Health department contracts out social media monitoring
The federal health department has taken to monitoring social media for complaints and commentary about the long-delayed roll-out of the national My Health Record program.
Daniel Burdon is a reporter for The Canberra Times
The federal health department has taken to monitoring social media for complaints and commentary about the long-delayed roll-out of the national My Health Record program.
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