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Veolia supports COVID-19 clinical waste collection in Melbourne
Veolia has been collecting, transporting and treating clinical waste streams generated at the COVID-19 testing site at Melbourne Showgrounds. [ + ]
Health on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic
The healthcare framework is changing as new access points to health care open up in the digital landscape. [ + ]
The future of conversational AI and health care
Technology is helping clinicians connect to patients wherever they are, while conversational assistants and automation are helping patients begin their care journeys. [ + ]
Why your office chair is harming your health
What would you say if someone told you that you spend an average of 6.3 hours every day damaging your health? [ + ]
Project captures voice memos of frontline health workers
The Nossal Institute for Global Health is capturing voice memos of healthcare workers during the pandemic. [ + ]
Insurers: customer feedback core to pandemic recovery
Health funds must ensure they are listening to customers in real time in an attempt to find ways to create more value for members. [ + ]
Pain survey shows decline in patient–GP relationship
Australians suffering with chronic pain have reported a worsening in their relationship with their GP and pharmacist over the past two years, according to the National Pain Survey 2020. [ + ]
Mary's painful experience sparked a CRPS support group
Injuries sustained in a car accident left Mary in intense pain — she was eventually diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome. [ + ]
Can IT cure health care's hybrid cloud woes?
The next technological leap for health care may not be robotics or telemedicine but something far more familiar: the hybrid cloud. [ + ]
Business resiliency: paving the way for healthcare providers
For the industry to best serve its workers, healthcare providers need to build on their business continuity plans and focus on business resilience. [ + ]
Why Australian birthweight charts need revising
Researchers have called for the revision of Australian birthweight charts to improve diagnosis of babies that are small for their gestational age. [ + ]
Promising results from Oxford vaccine
Early results from non-replicating viral vector vaccines being trialled in the UK and China reveal strong immune responses in most patients, with few adverse side effects. [ + ]
Lab design fit for phenome researchers
Created by Hames Sharley, the Australian National Phenome Centre is a state-of-the-art facility for phenome researchers. [ + ]
Building holistic models of care on a fragmented foundation
As well as a missed opportunity to prevent rather than cure illness, fragmentation can be dangerous, with valuable data lost between interfaces. [ + ]
Lessons learnt from medicines crunch amid coronavirus
SHPA CEO Kristin Michaels looks at what the coronavirus pandemic has revealed about Australia's medicine supply. [ + ]
