Australian hospitals urged to use more information technology

Updated March 8, 2010 11:45:31

A visiting US Government advisor says Australian hospitals should make greater use of information technology to improve patients health and safety. The United States is spending fifty billion dollars on rolling out IT in healthcare and Professor David Bates is one of the key backers of the scheme. He's a professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and sits on the US Government's Health Information Technology Committee.

Presenter: David Mark
Speakers: Professor David Bates, professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and sits on the US Government's Health Information Technology Committe

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