How do they do IT? eHealth's bleeding edge part 2

17.10.2011
Part two of Computerworld Australia's look at how IT underpins the health sector.

With an ageing population and a shortage of nurses placing a strain on the healthcare system, RDNS' Ironside points to video conferencing technology as an area of increasing activity.

The not-for-profit healthcare provider has embedded video conferencing across its business in an effort to help nursing staff treat as many people as possible.

"The primary focus for us in IT here at RDNS is around delivering a better quality of care to our clients through using technology and we do this by driving innovation and using the technology available," Ironside says."

"It's about the ongoing embedding of technology and making sure that we can get it out there to as many staff members as we can, and the delivery of nursing services into homes via our video conferencing system."