Tag: Department of Health and Aged Care

Aged care tech under the microscope as switch looms

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Aged care providers’ technology will be examined by a government-led taskforce in preparation for major changes to systems, amid concerns some companies are under prepared for landmark reforms. The...

Health re-ups with Salesforce for vaccine data

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Health department has signed up for another year of Salesforce to help manage its COVID-19 vaccine data, after tightening assurance controls to verify its technology suppliers’ data security...

PwC offshoot joins sprawling aged care tech work

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal offshoot of disgraced consultancy PwC will be paid almost $40,000 a day for the next 15 months to assist with the Health and Aged Care department’s technology...

Salesforce costs balloon to $116m at Aged Care

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The cost of the Department of Health and Aged Care’s customer relationship management project has passed $116 million after software giant Salesforce and partner Capgemini landed lucrative contract amendments....

Govt flags ‘significant’ ICT spend in federal Budget

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Albanese government has flagged “significant” funding for several digital and ICT projects in next week’s federal Budget, even as its targets a historic back-to-back surplus. On Monday, Finance...

MTPConnect commercialisation program opens soon

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The final round of a clinical translation and commercialisation program for SMEs delivered by federal government’s MedTech and pharmaceutical growth centre MTPConnect will open for expressions of interest on...