Update: Trials to demonstrate an interoperable system of secure messaging between healthcare providers have already got underway despite no official announcement about which organisations have won funding to run them.

As Pulse+IT reported last week, one consortium involves the four leading secure messaging vendors – HealthLink, Medical-Objects, Global Health and Argus, which is owned by Telstra Health – along with GP desktop software vendor Best Practice and medical specialist software market leader Genie Solutions.