Australia’s Lack of IT Infrastructure During Disease Outbreaks

Posted by Sally on May 4, 2009 under Blog | Be the First to Comment

I have just finished reading an article that discusses Australia's lack of connected health IT infrastructure and how it may hamper containment of current and future disease outbreaks.

iSoft chief operating officer Andrea Fiumicelli says it best "If there is an e-health infrastructure, we have the potential to deal with disease outbreaks before they become pandemics. The technology is already available.

Interesting article worth reading: Continue Reading The Australian IT - Real-time data vital in swine flu fight