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            <title>Australian doctor releases iDoctor app for iPhones, iPads and iPods</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[

In collaboration with developer Bonobo, Dr Rhys Clark from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth has released “iDoctor”, a software application (app) for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch devices, and also the iPad.

Primarily targeted at junior doctors working in hospital]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:12:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>IHE releases Connectathon results, prepares for conference Showcases</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[IHE Australia has released the official results from its “Connectathon”, which was held over the course of a week in late April.

During an IHE Connectathon, software developers endeavour to enhance their products and demonstrate an ability to exchange data with other relevant systems. If successful in this process, software vendors]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:09:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>HISA prepares for 18th Health Informatics Conference</title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=483:hisa-prepares-for-18th-health-informatics-conference&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) is preparing for the peak group’s Health Informatics Conference 2010 (HIC2010), which will commence on Tuesday, August 24, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

With a theme of ”Informing the business of healthcare”, the conference has attracted an impressive contingent of local and]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:07:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Health-e-Nation conference coming to Sydney in September</title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=482:health-e-nation-conference-coming-to-sydney-in-september&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In 2010 the pressing need for Health reform unites the world. Australia is one of many countries seriously considering alternatives to our current model of care delivery with an increasing emphasis on connecting care communities from hospitals to home‑based care.

While hospitals remain a core facet of healthcare, politicians and consumers]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:04:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Spellex releases Australian Medical and Pharmaceutical spelling software</title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=481:spellex-releases-australian-medical-and-pharmaceutical-spelling-software&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The US-based Spellex Corporation has announced an Australian version of their medical and pharmaceutical spelling software, which integrates with products from Microsoft as well as a range of other programs.

The release includes thousands of new medical and pharmaceutical words with proper spelling specific to Australia.

The products are pitched as an]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>DCA acquires ArgusConnect</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Database Consultants Australia (DCA) has entered into an agreement to acquire ArgusConnect, the developer of the Argus suite of secure messaging solutions.

The acquisition was announced prior to the formal process taking place in response to market speculation in early May, with the acquisition being completed in early July.

Ross Davey, ArgusConnect’s]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:42:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>GS1 and Deakin University partner on iPhone App for allergy sufferers</title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=418:gs1-and-deakin-university-partner-on-iphone-app-for-allergy-sufferers&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[

Barcode administrator GS1 Australia has teamed up with Deakin University and Nestlé to develop an iPhone application that will shortly give allergy sufferers the ability to scan supermarket barcodes to determine what they can safely eat.

Information about potentially]]></description>
            <author> jocelyn.mara@mac.com (Renai LeMay)</author>
            <pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 12:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Nuance acquires MacSpeech </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nuance Communications has acquired MacSpeech, the market leading provider of speech recognition solutions for MacOS X.

Since its initial release in 2008, MacSpeech has been licensing Nuance’s Dragon dictation technology for inclusion in its products, however the solution never achieved feature parity with Nuance’s long-established Dragon NaturallySpeaking family of products, predominantly]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>ACHI broadens its horizons </title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=453:achi-broadens-its-horizons-&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Australasian College of Health Informatics (ACHI), the professional body for Health Informatics, has recently expanded its remit to the Asia-Pacific Region. The college, which was founded in 2002, adopted the “Australasian“ title late last year to enable it to respond to the increasing level of e-health activity occurring in]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>ArgusConnect commences rollout of version 5 secure messaging</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ArgusConnect, developer of the Argus suite of secure clinical messaging products has begun deploying an updated version of its software.

Written in Java and available for Windows, MacOS and Linux, Argus v5 touts several improvements over its predecessor including an automated software update service that will reduce the manual intervention required]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Information Technology Aged Care conference coming to Melbourne </title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=459:information-technology-aged-care-conference-coming-to-melbourne-&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The fourth Annual Information Technology in Aged Care (ITAC) conference will be held on Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 July at the Sofitel Melbourne on Collins.

Jointly convened by the Aged Care Association Australia, Aged and Community Services Australia, and the Health Informatics Society of Australia, the conference will bring together]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Mobile focus for mental health charity </title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=457:mobile-focus-for-mental-health-charity-&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Mental health charity SANE Australia has embraced the burgeoning mobile phone platform, launching a mobile version of its website designed for iPhones and other smartphones with a host of resources customised for on-the-go access.

“We have witnessed changes in the way people are seeking help and information, especially young people, with]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>iCare and QPS partner to coordinate aged care data  </title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=456:icare-and-qps-partner-to-coordinate-aged-care-data-&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Software provider iCare revealed in late March a new tie-up with QPS Benchmarking that would allow benchmarking data to be captured in iCare’s aged care software, potentially taking steps out of administrators’ regular workflow.

In a statement, iCare said the objective of the deal was to integrate the capture of healthcare]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>eJHI releases Vol 5, No1 </title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=450:ejhi-releases-vol-5-no1-&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The electronic Journal of Health Informatics (eJHI) has released its latest instalment online. The edition is a special issue on Systemic Interoperability, guest-edited by W. Ed Hammond, Director, Duke Center for Health Informatics. A Past President of the American Medical Informatics Association, Mr Hammond has served three times as Chair]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Apple announces new iPhone operating system </title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=451:apple-announces-new-iphone-operating-system-&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Apple has announced the fourth major revision of its smart phone operating system, iPhone OS4.

To be made available during the southern hemisphere winter, the updated system will provide developers with a richer toolkit with which to craft applications for iPhones, iPods and eventually iPads. Apple will also provide developers with]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>RACGP releases draft 4th edition Standards for general practices </title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=452:racgp-releases-draft-4th-edition-standards-for-general-practices-&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has launched a draft version of its Standards for general practice (4th edition). The Standards are used as the benchmark against which general practices are accredited by AGPAL and GPA, with accredited organisations able to access Practice Incentive Payments.

As with the current]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>NPS releases clinical software “prescribing features” study results</title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=419:nps-releases-clinical-software-prescribing-features-study-results&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A study by the National Prescribing Service (NPS) into how electronic software can impact prescribing practice has identified a list of key features that contribute to safe medicines use and patient safety.

Published in the online journal, BMC Medical Informatics Decision Making, the study discusses the importance of appropriate features]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Secure Messaging Connectathon hosted by IHE Australia in Canberra </title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=479:secure-messaging-connectathon-hosted-by-ihe-australia-in-canberra-&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Australian Health IT developers gathered in Canberra in April to enhance and test their products’ capacity to securely transfer clinical information. 

The event proper ran from Monday through Friday of the week starting 19 April, with an Open Day hosted on Wednesday giving interested parties the opportunity to learn about]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Australian SNOMED Clinical Terminology Released </title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=460:australian-snomed-clinical-terminology-released-&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In December 2009, the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) launched the first release of SNOMED CT-AU to Australian licence holders.

A standard clinical terminology enables the terms used as part of clinical communications to be clearly recorded and interpreted and gives healthcare providers and developers of e-health applications a common language]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>E-health software testing consensus statement released </title>
            <link>http://www.pulseitmagazine.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=461:e-health-software-testing-consensus-statement-released-&amp;catid=16:oz-hit&amp;Itemid=227</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Four peak industry groups have joined with the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) to develop a standards assessment approach for medical software in Australia.

A statement released in December defines ten key principles on which compliance, conformance and certification of software products will be based and outlines a cost-effective pathway to]]></description>
            <author> simon.james@pulseitmagazine.com.au (Simon James)</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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