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A $US1.4 million mobile capture platform from Kofax is being implemented by a Top 25 global bank to simplify and streamline account openings in the Asia Pacific region.

The Asia Pacific (APAC) region is the fastest growing healthcare information technology (healthcare IT) market across the world. Within APAC, after Japan, Australia is the second largest market for health technology adoption.

Bendigo Health in Victoria has signed up to implement a customised Digital Medical Record using the Vitro platform from Ireland’s Sláinte Healthcare.  The Digital Medical Record system will deliver images and patient information electronically and will work with other, existing, Bendigo Health systems such as the patient administration system, and will be able to generate reports.

Some interesting insights have emerged from a large-scale study of email usage undertaken by Yahoo which looked at the habits of more than 2 million users exchanging 16 billion emails over several months.

The healthcare industry faces numerous challenges today. These include rapidly changing regulatory reporting requirements, financial constraints and demand for higher quality of care. Most hospitals have heavily invested in their core applications such as Patient Administration Systems (PAS), Clinical applications (EMR/EHR), Radiology (PACS) and billing systems. However these systems are usually database-driven, isolated repositories located far away from the systems of engagement that are essential for today’s high quality care delivery.

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