TUE Health Scope
Good Morning,The morning news painted a bleak picture of our rural health. Health officials are investigating a third death at Geraldton hospital, WA, following two investigations at Northam hospital involving the deaths of 16 yrs old Andrew Allen and infant Lachlan Hughes. WA government is denying system failure.
Meanwhile, Yass hospital in NSW is reporting doctor shortage with rumour of its emergency department facing closure this week. A patient at Queanbeyan hospital claims that the hospital had not had an overnight doctor for the past seven days.
Elsewhere, the start of E-Health implementation by government task force is received with scepticism from the industry & consumer group. AMA is calling for more public education re E-Health to lift potential administrative burden for GPs and medical practitioners. Others are saying that Australia health system is not ready for e-health, calling for "stronger protection" in patient identity. Tender was issued last week for the National Authentication Service for Health NASH, aimed at supporting stronger security for patient information during consultations on the H1 framework. While Health Minister Nicola Roxon confirmed NASH rollout is due to start mid 2012, expected completion is not until 2017 at least. In the meantime the industry has to rely on the original business communications solution, Medicare PKI, which according to AustHealth IT Blogger, David More, has potential for misuse and systemic abuse.
The NSW Housing Minister is yet to make a final decision on increasing public housing rent. Spokesperson told the media that rent price will stay the same while reviewing request from Jenny Macklin to keep the recent pension increase national and viable.
Four West Australians died from swine flu in the last 6 weeks. While most cases were adults identified with pre-disposed risk factors, it was reported that a Perth man in his 50s succumbed fatally to the flu strain without having any prior medical condition. The Health Department was unaware of this and will be investigating.
Perth to conduct late trials for dengue fever vaccine, calling for volunteers.
Victoria is running to build a cryonics plant to store whole human bodies and heads for up to 50 years. http://www.cryonics.org.au
Tintinara Area School in south-east SA is in the middle of investigation into soil contamination, with the possibility of arsenic and asbestos remnants remaining in the school compound. Parents are complaining of the lack of risk-management measures for remaining school occupants and children.
Enjoy the rest of the day!
regards,
Estle Iskandar
Newsdesk Executive
Labels: arsernic, asbestos, Australia Medical Association AMA, cryonics, dengue fever, E-Health, Geraldton, Medicare, Northam, QLD health, South Australia, WA Health
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