SA Health has started a 24/7 remote health monitoring service in rural and regional South Australia.Funded by Country SA Primary Health Network, the service is being provided by the Integrated Cardiovascular Clinical Network of the Rural Support Service.
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The free service, which is available to individuals aged 15 and over…
Pete speaks with a lot of people who have a clinical background. They have done the hard work to be a doctor, a nurse, or an allied health provider. They go through the training, they get all the…
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Visit www.digitalhealth.gov.au to see how we’re connecting Australia to a healthier future, and you to better healthcare.No audio? No problem. We've transcribed it below: When a new provider joined Longlife Medical, Mariana had to…
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Researchers at RMIT University in Australia have developed ‘smart stitches’ that can fight bacteria and reveal the location of the sutured area in CT scans. The sutures have been developed to reduce the chances of surgical site infections and also make life a little easier for clinicians, as the material shows up in CT scans, allowing for identification of the location of the sutures in the body and quick assessment if they are performing as required. In particular, the researchers envisage the sutures as a replacement for vaginal meshes that are used to treat prolapses, for which surgical site infection […]…
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FacilitatorDr Robert Herkes MBBS FRACP FCICM, Chief Medical Officer, Ramsay Health Care AustraliaSpeakersDr Nathan Pinskier, Former Melbourne General Practitioner and Board Member Peninsula Health Brigadier Isaac Seidl, Director-General Operational Health, Department of DefenceDr Helen…
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Amanda Cattermole PSM CEO Australian Digital Health Agency and Chris Leahy Acting CEO Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care explored the increasing focus on clinical governance for frontline organisations as they…
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Facilitator:Dr Danielle McMullen, Vice President of the Australian Medical Association and a General PractitionerSpeakers:Professor Erwin Loh MBBS, LLB(Hons), MHSM, MBA, PhD, FRACMAChief Medical Officer and Group General Manager Clinical Governance, St Vincent’s Health Australia;…
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A task force of healthcare leaders has given their recommendations to invigorate Australia’s primary healthcare, including the need to upgrade My Health Record and enable more health data sharing. WHAT IT’S ABOUT
The Australian government assembled the Strengthening Medicare Task Force to help identify the “most pressing investments needed in primary care.” It is focused on pointing out immediate actions to strengthen Medicare, the country’s universal healthcare scheme, and lay the foundations for longer-term reform and investment in the primary care system. Their recommendations also build on the government’s 10-year plan for primary care.
One of the task force’s major recommendations is to “modernise” MHR….
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.
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The research hub,…
ASX-listed healthcare data insights company Beamtree has been commissioned to build a data analytics platform for a group of hospitals across Australia and New Zealand. It has recently signed a A$1 million contract with Health Roundtable, a not-for-profit organisation that provides data analytics and collaborative knowledge-sharing activities to hospitals in the region.
Health Roundtable started in 1995 as a knowledge-sharing collective of clinicians and hospital administrators. With a network of 90 health services and 177 hospitals, the organisation facilitates the sharing of insights from benchmarked data, best practices and new ideas, service improvement and innovation activities, and community collaborations.
Based on their revised contract…
