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New InterSystems TrakCare community solution goes live at Gateway Health
InterSystems, a creative data technology provider powering more than 1 billion healthcare records globally, has announced that Gateway Health, a leading not-for-profit regional community health service, has implemented a new InterSystems TrakCare community solution for Australia.
The solution – which Gateway Health co-designed over a sixmonth period as an InterSystems testing partner – has been configured to meet the needs of Australian community health services and to enable the adoption of new technologies, including Artificial Intelligence( AI).
New TrakCare community features – including the Encounter Record, Outpatient Planner and TrakCare Assistant – streamline common workflows, saving care providers time and improving data quality, leading to flow-on organisational benefits.
Gateway Health provides comprehensive health and wellbeing support across North-East Victoria and Southern New South Wales. It offers general practice, district nursing, allied health, mental health, NDIS, addiction, LGBTQIASB + and aged care services with hubs in Wodonga, Wangaratta and Myrtleford and outreach services for rural communities.
“ Previously, staff had to click in and out of multiple folders to see the whole client journey,” said Carolyn Foote, Data and Information Coordinator at Gateway Health.“ The new Encounter Record shows everything on one page and is a big productivity improvement. It also improves data quality because it makes sure the right data goes into the right episode for the right client.”
Gateway Health can now capture more information about episodes of care, including previously unreported contact minutes, improving its ability to link its activities to the funding it receives and the outcomes it generates.
NEC completes construction of submarine cable linking Pacific island nations
NEC Corporation has completed construction of the East Micronesia Cable System( EMCS), a submarine cable connecting three Pacific island nations. The cable has been handed over to the Federated States of Micronesia’ s( FSM) submarine cable operator, FSM Telecommunications Cable Corporation( FSMTCC), the Republic of Kiribati’ s state-owned telecommunications company, Bwebweriki Net Limited( BNL) and the Republic of Nauru’ s state-owned telecommunications company, Cenpac Corporation.
EMCS is a submarine cable spanning approximately 2,250 km, connecting three countries and four islands in the Pacific island region: the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati and Nauru. Specifically, it connects from Tarawa Island in Kiribati to Nauru Island, then via Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia to Pohnpei.
This is the first optical submarine cable connecting the state of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia, Tarawa in Kiribati and Nauru. Previously, telecommunications was limited to satellite communications, resulting in issues such as communication delays and unstable connections.
EMCS will provide high-speed, high-quality and highly reliable internet communications, which will significantly improve the user experience for various online systems, such as video calls and electronic payments. It will contribute to enhancing the daily lives of residents through enabling digitalisation and further support the economic and social development of each country.
The EMCS Project is supported by the governments of Australia( through the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific) Japan and the US, and is being implemented with grant funding from the three countries. •
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