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Remote dental check-ups for kids, and medical app deployment: CSIRO’s e-Health experts in Perth
Institute Summit sponsor content Attending the Digital Health Institute Summit in Perth on 13 Nov? Here’s what you can expect to hear from some of the experts at CSIRO’s world-leading Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC). Deploying medical apps to...
The artificial intelligence powering Australia’s healthcare
Institute Summit sponsor content Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning techniques are being harnessed to power digital health: from understanding whole genome sequences to enabling clinical decision support, determining patient risk prediction,...
FHIR-enabled real time clinical decision support
Institute Summit sponsor content Predicting which patients may be at risk of being readmitted to hospital, and providing care accordingly, can be a real challenge. So at CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research Centre, researchers developed a predictive risk...
Meet CSIRO’s eHealth experts in Brisbane
Institute Summit sponsor content FHIR and SNOMED CT, chatbots and COVID-19 monitoring: CSIRO’s e-Health experts in Brisbane Attending the Digital Health Institute Summit in Brisbane on 10 November? Here’s what you can expect to hear from some of the experts at CSIRO’s...
Making hospitals for health with design thinking
Making hospitals for health with design thinking Institute Summit sponsor content “A healthcare facility, by nature of its complexity and its dependence on technology, is always in a state of flux,” writes Rosalyn Cama in her book Evidence-Based Healthcare...
Telstra Health are proud supporters of DHIS 2020
Institute Summit sponsor content The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the need for a concerted effort for greater levels of digitisation: from a public health perspective, in primary care, in acute care, and from a whole of health systems perspective. As...
Prioritising the patient experience
Institute Summit sponsor content Prioritising the patient experience requires a dedicated focus on finding new ways to engage people in their own healthcare journeys and empowering doctors so they can practice the art of medicine. While that concept seems...
Queensland CHIAs graduate
Queensland CHIAs graduate Congratulations to the second group of more than 80 CHIA graduates from Metro North – Queensland Digital Academy (QDA) who were presented with their certificates on 6 October. QDA is an organisational participant in CHIA, offering the...
Women in digital health leadership
Women in digital health leadership Women in digital health are discussing opportunities for the Australasian Institute of Digital Health to pilot a leadership program similar to Women in AMIA (WIA). At a webinar last week, sponsored by Alcidion, the leaders of WIA...
New Chair named to lead the Institute
New Chair named to lead the Institute A new Chair has been named to lead the Australasian Institute of Digital Health after founding Chair Michael Walsh steps down from the role in November. Former Australian Digital Health Agency interim chief executive...
Healthy data is the key to adaptability and digital innovation
Institute Summit sponsor content Healthy data is the key to adaptability and digital innovation By Kerry Stratton, Global Director, Healthcare Solutions for InterSystems. COVID has been a real test for healthcare providers and their IT providers, creating...
Legislative review My Health Records Act
Legislative review My Health Records Act The review of the My Health Records legislation closes on 21 October 2020. As of August 2020, more than 90% of eligible Australians (22.82 million) have an individual MHR and 19.68 million have data entered in the...