eHealthNT

eHealthNT implementation is a joint initiative of the Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing and the Northern Territory Government's Department of Health and Families

Media

20,000th registration to the eHealthNT Shared Electronic Health Record
23 April 2008

Partnership between Aboriginal Health Services and the Department of Health and Community Services. The roll-out of the Shared Electronic Health Record - a major eHealthNT initiative that is linking up the health system - will deliver the 20,000th consumer registration in Alice Springs at an event at Central Australian Aboriginal Congress.
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Regional centres sign up to the Shared Electronic Health Record
21 January 2008

Territorians are signing up to participate in an electronic system which is connecting health services under the eHealth NT program.
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eHealth in first place at the Imparja Cup
30 January 2008

eHealthNT's Shared Electronic Health Record is delighted to be a major sponsor of the 2008 Imparja Cup, the pinnacle of Indigenous cricket.
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Regional centres sign up to the Shared Electronic Health Record
18 January 2008

Territorians are signing up to participate in an electronic system which is connecting health services under the eHealthNT program.
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Territory showcases eHealth success story
31 October 2007

The Northern Territory is leading the country in linking up the health system through the electronic transfer, storage and sharing of vital patient health information.
Health administrators from around the country are visiting Katherine to view first-hand the roll-out of the Shared Electronic Health Record (SEHR) in the Territory.
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RDH leads nation in new hospital medical technology
30 October 2007

Royal Darwin Hospital is the first hospital in the country to use an on-line medication system that will see doctors and nurses using laptops at bedsides to improve patient care.

The new system was successfully trialled in the Special Care Nursery and Paediatric Wards and with a tick of approval from doctors and nurses is now being rolled out across the hospital.
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Media enquiries

All media enquiries should be directed in the first instance to:

John Fletcher
Director
eHealthNT Shared Electronic Health Record
Telephone: 08 89738640
Fax: 08 89717401
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or

The Media Manager
Department of Health and Community Services
Telephone 89995511

For Secure Electronic Messaging or Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions Services.

Matt Antcliff
Implementation Manager
HPeXchange
General Practice Network NT
Telephone (08) 8982 1000
Fax (08) 8981 5899
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