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  Govt launches $5m robotic labs at UTS

  The Federal Government has launched a $5 million facility at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) for nurses and midwives to train with robot patients.

  By Chloe Herrick | 30 March, 2012 10:38

  Tags: cio, health, midwifery, nurseing, Tanya Plibersek, UTS

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  HP wins ICT deal for Royal Adelaide Hospital

  HP Australia has won a contract to supply and maintain ICT services to a portion of South Australia’s new $2.1 billion digital Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH).

  By Chloe Herrick | 20 September, 2011 12:49

  Tags: e-health, health, HP

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  Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital signs on with BT for communications and IT services

  The new Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Western Australia, will put communications and sustainability at the forefront of its IT agenda, thanks to an agreement with international services firm, Serco, for facilities management and support services. Serco will partner with BT for the project. Under the contract, BT will install and manage the hospital’s communications infrastructure and run a range of IT services.

  By Georgina Swan | 16 August, 2011 12:22

  Tags: e-health, health, hospitals, infrastructure, mpls, RFID, UC, unified communications, WiFi

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  Uni of WA launches iPad app for doctors

  The University of Western Australia has launched an iPad app that helps doctors correctly diagnose sick patients.

  By Lisa Banks | 26 July, 2011 12:02

  Tags: Centre for Software Practice (CSP), Diagnostic Imaging Pathways (DiPHD), health, iPad, iPad apps, Royal Perth Hospital, University of Western Australia (UWA)

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  Computer virus shuts down Ambulance dispatch service

  The Ambulance Service of NSW says no lives have been at risk despite the computer system it uses to send paramedics to emergencies being infected by a virus for more than 24 hours and no timescale for when it will be back online.

  By AAP | 13 February, 2011 14:47

  Tags: health, NSW Ambulance, security, virus

• San Francisco approves mobile phone radiation law

  Preferring to err on the side of caution, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted 10-1 to require cell phone makers to post notices in their stores with details on the level of radiation each model emits.

  By David Zeiler | 17 June, 2010 09:11

  Tags: health, mobile phones

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  BioGrid develops SaaS e-health platform

  Melbourne-based medical research organisation BioGrid Australia has developed an e-health application which promises to break down information siloes between institutions by offering it as an integrated service.

  By Rodney Gedda | 11 June, 2010 10:16

  Tags: BioGrid, data integration, e-health, health, IBM WebSphere, SaaS, victorian government

• Study: no link between brain tumors and cell phones

  The 10-year Interphone study of the health effects of mobile-phone use has found no increased risk of two types of brain tumors. Although some of the data shows an increased risk for some mobile-phone users, the possibility of errors prevents researchers from drawing any hard conclusions, the study said.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 18 May, 2010 05:54

  Tags: cancer, health, mobile phones

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  Vic govt deploys video accessibility service

  Geelong Hospital in Victoria has launched the state’s first video relay interpreting (VRI) service aimed at providing hearing impaired people better access to interpreter services, particularly with health care.

  By Rodney Gedda | 18 March, 2010 10:24

  Tags: accessibility, health, unified communications, Vantage Systems, victorian government, videoconferencing

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  iPhone app tracks swine flu, other disease outbreaks

  A free iPhone app called "Outbreaks Near Me" is designed to help users track and report oubreaks of swine flu and other infectious diseases.

  By Matt Hamblen | 03 September, 2009 07:04

  Tags: diseases, e-health, health, iPhone, iphone apps, swine flu

• Study revives debate over cancer from cell phone use

  A group of international scientists today released a report that again raises concerns about cell phone usage and brain tumors, noting that one recent Swedish study saw a 400 per cent increased risk for teenage cell phone users.

  By Matt Hamblen | 27 August, 2009 06:53

  Tags: cancer, health, mobile phones, mobile phone usage

• Mobile software helps student drop 50 pounds

  Weight loss programs abound, but they can be complex and expensive and must be followed to a T.

  By Matt Hamblen | 25 August, 2009 06:46

  Tags: health, mobile applications, Sensei

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  Jobs has new liver, 'excellent prognosis,' doctor says

  Methodist University Hospital in Memphis confirmed late Tuesday that Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently underwent a liver transplant.

  By Martyn Williams | 24 June, 2009 14:05

  Tags: Apple, health, steve jobs

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  With pandemic alert, firms urged to review disaster recovery

  With the first flu pandemic in 41 years officially declared today by The World Health Organization (WHO), companies are again being urged to make sure that business continuity plans are in place and they're prepared for the outbreak.

  By Lucas Mearian | 12 June, 2009 07:53

  Tags: business continuity, disaster recovery, health, pandemic, swine flu, World Health Organization

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  Microsoft buys software for Amalga e-health platform

  Microsoft has purchased software from Merck & Co. to make its Amalga data-aggregation and management software more useful to life sciences and pharmaceutical researchers, the company said Monday.

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 02 June, 2009 05:55

  Tags: e-health, health, Microsoft