How to make digital health a viable solution in AustraliaHolistic and intergrated approaches to digital healthTim Kelsey – CEO - ADHA May 25, 2017‘We’re all in this room because we share a common vision, putting to work digital enablement to help out patients. Yet there is still some work to be done - we’re not where we want to be yet.’Tim Kelsey, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Digital Health Agency, kicked off his presentation by bluntly stating that digital health services in the country still have a way to go.He stated at present, that 2 out of 3 hospital admissions there will be an error with medications, leading to more deaths from incorrect administering of medication than from traffic accidents.To that end, he describes paper-based systems 'as ludicrous, but also dangerous’ and that ‘the solution ‘is so well established...
This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
from Australian Health Information Technology http://ift.tt/2s98N5g
- TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH
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