Thursday, March 20, 2008

SA HealthConnect – Can They Get It Right This Time?

From HealthClix for March, 2008 we learn the following. "2008 promises to be an exciting year at HealthConnect SA, with all of our e-Health projects now well underway. A major initiative for HealthConnect SA has been, and will continue to be, the development of an electronic care planning system. It is also an important initiative from a government perspective, as an effective electronic care planning system will help to address one of the government's key health challenges, the growing burden of chronic disease. I am very pleased to announce that Pen Computer Systems Pty Ltd have been contracted to develop Stage 1 of the e-Health Care Planning System (formally the South Australian Care Planning System). The name change reflects the need to identify this care planning system as an e-Health initiative, and to distinguish it from other care planning work being undertaken within South Australia. We know from the findings of the Care Planning and Communication Trial...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.