Federal government to spend $40 million on aged care IT systems.

Mar 17 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

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Budget papers reveal that the Department of Health and Ageing is going to spend $38.3m over the next four years on a new national IT system as part of its plan to reform management of Home and Community Care (HACC).

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