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Canberra Antenatal Care deploys digital patient pathway

19 March, 2024

Canberra Antenatal Care is deploying Personify Care's Digital Patient Pathway with an aim to offer patients a more streamlined and informative experience throughout their pregnancy.


Digital health: focus on interoperability, collaboration bolstered with national strategy

23 February, 2024

The five-year strategy plan is aimed at achieving four key outcomes for digital health: digitally enabled, person-centred, inclusive and data-driven.


What would you do with 10 extra hours a week? Addressing Nurse Burnout with Improved Digital Work Processes.

01 February, 2024

In this article, we explore the causes and consequences of nurse burnout, the importance of effective time management, and how improved digital work processes can revolutionise the nursing profession.


Ryan Westwood becomes new Chair of Lumary

24 January, 2024

A seasoned tech entrepreneur, Westwood has experience in successfully scaling up companies.


Industry–university collaboration to tackle heath sector challenges

11 December, 2023

Nine universities and industry partners have joined forces to form an alliance to tackle the challenges faced by the healthcare sector.


Five steps to accelerate network transformation

06 December, 2023 by Bruce Bennie, Vice President & General Manager, Australia & New Zealand at Juniper Networks.

In an age of rapid healthcare digitisation, healthcare practitioners are grappling with unprecedented pressures to satisfy ever-growing and increasingly complex patient demands using digital solutions.


Wearable device that can send health data up to 24 km

06 December, 2023

International researchers have developed a wearable monitoring device that can send health data 2400 times the distance of Wi-Fi.


Smileyscope digital headsets

21 November, 2023

The Smileyscope virtual reality technology solutions are aimed at reducing a patient's pain, stress and anxiety when having common medical procedures, such as blood tests, vaccinations and medical imaging.


AI.Care 2023: New report to drive national policy agenda

15 November, 2023

A new set of recommendations for safe and ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care hopes to drive a national policy agenda for the country.


AI in health: conference to explore risks, ethics and safety

13 November, 2023

The Australasian Institute for Digital Health's (AIDH) AI.Care 2023 conference will discuss the way forward for artificial intelligence in health care in Australia, including risks, ethics and safety.


Improving patient care with AI

08 November, 2023 by Martin Dube*

While AI has been a prominent discussion for over a decade, in the last six months it has taken over every conversation in technology. It seems every industry is scrambling to see how AI, and more specifically generative AI, can reshape how it operates.


WA launches generative AI challenge to improve care delivery

23 October, 2023

Western Australia is challenging innovators to look at generative artificial intelligence for ways to improve healthcare delivery.


Cross-border initiatives key to advancing digital health: policy forum

04 September, 2023

Healthcare, industry and research professionals have cited the importance of international collaboration on new and disruptive technologies to advance digital health for citizens.


Generative AI in health care — how to support responsible deployment

22 August, 2023 by Sharon Hakkennes*, VP analyst at Gartner

The level of interest and adoption of generative AI within the Australian healthcare sector is increasing at a rapid rate.


Why the human factor is critical in digital transformation

07 August, 2023 by Emeline Ramos, Physician Executive, InterSystems Australia*

Australia is seeing a wave of technological innovation that promises to increase productivity in health care amid staffing shortages and rising rates of burnout among health professionals.


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