Tag: Department of Health

My Health Record data sharing plans idle five years on

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
De-identified My Health Record data is yet to be shared with researchers and public health experts almost five years after the former federal government revealed controversial plans to source...

Accenture lands another $8m for vaccine system work

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Accenture has landed nearly $8 million in new contracts to continue work on Australia’s vaccine data system, with the Ireland-based multinational now receiving well over $30 million in total ...

Govt spends another $30 million on imported RATs

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has spent a further $30 million buying imported rapid antigen tests for the aged care sector, as several Australian companies continue to wait to get local...

PwC paid $1m per month for vaccine rollout work

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is paying global consulting giant PwC nearly $1 million per month across 2021 to assist with its troubled COVID-19 vaccine rollout, under a previously secret contract...

Dept of Health’s Covid contracts ‘out of control’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s reliance on contractors and consultants for key COVID-19 response work is “out of control” and is not building capability for the next major crisis, the public...

Govt releases overdue COVIDSafe app report

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Fewer than 800 people who tested positive for coronavirus in Australia had the COVIDsafe app and shared its data for contact tracing, according to a long-overdue government report into...

Govt releases highly redacted COVIDSafe report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has been forced to release a report on the effectiveness of its controversial contact tracing app COVIDSafe, but has removed all parts relating to this and...