Microsoft to buy Nuance in $25b deal to boost cloud strategy for healthcare Written by Kate McDonald on
13 April 2021.
Microsoft will buy speech recognition and AI developer Nuance Communications in a $US19.6 billion ($A25.6b) deal that will massively expand Microsoft’s healthcare industry cloud strategy.
Nuance has a market-leading portfolio of products for clinical speech recognition, many of which are built on Microsoft Azure, including the cloud hosted Dragon Medical One and PowerScribe One for radiology reporting. It also markets the on-premise Dragon Medical Practice.
Eastern Health restores systems, confirms ransomware attack Written by Kate McDonald on
06 April 2021.
Melbourne’s Eastern Health will resume elective surgery this week and will gradually reopen specialist clinics and outpatients appointments following the cyber incident that affected its systems on March 16, which has been confirmed as a ransomware attack.
Eastern Health CIO Lachlan Bakewell said there had been no sign of any exfiltration of data and the organisation was now working with industry partners, cybersecurity experts, the Department of Health and Department of Premier and Cabinet to stage a structured return to normal activity.
Wolper Jewish Hospital to implement MasterCare for patient administration Written by Kate McDonald on
06 April 2021.
Sydney’s Wolper Jewish Hospital will roll out Global Health’s MasterCare solution as its new patient administration system (PAS), with a go-live expected in May.
It plans to then roll out the MasterCare+ electronic discharge summary solution and integrate with the My Health Record in a later phase.
Booking system for COVID vax live but not fully functional Written by Kate McDonald on
17 March 2021.
Australia’s new national vaccination information and location service is live but is not yet fully functional, with a restricted number of clinics listed on the searchable Healthdirect site and only a handful showing they are offering online bookings. Most are listed as offering telephone bookings only.
Health Minister Greg Hunt announced this morning that Australians eligible for Phase 1B will be able to find a vaccination provider through the COVID-19 vaccine eligibility checker, with vaccinations beginning next week.
“Services will come online from 22 March and progressively increase in number to more than 4,000 by the end of April – as part of Phase 1B of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine program,” Mr Hunt said in a statement.