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Healthcare
Scaling up hospital in the home – what can we learn from Singapore?
Recovering from surgery, receiving intravenous treatment, and monitoring vital signs are all now possible from home, under Singapore’s Mobile Inpatient Care at Home (MIC@Home) program. Known globally as Hospital in the Home (HITH), the model is a hit with professionals and patients, and often sees better health outcomes, with patients walking more, sleeping better, and…
13 Jan 2025, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
How Pilbara Ports is helping customers achieve their sustainability goals
Last financial year, 758.3 million tonnes of trade passed through the Pilbara Ports’, cementing a major year for the company, in which it handled more than 80 percent of Western Australia’s iron ore trade, and 43 percent of global iron ore exports. Valued at around $173 billion, the trade - which was primarily handled by…
3 Jan 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Improving transitions of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have centuries of wisdom in the health and wellbeing space, but have long experienced challenges when interacting with the Australian healthcare system. Based on Western values, and comprised mainly of English speaking professionals, our nation’s health service is largely geared towards metro-dwelling, non-Indigenous populations. While this could be behind…
2 Dec 2024, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Technology
How Griffith University and partners are helping to solve healthcare challenges
When it is not busy finding a cure for spinal cord injury or a vaccine for malaria, Griffith University and its partners are caught up finding and training the next generation of healthcare workers. Through its collaboration with the Queensland Government and Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct (GCHKP), the University is helping to solve…
26 Nov 2024, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Avoiding adverse consequences with medication safety
In Australia, around 250,000 people are hospitalised each year because of medication errors – figures which have prompted the introduction of various safety features across the healthcare sector. Technologies like dispensing systems, pharmacy automation equipment, as well as manual processes, have undergone rigorous safety upgrades. In turn, helping to ensure the rights patients receive the…
26 Nov 2024, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Technology
Do we have enough carbon capture capability?
According to the International Energy Agency, carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) is the only large-scale mitigation option capable of driving emissions low enough to reach 2050 targets. But is our existing infrastructure enough to compensate for ‘hard to abate’ industries, as well as the carbon output from overseas peers, who don’t have CCUS capabilities?…
14 Nov 2024, by Amy SarcevicTechnology
Could Gold Coast become a global innovation leader?
Health and innovation precincts have long been recognised as vehicles for job and GDP growth, but the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct (GCHKP) might be playing an even weightier economic function. According to Director Craig Rowsell, the 200 hectare site which employs 16,000 workers, is helping to transition the Gold Coast’s economy from one…
13 Nov 2024, by Amy SarcevicEducation
Technology
Maintaining critical and creative thinking with an AI-based curriculum
As more schools lean on AI as a teaching, learning and assessment aid, concerns that it may stunt critical or creative thinking are persisting. But, what if there was a way to use AI to foster these skills? Roshea Buksh, Assistant Principal at San Damiano College, is proving that there is, and is empowering educators…
7 Nov 2024, by Amy SarcevicEducation
Technology
How to use AI chatbots in schools
AI chatbots are increasingly popular in the education sector, with up to one third of students currently using tools like ChatGPT. Despite this, the technology remains controversial, with almost half of students concerned about its impact on learning. Jane Martens, Head of Digital Pedagogy and Innovation at Mount Alvernia College, is navigating these concerns as…
1 Nov 2024, by Amy SarcevicEducation
Technology
Are your students really retaining class material? The new AI tool that helps you find out
The extent to which students retain the information taught to them during lessons is one of the most important KPIs for any teacher. In a professional sense, retention correlates tightly with exam performance and ensures schools are doing their job properly. In a personal sense, retention puts students in good stead for their careers, in…
29 Oct 2024, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Emma Gierschick OAM: “We Need Better Recognition of Trauma in Children With a Disability.”
Emma Gierschick has shown extraordinary tenacity in the face of adversity. As a survivor of family violence and breast cancer, plus a sole parent of a daughter with Down syndrome, Emma has navigated complex issues to get the right support for her daughter Amelia. “It’s been very, very tough at times but my need to…
28 Oct 2024, by Skye RytenskildEducation
Healthcare
Why all early childhood educators need to know trauma informed care
Early childhood education plays a profound role in shaping young children’s futures, but how equipped is the sector in supporting young children with trauma? While formal processes exist for more severe cases, which warrant the involvement of child protection, Kathy Warwick says subtler, albeit damaging, examples can go unnoticed. She says it’s important that early…
16 Oct 2024, by Amy Sarcevic