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• Healthcare industry group builds cybersecurity threat center

  Looking to address growing cybersecurity threats in the healthcare industry the Health Information Trust Alliance today said it has established a centralized Cybersecurity Incident Response and Coordination Center where organizations can report incidents and get help remediating electronic medical security problems.

• Are community Cloud services the next hot thing?

  When Mathew Lodge, senior director of Cloud services for VMware, looks out over the Cloud landscape and envisions how it will continue to evolve, he sees community Clouds playing a big role. And he's not the only one.

• Are community cloud services the next hot thing?

  When Matthew Lodge, senior director of cloud services for VMware, looks out over the cloud landscape and envisions how it will continue to evolve, he sees community clouds playing a big role. And he's not the only one.

• NSW government 'sitting on health report'

  The NSW government has come under attack for failing to release a report into problems with the computer system that runs emergency departments throughout the state.

• NSW cancer patients get specialist website

  NSW cancer patients and GPs can now use a website to search for healthcare specialists.

• Online doctors a new reality

  Cancer patients and the elderly will be able to see their specialist or GP with the click of a mouse, even if they are hundreds of kilometres away.

• IBM IOD 2011: IBM launches Watson-like software for healthcare

  IBM has released new predictive analytics software for the management of patient data in the healthcare industry, following the company's Watson supercomputer partnership with American health insurance company WellPoint.

• Telehealth simulation lab launches at UWS

  A new research lab that simulates telehealth services for remote and stay-at-home patients has opened at the University of Western Sydney (UWS).

• Online help for mental health closer

  Access to online mental health services is a step closer after the federal government appointed a committee to oversee their rollout.

• Q&A: Paul Jurman, director of IT, Southern Health

  With around 13,000 staff working across more than 40 sites, Southern Health is the largest health service in Victoria. The organisation covers parts of metropolitan Melbourne, as well as sites at Monash, Greater Dandenong, Casey, Cardinia, Kingston, Glen Eira, Frankston, Knox and Bayside.

• Govt leadership key to e-health success

  Increased government leadership is needed to successfully implement e-health initiatives across the entire healthcare sector, as opposed to individual providers, a House of Representatives committee has found.

• Web reminders to reduce cervical cancer

  Online reminders about cervical cancer check-ups could save the lives of hundreds of women, NSW health minister, Jillian Skinner, says.

• 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.

• DoHA finalises first tranche of Medicare Locals

  The Federal Department of Health and Ageing has finalised the first raft of organisations to become Australia’s Medicare Locals from 1 July 2011, releasing the first 15 organisations to take part in the project.