The Federal Minister for Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy says Kevin Rudds roll out of the National Broadband Network will become a vital piece of the healthcare solution. Studies show remote patient monitoring will reduce hospital emergency visits by 40% and lengths of hospital stays by 60%. These savings alone will pay for the NVN. Most villages will have to be rewired to deliver this level of broadband coverage, and it will mean residents will stay in villages longer.
Peak bodies outcry over Aged Care Taskforce silence: ‘no excuse for delay’
Catholic Health Australia, the peak body representing 350 Catholic Not For Profit aged care facilities, said there “is no excuse for delay” in the reform of aged care by adoption of the Aged Care Taskforce recommendations. “It’s been six months...