The Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA) has claimed there are systemic problems with the government's e-health identifier specifications that risk patient safety and has called for an overhaul to the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA). Speaking before a Senate hearing today, MSIA president Dr Jon Hughes said that a fundamental flaw exists with the specification of the Health Identifiers used for e-health records, which surfaced when a person was issued with a new identifier by Medicare to, for example, correct a date of birth or changing the gender.

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Home-grown streaming service Quickflix is rapidly gaining momentum after content giant Home Box Office (HBO) today made a multimillion-dollar investment in the company, but Quickflix founder Stephen Langsford told ZDNet Australia that the company needs to be careful to avoid the mistakes of US streaming giant, Netflix.

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Quickflix looks to avoid Netflix's failures

There are always cool new apps coming out, so it's hard to keep up. ZDNet Australia brings you a taste of some of the apps that have surfaced or been updated recently.

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ZDNet App Wrap: 6 February 2012

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called on the Federal Government to "reset expectations" that it will deliver e-health records to Australians by July this year . (Littman image by Katrin Morenz , CC BY-SA 2.0 ) AMA President Dr Steven Hambleton told a Senate hearing this morning that the government's proposed deadline for the launch of its personally controlled e-health record (PCEHR) system for all Australians by 1 July 2012 is "problematic". "We have a real problem with the level of expectation that has been set ...

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Reset expectations on e-health: AMA

Apple has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its online store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies. The sale of the devices was briefly halted after Motorola Mobility enforced a ruling that it won against Ireland-based Apple Sales International from a court in Mannheim, Germany. The court had earlier ruled that Apple should not be using Motorola's mobile technology in the devices without a licence.

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Apple wins eleventh-hour bid to avoid ban

Facebook's IPO has been compared to Google as the next big opportunity to invest in a massive internet enterprise, but how much is hype and how much is realistic? One thousand dollars of Google shares from 2004 would be worth about $6000 today. Not bad, considering we've been through a period of economic turbulence.

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By the numbers: the Facebook prospectus

Google's Android operating system may soon receive the US Government's seal of security approval, according to a report from CNN . Citing a source close to the project, CNN says that developers in a government program are working on smartphones that run a customised version of the OS with security improvements

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US military, govt turn to Android

It seems that applications take up a lot of the government's budget, year on year, which makes me wonder why more departments aren't following Queensland's Department of Education. The department has released a tender for a vendor to construct a plan to rationalise 35 Microsoft Access and .NET applications , calling in an external vendor to take a snapshot of what the department's got under its hood. I'm sure it's part of the Department of Human Services consolidation .

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The application nation

Telstra has rejected claims by its competitors that it is milking universal service obligation (USO) payments for extra cash. Under universal service obligation legislation, currently being reviewed by parliament, Telstra will keep its copper network in place for the 7 per cent of Australia not covered by the fibre roll-out of the National Broadband Network and will provide a minimum voice service as it has for years. For this, Telstra will be paid $50 million in the first two years, and $100 million each year after for a period of 20 years by the government.

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Competitors clueless on USO: Telstra

update Apple has slammed a hearing deal proposed by rival litigant Samsung today, saying that splitting the issue into three separate cases would confuse the case and evade the necessary "rigorous analysis" in the courtroom. (My trusty gavel image by Brian Turner , CC2.0 ) Samsung took Apple to court over patents that it has allegedly infringed upon in its iPhone models from the 3GS iPhone onwards. Samsung has been pushing for the case to be heard as quickly as possible, but Apple said in December that it would not be ready for a hearing on the case in March, saying that it needed more time for preparation.

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