Healthcare invests in technology

IDC's new analysis titled, "Australian Healthcare ICT Market 2007", examines Australian healthcare technology spending, says ARNNet. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of technology budgets and spending priorities, and highlights Australia's healthcare sector as a late adopter.

Phillip Allen, research manager for Vertical Markets, said: "The Australian healthcare industry has under-invested in technology for a decade. The healthcare sector struggles with the reallocation of budgets to raise sufficient funds for new spending initiatives and as a result, providers remain classified as late adopters."

"In the next five years we are not expecting a big improvement, the health sector is forecast to remain at A$2 029 million by 2011, which is a very similar level of spending to now," adds Allen.

SureScripts has teamed up with a broad coalition of industry partners to launch The Centre for Improving Medication Management, reports Healthcare IT News.

According to SureScripts, the centre will operate as a research-oriented "centre of excellence" and will pursue "unique and creative ways to improve the overall safety, quality, and efficiency of the patient medication management process".

"We're hoping to do something that hasn't been done before," said Kevin Hutchinson, CEO of SureScripts.

WiFiMed Holdings has acquired JMJ Technologies. The transaction was finalised on 10 August, by a vote of the JMJ shareholders, says CNN Money.

As a result of the acquisition, WiFiMed Holdings will acquire 100% of the stock, assets and operations of JMJ Technologies.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.