Stories about: Health Insurance Commission

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HBA leads with 'pseudo' Web services 23 January, 2006 14:01

Despite having to deal with legacy applications for claims processing, health insurer HBA has taken a leading position with open information interchange in line with the Health Insurance Commission's (HIC) specifications, according to CIO Peter Powell.
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Letter: Improving coordination 28 September, 2005 14:53

I wish to correct a false impression that may be gained from the article, New federal CIO to push tough reform agenda, (Computerworld, September 7, 2005).
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Tax collects Linux for open source analytics 19 September, 2005 07:15

Despite its strong ties to proprietary software vendors, the Australian Taxation Office has finally dipped its toes into open source by establishing a Linux-based system for information analytics.
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Stewarding government IT policy 30 August, 2005 09:34

Having been anointed by public service chief Peter Sheregold as to lead government CIOs towards cohesive government ICT strategy, Australian Government CIO Ann Steward has been charged with fulfilling public service IT delivery expectations great and small.
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Federal CIO promises more reforms 29 August, 2005 10:05

Australia's latest whole of government CIO, Ann Steward, has used her first public speech to make all the right political noises and warn government CIOs and IT managers they must clean up their own backyards and learn to share infrastructure with their peers without quarreling.
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Ill wind blows through e-Health adoption 23 August, 2005 09:14

E-Health initiatives have medicos fuming over time-consuming software and parents traumatized over automatic rebates that not only don't arrive but disrupt childcare arrangements.
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Course aims to seduce students to mainframe studies 05 August, 2005 10:30

Addressing the looming mainframe shortage facing Australian enterprises, IBM has launched a training program to try and lure young IT students.
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Abbott tells e-health vendors to shape up 04 August, 2005 11:35

Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott has warned e-health vendors and systems designers eyeing off federal coffers that their products must deliver tangible economic benefits over technological improvements if they expect to get government funding for e-Health.
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ATO readies for etax deluge 06 July, 2005 08:13

As the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) readies for its end of financial year deluge, it's paying more attention to those individuals who submit their tax return online - all 1.1 million of them.
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Abbott crash tackles e-Health program 27 June, 2005 10:18

A blistering speech by federal Health Minister Tony Abbott has shocked the IT health community and caused a bitter parliamentary rift over whether Australia's electronic health records should be held on a single massive database.
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Abetz backs privacy overhaul 06 June, 2005 14:27

The man in charge of enforcing whole-of-government IT cohesion, Special Minister of State Senator Eric Abetz, has publicly backed calls from Federal Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis for a wider review of Australia's privacy laws.