Industry News
Digital health summit in Canberra
International participants met in Canberra this week to discuss the best use of digital technology in modern health care. [ + ]
ATO working to boost IT resilience
The ATO is this year embarking on a program to improve the resilience, performance and stability of its IT systems, with a focus on improving the client-facing user experience. [ + ]
Australian Information Commissioner retires
The Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner will soon be retiring. [ + ]
Fair Work's multilingual approach
Website translations in 40 languages make it easier for foreign workers and international students to learn their workplace rights. [ + ]
Victoria Police to trial body cameras
The Victorian Government plans to provide 11,000 body cameras to the state police by 2020, starting with trials in Epping and Ballarat this April. [ + ]
Queensland Health taps Sunquest for LIS
Sunquest will provide a state-wide pathology laboratory information system, and PowerHealth all the billing capabilities for the platform. [ + ]
WA Govt has 600-plus online services
The Western Australia Government has launched a redeveloped whole-of-government website, WA.gov.au. [ + ]
App helps task council workers
A new City of Newcastle app enables the public to report damage to public property, letting the council quickly assign officers to fix it. [ + ]
US VA wasted $2.1bn on failed EHR projects
The US Department of Veterans Affairs wasted US$1.7bn over two decades on three failed attempts to modernise its electronic health records system. [ + ]
Amazon Alexa integration provides real-time commute data
A cloud-based voice service is now available for transport customers who wish to see what their commute to work will be like each day. [ + ]
nbn multicast and green classrooms trialled in schools
Technology in the classroom is altering the education of children all the way across Australia. [ + ]
Smart Communities Conference in May
The Australian Smart Communities Conference will bring the public and private sectors together to discuss solutions for the modern city. [ + ]
Sydneysiders willing to submit police evidence digitally
A survey shows that half of Sydneysiders think it should be easier to contact the police digitally, with 9 in 10 willing to submit evidence through these channels. [ + ]
Bilateral forum looks to digital future
Ways to embrace advancing technologies will be among the topics at the Indonesia-Australia Digital Forum in Jakarta this week. [ + ]
FuelWatch website receives record visitor numbers
More than one million hits have been recorded on Perth's FuelWatch website this month. [ + ]
