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Healthcare | Technology
The new models of care born from telehealth
After quantum leaping in popularity during COVID-19, telehealth has since evolved into a disruptive healthcare medium, set to deliver benefits long after the pandemic and well beyond its original functionality. Initially gaining traction as an alternative to in-person GP visits, telehealth has since been extended to a range of other use cases and is giving…
16 Feb 2023, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Technology
Understanding the risks of new AI applications – how the NSW Government developed its revolutionary framework
As Australia takes strides in its journey with artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics, the potential harms and long term implications of these technologies have increasingly been talked about. Broadly, we know that – if fed with poor data - the technologies can fall prey to algorithmic bias and make inaccurate forecasts or suboptimal decisions.…
14 Feb 2023, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Technology
Are measures to protect patient data affecting their safety – and what can we do about it?
The safety of patients and the security of systems that help look after them may, at first glance, appear to be complementary features of a functioning healthcare setting. But as Eddy Cheung from SA Health points out, safety and security are often in direct conflict within healthcare, resulting in situations that can put patients or…
13 Feb 2023, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Legal
Why more medico legal defendants are winning on causation
Proving that a hospital or medical practitioner has breached their duty of care is often front of mind for plaintiffs when bringing forward a medico legal dispute. In recent months, however, a number of high profile defendants throughout Australia have claimed victory in the face of clear, or even admitted, duty breaches. From bone defects…
9 Feb 2023, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Legal
Improving clinical and legal outcomes for impacted foetal head at caesarean section
Impacted foetal head (IFH) at caesarean section is the third most litigated infant brain injury in the United Kingdom, and an emerging medico legal issue in Australia, where a number of high-profile cases have been reported to coroners over the last decade. Overall, IFH complicates around 10 percent of intrapartum caesarean sections (CS), but the…
8 Feb 2023, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Prevention – our best hope for tackling chronic disease
Shifting Australia’s healthcare focus from ‘treatment’ to ‘prevention’ may be our best hope in tackling a national chronic disease crisis, according to public health expert, Dr Sandro Demaio of VicHealth. In 2021, almost half of Australians (47 percent) were estimated to have one or more chronic conditions; and this figure is set to rise as…
8 Nov 2022, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Infrastructure
How to reinvigorate Sydney by improving hospital design
The poor financial performance and subsequent closure of 20 rural hospitals in the United States in 2020 was a wake-up call for hospitals around the world – many of which are facing similar challenges around staffing, budgets, and supply chains. However for architectural company, HDR, the trend also invited an opportunity: to investigate the impact…
7 Nov 2022, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Infrastructure | Technology
Key ingredients for a world-leading precinct – insights from the former CEO of Cambridge University Hospital
In 1989 British researcher, Professor Sir Greg Winter, turned his discovery of humanised monoclonal antibodies into a GBP£450 million (approx. AUD$900 million) patent; and in 2018, won the Nobel Prize for chemistry. His success story is one of many to be born from the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) which forms a broader innovation cluster that…
24 Oct 2022, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
How to channel more medical graduates into primary healthcare
A decade ago, half of all medical graduates expressed an intention to enter primary healthcare, but in recent years this figure has plummeted to just 15 percent. With an already struggling workforce, this shortfall represents a major crisis, according to Dr Konrad Kangru of the RACGP – a speaker at this year’s National Health Workforce…
13 Sep 2022, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Technology
How digital health can relieve our healthcare workforce crisis
Despite a range of new measures to tackle Australia’s health workforce crisis – including free education and the lifting of migration caps - the sector is facing an uphill struggle in the recruitment and retention of staff. While the country’s health workforce may have grown in recent years, the surging demand for health services –…
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