News: 2005

Adelaide Advertiser: Looking Forward, page 49. Nadine Williams talks with the e-Health Research Centre's Dr Anthony Maeder about using technology to help patients and older people who suffer falls.

The importance of health data linking was recognised at CSIRO's third Science for Breakfast briefing for Parliamentarians in Canberra on 30 November 2005. The briefing, titled 'New Approaches to Fighting Cancer', was one of a series hosted by The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP, Minister for Education, Science and Training.
(Includes audio of briefing)

Australian IT - Technology analyst Bruce McCabe talks about the extension of Privacy-Preserving Analytics (PPA) and Health Data Integration (HDI) beyond healthcare to sectors such as banking and finance.

CIO Magazine - CSIRO's Privacy-Preserving Linking (PPL) technology proves its worth in protecting privacy in areas like Queensland's Health Data Integration (HDI) project, under which a network of public and private hospitals are sharing data targeting prevention and early detection of disease.

MIS Australia - The vast potential benefits of IT in health care are matched only by the challenges of implementing technology in such a complex environment. Claire Doble examines Australia's burgeoning e-health sector.

Clinical trials which have just concluded at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane have demonstrated that compact monitoring devices have the potential to quickly and accurately detect falls in patients recovering from strokes.

The Sydney Morning Herald - "New software that interrogates patient health records - stripped of identifying personal information - in real-time is leading research into fresh treatments for lung and bowel cancers."

The Courier Mail - "An e-Health centre established in Brisbane by the CSIRO and the State Government is applying the latest information technology to the health system to improve treatment options and lifestyles for patients."

After only 12 months of operation, Queensland's joint venture with CSIRO—the e-Health Research Centre—is delivering success on multiple fronts.

e-Health Research Centre's Health Data Integration (HDI) selected in Research & Development category.

Computerworld - "After three years of development and six months of testing, the locally-developed Health Data Integration (HDI) application will go into production at the end of May to help analyze health information in Queensland..."

Medical practitioners have been given the opportunity to bring an unprecedented body of diagnostic experience to bear when assessing or treating patients—by being able to draw on medical records from around the country and even from overseas.
Published in 2 February 2005 issue of SOLVE

A joint Austrade and CHIK Services initiative, the Australian Health ICT Capability Directory will be launched by Senior Trade Commissioner David Howard from Austrade, New York at HIMSS 2005 at the Dallas Convention Center, Wednesday February 16, 2005.

The e-Health Research Centre, the Brisbane-based joint venture between CSIRO and the Queensland Government, was awarded the prestigious Go for Growth Award in this year's CSIRO Awards. The CSIRO Go for Growth Award recognises initiatives that create investment capacity for organisational growth.