Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 11th February, 2013.

Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment. General Comment What an interesting week. We have the Tax Office being hacked, Qld Health facing up to reality, controlled drug monitoring seemingly  being rather too hard and NEHTA wondering if the NEHRS is going to cost a lot more than expected. To cap it off we have the NEHRS reaching out as far as Dungog..I am really impressed. Lots to chew over! ----- http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/criminals-breach-australian-tax-system-20130208-2e2kn.html Criminals breach Australian tax system Date February 8, 2013 Ben Grubb Deputy technology editor Fears have been raised about the security of Australian taxpayers' information after four tax agents' account details were illegally used by third...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.