Industry Insider

The new year is fast approaching and it seems timely to remind you of legislation that goes along with a ‘cleaning out’ of the archives. Before you press delete or shred that document, be sure to exercise diligence in complying with document and record retention requirements. Non-compliance can result in economic loss or even strict criminal liability for individuals and organisations.

Software startup Enlitic says a new alliance with Australian radiology provider Capitol Health will allow its machine learning technology to transform medical diagnostics.

RPA is the next big thing, but it is more than hiring robots to automate tasks. It can transform how business services are managed. As robots move from the shop floor to the back office, robotics process automation (RPA) is creating a paradigm shift in shared services.

The role of chief medical information officer (CMIO) s is a relatively new job in the healthcare industry, although one that is becoming increasingly important since the acceleration of government efforts to establish a national record-keeping system for health records. To understand where the role fits in the eHealth landscape, IDM spoke with Dr Ronnie Ptasznik, appointed  CMIO at Victoria's Monash Health in 2015. in addition to his duties as CMIO and an Associate Professor at Monash University, Dr Ptasznik maintains a senior clinical role as Deputy Director of Monash Health Diagnostic Imaging over its five campuses.

In this article, Kapish Consultant Jon Grundy explores HP’s latest solution to regaining control of the growing records governance and compliance issues associated with snowballing SharePoint content in the enterprise. Jon Grundy is a highly experienced TRIM consultant with a diverse range of industry experience including nine years of HP TRIM/HP RM administration and support. Jon worked with both TOWER Software and HP before joining Kapish in December 2013.

The Happy Accident, which is often cited as a principal ROI of enterprise social networks, refers to the chance discovery of the right person or the right piece of enterprise knowledge to solve a business or process challenge. For instance,  Bruce in Melbourne, dealing with a corporate crisis,  fires off an anxious  Yammer/Jive/Tibbr post at 6.00pm in the evening Sydney time, before heading off to a nervous sleep. Meanwhile, as Bruce slumbers fitfully, at 3.00am the following morning Colleen logs in from Dublin and comes across the post and immediately fires back with the critical data. Bruce did not know Colleen was the one to turn to, nor even how to find here, it was all a Happy Accident. Enterprise Social wins again!

Is private email used by government ministers or prime ministers accessible to freedom of Information (FOI) requests? Malcolm Turnbull’s office is only certain that this may "potentially" be the case. Experts are even less sure.

The New Zealand government has announced plans to build a single, national electronic health record (EHR) able to be accessed via portals and apps running on a variety of devices.

The aim of records management is simple: keep what you need and discard what you don’t. When this aim is achieved, organizations are less exposed to risk. The question is, how can we achieve this simple goal?

Is there any domain that has a broader mix of terminologies that need to be comprehended, or a greater need for system integration? Over the years doctors developed their own specialised languages and lexicons to help them store and communicate general medical knowledge and patient-related information efficiently. The promise of a global standard for Electronic Health Care Records is still years away.