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Australia officially opens connected health research hubHealthcare IT news - (Monday February 6, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | The Australian Research Council has formally launched its latest research hub for connected health at the University of New South Wales.Backed by A$24 million ($16.6 million) funding by the ARC's Industrial Transformation Research Program, the ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health focuses on developing wearable health technologies. This new research hub, which became operational in August, brings together seven universities and 26 Australian companies to build a national end-to-end ecosystem that will design, manufacture, and commercialise clinical-grade sensors and predictive analytics. It integrates existing Australian capabilities in sensors, security, software systems, data analytics, and digital health. WHY IT MATTERS The research hub,...
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India pilots digital universal vaccination platformHealthcare IT news - (Monday February 6, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | India has started piloting a new digital platform that tracks the routine immunisation of mothers and newborn children across India. Called U-WIN, the online system digitises the government's Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), which is providing protection against 12 vaccine-preventable diseases to around 26.7 million newborns and 29 million expectant mothers each year. Through this, records of all vaccinations of pregnant women and newborns and their delivery outcomes will be made. It will remind their upcoming vaccine shots and automatically follow up on dropouts. Digital registrations to the portal have been ongoing in pilot areas, which include two districts in each state and Union Territory. WHY IT MATTERS U-WIN, which replicates the Co-WIN platform...
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Health Carousel: Keeping up with the digital trends while providing a personalized career experienceeHealth Radio Network - (Friday February 3, 2023) - eHealth Radio Network/ Podcasts | |
 | John Sebastian, the CEO of Health Carousel, one of the largest and fastest growing healthcare staffing and workforce management solutions in the US joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care and Health News Channels. John discusses the important balance of keeping up with the digital trends, continuing to provide a personalized career experience, and ensuring we are contributing to an ethical and sustainable workforce in healthcare. Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest John Sebastian discuss the following: Can you tell us a bit about Health Carousel and the types of challenges the company offers solutions for? Your company’s higher purpose is...
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Virtual care enables BrightView Health to increase outpatient accessHealthcare IT news - (Friday February 3, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | BrightView Health, a behavioral health facility that specializes in addiction treatment and substance abuse, already was using telehealth when the COVID-19 pandemic and associated response happened. The organization mostly was using telehealth between its various locations.THE PROBLEM However, BrightView did not have a secure communications platform to engage with patients either synchronously or asynchronously. "So, the pandemic and the lockdowns created some potential gaps in access to care that we needed to predict and fill," said Navdeep S. Kang, chief clinical officer at BrightView Health and a fellow with the Obama Foundation. "We looked at several platforms to implement secure communications. "We were specifically interested...
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Bipartisan House bill proposes permanent telehealth benefitsHealthcare IT news - (Friday February 3, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | The Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to treat benefits for telehealth services like excepted benefits.WHY IT MATTERS The bill aims to keep stand-alone telehealth benefits separate, not as a replacement of medical plans, offering them under a group health plan or group health insurance coverage as excepted benefits. An excepted benefit allows employers to finance additional medical care, like vision or dental coverage, according to theCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services FAQsfor insurance agents and brokers, requiring Congress...
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Roundup: NZ names new Health Minister and more briefsHealthcare IT news - (Friday February 3, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | Infectious disease doc Verrall named Health MinisterA parliament shakeup led by New Zealand's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins saw Ayesha Verrall taking over health from Andrew Little, who is now handling defence. An infectious disease physician, Dr Ayesha Verrall became an MP in 2020 and since then, she has held the roles of associate Health Minister and Minister for Covid-19 Response.Clintel to power HEAL Urgent Care's upcoming Newcastle site Clintel Systems has been chosen to provide an end-to-end PAS, EMR, and billing and claiming solution to the soon-to-rise HEAL Urgent Care facility in Newcastle. Its CareRight system will be used to manage patient waiting, triage...
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North Queensland GPs get access to Inca’s care planning platformHealthcare IT news - (Friday February 3, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | The Northern Queensland Primary Health Network is deploying a shared care platform to GPs in North Queensland. The care planning platform, INCA, developed by the health IT company Precedence Health Care, enables health professionals to manage patient health data, create and monitor care plans, and share information digitally. This system allows the creation of Medicare-compliant GP management plans and team care arrangements, which can be automatically shared with the care team. It also enables GPs to allocate tasks and send automatic reminders for actions needing completion, track and monitor adherence to a plan, and store all approved and shared documentation in one record. Moreover, INCA...
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Preparing U.S. Clinical Trials Infrastructure for Emergencies: A White House Virtual RoundtableOffice of the National Coordinator for Health IT - (Friday February 3, 2023) - Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT/ Videos | |
 | On January 12, OSTP hosted a roundtable on clinical trials infrastructure and the emergency clinical trials effort generally. @WhiteHouse...
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Providence forges a new path with a virtual nursing unitHealthcare IT news - (Thursday February 2, 2023) - Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | Virtual nursing is gaining significant momentum as an effective way to redesign and redistribute nursing workload. Virtual models decrease the burden on nurses delivering direct bedside patient care and leverages nurses who want to continue practicing, but may not be able to practice at the bedside, by extending their nursing careers.THE PROBLEM "The flexibility and various practice areas and models of care may appeal to nurses considering leaving the profession and who may not be able to work in a traditional setting," said Sylvain Trepanier, RN, chief nursing officer at health system Providence. "Virtual nurses will become a new area of professional...
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FDA approves AI ultrasound application for musculoskeletal imagingHealthcare IT news - (Thursday February 2, 2023) - AI/ Frequent Updates/ Healthcare IT News | |
 | Clarius Mobile Health, which first introduced wireless handheld imaging for medical specialties in 2016, says its third-generation device, HD3, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week, will also help improve MSK ultrasound training.WHY IT MATTERS With clearance from the FDA, the new MSK AI model will be available with the Clarius L7 HD3 and Clarius L15 HD3 ultrasound scanners introduced last year, according to the announcement. "AI automation is the new frontier and we're excited to be the world's first to receive FDA clearance to use AI for musculoskeletal ultrasound," said Ohad Arazi, president and CEO, in the statement. Upon...
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