Tag: Mark Butler

Legacy tech poses ‘significant risk’ to Medicare system: Review

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government should urgently consider options to replace the legacy technology underpinning the Medicare payments system to address fraud and non-compliance by doctors, according to a government-commissioned independent...

‘Clunky’ My Health Record set for overhaul

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
My Health Record looks set to be overhauled, with an expert taskforce finding not enough health information is being shared between patients, practitioners and services, despite nearly $900 million...

Controversial COVIDSafe app is finally scrapped

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The controversial COVIDSafe app has been scrapped by new Health minister Mark Butler, who deemed it “no longer required” to control the spread of coronavirus. Launched two years ago...

Govt unveils energy tech investment priorities

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will focus the bulk of its investment aimed at reducing emissions in priority technologies like clean hydrogen and carbon capture rather than renewable energy technologies. Energy...