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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.

• Queensland Ambulance Service to get new patient transport system

  Growing demand from an ageing population has prompted to Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) to begin the search for a new ambulance transport request and scheduling system.

• DoHA seeks Web portal to combat chronic disease among indigenous Australians

  The Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) is on the hunt for a provider to develop and host a Web portal with the aim of better managing and preventing chronic disease among indigenous Australians.

• Thursday Grok: Somebody say IT catastrophe?

  What is it about Health Departments and IT systems, and why is IBM always lurking about in the shadows like Lady Macbeth?

• 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).

• Southern Health rolls out iPads, BYOT, wireless network

  The rollout of iPads, a 'bring your own' technology (BYOT) policy and the trial of an internal wireless network have given Southern Health staff members greater access to patient information while on the move.

• Watchdogs welcome Australia's right-to-privacy move

  The Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) and Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) have welcomed the government's announcement of a public consultation into introducing a statutory right to privacy.

• 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.

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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.

• Snapshot: The e-health landscape in Australia

  This article accompanies 'NBN 101: How the NBN can change e-health'

• NBN 101: How the NBN can change Australian healthcare

  Back when he was a far more popular figure among the ALP hierarchy, Kevin Rudd led Labor to victory with the grand promise of a nationwide high-speed broadband network that would provide ubiquitous access for all Australians.

• Australian medical profession needs social media code of conduct: Report

  Medical codes must evolve to cover the use of social media by doctors and medical students, claims a paper published by the Medical Journal of Australia on 1 June.

• 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.

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  iPads go under the knife at Victorian hospitals

  The Victorian State Government has unveiled a program where 500 iPads will be delivered to a number of hospitals in the state, as the Brumby Labor government continues to show a great deal of interest in the Apple platform.

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  SA Health chief bans iPads among staff

  The chief executive of South Australia's health department issued a sternly worded letter to all staff in late May warning them off corporate purchases of Apple's flagship iPad device until the department's IT team could properly assess the device.