Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of Australian and New Zealand health IT and eHealth news for the week ending September 24:
‘Dumbfounding’ failures at heart of WA health IT bungle
Computerworld ~ Rohan Pearce ~ 23/09/2016
An inquiry by a committee of the WA Legislative Assembly has called for the state’s health minister to report to parliament on why the Department of Health failed to utilise the government’s Gateway review process, in the wake of a major contract bungle.
WA Health Department issued warning over ICT contract governance
ABC News ~ Jacob Kagi ~ 22/09/2016
A West Australian parliamentary committee has warned more Department of Health information technology contracts could "spiral out of control", in the aftermath of revelations the agency blew millions on unused capacity and equipment.
