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• Queensland Health rejects call to pause electronic medical record rollout

  The head of Queensland Health has rejected calls by a doctors group to pause the rollout of a digital health record system across the state’s hospitals.

• Inside Metro North QLD’s tech consolidation

  How the hospital group is using IT to cut costs and improve patient care.

• Queensland Health's Dr Richard Ashby outlines vision, tech play

  Queensland's Health's CEO and CIO Dr Richard Ashby wasn't around in 2013 when a payroll system implementation disaster led to a Commission of Inquiry. But he has taken one lesson learned during this debacle to heart and he applies it to all current and future tech projects at the organisation.

• Malcolm Thatcher reveals ‘insider’ perspective about IT failures

  The biggest failing of the IT industry is the fact there’s not enough focus on “people and business change,” according to former interim CIO/CEO of eHealth Queensland, Dr Malcolm Thatcher.

• Health Support Queensland seeking chief information and technology officer

  ​Health Support Queensland (HSQ), the semi-commercial business unit that provides support services to the state’s Department of Health, is seeking a chief information and technology officer in a newly formed role.

• Queensland Health CIO quits

  The Queensland Health chief information officer and CEO of eHealth Queensland, Colin McCririck, has resigned.

• eHealth Queensland CIO embroiled in corruption investigation

  Colin McCririck, appointed CIO and CEO of eHealth Queensland in December, is reportedly linked to a corruption investigation related to Queensland Health’s recruitment process.

• Colin McCririck moves into CIO role at eHealth Queensland

  eHealth Queensland has found itself a new CIO and chief executive – Colin McCririck, who was CTO at Queensland Health for about a year.

• Mal Thatcher leaves Queensland Health

  Malcolm Thatcher completed his last day today as chief health information officer at Queensland Health, a position he held for the past 12 months.
  

• Do you need a transformation management office?

  Queensland’s Department of Housing and Public Works has implemented a transformation management office to manage the many challenges involved in undertaking a whole-of-government procurement project.

• Getting IT governance right

  Why is the corporate governance of IT so important and what do organisations need to do to get it right? Tim Thurman, CIO at the Australian Securities Exchange, and Brian Parker, CIO at Cuscal reveal how they are approaching IT governance.

• Qld Health aftermath: Govt still seeking to redress overpayments

  Queensland Health staff have committed to handing back overpayments worth $3.5 million, the state government announced this morning.

• Queensland IT projects lagging

  The Queensland government seems to be making a slow start to the year with a number of IT projects falling behind planned deadlines and going over budget.

• Queensland government seeks CIO to drive IT reforms

  The Department of Science, Information Technology and the Arts (DSITIA) in Queensland has gone to market for a new CIO to lead the state government’s recently announced ICT reforms.
  

• Queensland government unveils ICT ‘action plan’

  The Queensland government has unveiled a new ‘ICT action plan’ outlining how it intends to better manage technology rollouts following Queensland Health’s high profile $1.2 billion payroll disaster.