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NETA actions electronic health projects

By Vicky Burger, ITWeb portals content / relationship manager
Johannesburg, 22 May 2008

NETA actions electronic health projects

According to Computerworld, the National E-Health Transaction Authority (NETA ) will, this year, action its electronic health projects set to revolutionise the operations of Australian hospitals and clinics.

The authority is tasked with creating standards for healthcare across areas including electronic document management, pathology and patient identification and privacy. It is an independent government body which interacts with nine separate agencies, and state and federal government.

Speaking at the e-government CeBIT conference in Sydney, NETA GM Gill Carter said the agency has entered a phase of "serious implementation".

GE Healthcare expects 22% growth

General Electric's $17 billion healthcare unit expects Asia Pacific revenue to grow an average of 22% annually over the next three to five years, banking on strong spending on healthcare technology across the region, states Business Spectator.

That's triple a 5% to 7% revenue growth worldwide forecast by GE Healthcare for 2008, and double an estimated 11% growth in Asia's healthcare technology market.

Clarence Wu, GM of Integrated IT Solutions at GE Healthcare Asia, says governments and private firms across much of Asia are expected to invest heavily to enhance healthcare provision in coming years.

Tagnos selected as finalist

Tagnos, a healthcare software company whose technology tracks patients and equipment in hospitals, has been selected as the US finalist for the Wales International Technium Challenge, a global business planning competition, says Business Wire.

Operated by Technium, a network of business incubators, and International Business Wales, the Technium Challenge will select one winner among finalists from multiple countries.

The winner is eligible for one year's free office space within a Technium incubator in Wales, and will also receive strategic counsel on financing, business planning and technical issues.

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