Industry News
Digital Health CRC project to enhance telehealth capabilities
A $2m Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC) project aims to enhance telehealth capabilities and improve patient, clinician and caregiver experiences for mental health and palliative care services. [ + ]
Asthma experts call to vaccinate children for school start
Asthma experts are encouraging parents and carers of children with asthma to vaccinate their children before the start of the school year to help protect them from becoming seriously ill with COVID-19. [ + ]
Predicting which children are more likely to develop epilepsy
An international genetic study involving 7636 children from Australia and Denmark has identified seven variant genes that researchers say now substantially improve the understanding of the underlying causes of seizures in young children. [ + ]
'Fitbit for the face' turns masks into monitoring devices
Northwestern University engineers have developed FaceBit, a smart sensor platform that features a tiny magnet and can attach to any N95, cloth or surgical face mask. [ + ]
Hospital workers need rapid tests to fight Omicron peak — SHPA
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has reiterated the urgent need for rapid antigen tests (RATs) to be made available to hospital pharmacists and their colleagues, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. [ + ]
New trial hopes to improve care for rare cancer
A Flinders University-led project trial aims to improve care for people with neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). [ + ]
Support at home program consultation to begin soon
The government will soon begin consultation on critical design elements for the new Support at Home Program. [ + ]
New Penrith hospital opens its doors to patients
The new Somerset Private Hospital with capacity to care for 600 patients a month has opened its doors in Penrith. [ + ]
3D-bioprinted urogynaecological repair treatment
The search for new treatments for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) will take Hudson Institute researcher Kallyanashis Paul to New Zealand and Singapore next year as part of a veski fellowship. [ + ]
Infection control: new copper surface kills bacteria 100 times faster
A new copper surface, said to kill the bacteria over 100 times faster than standard copper, could help combat antibiotic-resistant superbugs. [ + ]
Medical device monitoring challenges
Improved collaboration between industry, health systems, medical societies and individual healthcare providers is needed to effectively manage implanted medical device recalls, according to an article published in Heart Rhythm Case Reports. [ + ]
Emergency departments presentations rebound following a 1.4% drop
Following a decline in early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, presentations to public hospital emergency departments have rebounded, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). [ + ]
Common sleep disorder combo could be deadly: study
People who suffer from both insomnia and obstructive sleep apnoea are more likely to suffer from heart problems and are almost 50% more likely to die than those without either condition, according to researchers from Flinders University. [ + ]
Telehealth to become a permanent feature
Telehealth services, which have helped improve access to health care and underpinned much of the government's COVID-19 response, will become a permanent feature of primary health care. [ + ]
Delaying umbilical cord clamping saves babies' lives, reduces disability risk
An Australian-led study has found that aiming for 60-second delay in clamping the umbilical cord of very premature babies at birth reduces the child's risk of death or major disability. [ + ]
