Queensland launches telestroke pilot and more briefings
Queensland to trial telestroke service at Hervey Bay Hospital
The Queensland Government has designated Hervey Bay Hospital as a pilot site for its upcoming statewide telestroke service.
According to a press release, doctors and nurses at Hervey Bay Hospital are preparing for the Queensland Telestroke Service pilot to take place in the coming weeks.
Queensland is the remaining Australian state to launch a telestroke service. It records about 5,000 new stroke cases each year. The state government has pledged A$5.8 million ($3.8 million) a year for the service.
DOHAC to automate monthly care declarations
The Ministry of Health and Elderly Care wants to automate the generation of monthly care declarations.
It recently approached both software vendors and residential aged care providers to participate in its pilot program to test a software solution for automating monthly care statements. The care statements provide a snapshot of the care and services that aged care residents have access to.
From October, providers of residential elderly care will be allowed to voluntarily offer their residents oral or written monthly care statements.
The software pilot implements one of the reform recommendations of the Royal Commission of 2021.
Home care visit verification platform uses FHIR
Health technology startup didgUgo will provide IT system interoperability to partners using its healthcare visit verification solution.
The company has partnered with InterSystems to adopt the IRIS for Health platform to provide interoperability based on FHIR standards. The InterSystems integration also enables didgUgo to use AI for fraud prevention.
didgUgo offers a software-based check-in/check-out solution for healthcare, aged care and disability care providers. By adopting IRIS for Health, it aims to enable its users who also use the TrakCare EMR system to connect to its solution, enabling near real-time data exchange.
GPs in Far West NSW gain access to patient data
GPs and practices in the Far West region of New South Wales can now access patient-consented medical information via the state-developed clinical portal Healthenet (view-only).
This is possible through the Co-located GP clinics project, which began its trial in August. The project is being delivered by eHealth NSW, in partnership with the Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN), Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation and the South Eastern branch of the Royal Flying Doctors Service.
The project, according to a press release, aims to enable the sharing of patient information between public acute and primary care settings. This includes patient demographics, clinical summaries, test reports, prescribed medications and allergies.