Tag: aged care

Aged care algorithm included ‘mental retardation’ category

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The controversial algorithm determining aged care supports could place older Australians in a “mental retardation” category as recently as last year, despite the term being phased out of practice...

Capgemini’s aged care tech deals nudge $200m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Capgemini will be paid more than $150,000 a day for the next year to sustain the aged care technology platforms it helped build for the federal government over the...

Accenture’s aged care tech deal nudges $600m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Accenture will be paid more than half a million dollars a day for another two years to supply IT contractors for the federal government’s aged care technology overhaul. The...

Govt shields $800m aged care tech work from scrutiny

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Aged Care minister has defied a Senate order to detail the procurement and roll out of $800 million of upgrades to government aged care technology systems that were...

Aged care tech not ready weeks out from switchover

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A Senate inquiry into aged care services has found the government technology needed to usher in generational reforms next month isn’t ready and the delay is holding up the...

Tech service giants carve $67m more from aged care systems

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Multinational tech service suppliers for the government’s $1.2 billion aged care digital uplift booked lucrative extensions worth at least $67 million just months out from the planned go live...

Aged care data reforms off course, experts warn

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Four years on from a royal commission that warned of critical gaps in aged care data, the sector is still struggling with siloed solutions and a host of other...