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Southern Sun Pathology live with Sectra’s digital pathology solution Written by Kate McDonald on 20 April 2021. Sydney-based skin cancer laboratory Southern Sun Pathology has gone live with Sectra’s digital pathology solution, allowing pathologists to examine skin tissues remotely and share images more efficiently. The solution will be integrated with the two different laboratory information systems (LIS) used at Southern Sun Pathology and its Gold Coast subsidiary Helix Pat...

Telstra Health rebrands digital hospital platform as Kyra Written by Pulse+IT on 20 April 2021. Telstra Health has rebranded its suite of digital health solutions for hospitals as Kyra, following several years of development work that included a complete upgrade of its electronic medical record in 2020. Telstra Health says the Kyra suite is available on mobile devices to give clinicians access to patient information in the right place at the right time.

Survey of aged care providers to benchmark use of clinical software Written by Kate McDonald on 19 April 2021. The Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council (ACIITC) is surveying residential aged care providers on their use of clinical software and what are the main barriers to and influences over further uptake. The research, commissioned by the Australian Digital Health Agency, will also investigate how clinical software interacts or interfaces with other software syst...

PrimaryClinic Medical conformant for eScripts, integration plans for Lifecard PHR Written by Kate McDonald on 19 April 2021. GP software product PrimaryClinic Medical is now able to issue token-based electronic prescriptions, with vendor Global Health planning to integrate the capability with its Lifecard personal health record later in the year. PrimaryClinic Medical version 4.7.0 has been listed on the Australian Digital Health Agency’s electronic prescribing conformance reg...

Written by Kate McDonald on 18 April 2021. Google trying again with PHRs? evidence for AI tools, Denmark’s coronapas, Malaysia’s Immunitee, US VA EHR, Facebook’s vaccine finder, Microsoft/AXA digital health platform, eReferral app cuts DNAs, Dedalus and the NHS, SMART health cards for vax credentials, COVID-detecting mobile phone sensors STAT ~ Erin Brodwin ~ 09/04/2021 After 13 years, Google is coming back for patient health records. The tech giant has launched an early user feedback...

NZ to roll out national vaccination booking system next month Written by Kate McDonald on 16 April 2021. The New Zealand government aims to roll out a national booking system for COVID-19 vaccinations at the end of May, allowing people to pre-register and then book an appointment that suits their time. The booking system, which will use a plug-in to the Salesforce-based national COVID-19 immunisation register (CIR), will allow people to book for their first and second dose of th...

Written by Kate McDonald on 15 April 2021. The Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) has released its strategic plan for 2021-2024, focusing on building the digital health workforce and taking digital health to every healthcare professional. It plans to ask its 2000-strong membership to drive health workforce reform to retain the region’s global standing in healthcare and keep up the momentum for change precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wanngi partners with PII Australia for private telehealth solution to help close the gap Written by Kate McDonald on 14 April 2021. Telehealth provider PII Australia and health management app developer Wanngi have joined forces to offer a private telehealth solution to help Aboriginal communities to make better lifestyle choices and improve their quality of life. The partners have received private funding over three years to pilot the program in a Western Australian community an...

Microsoft to buy Nuance in $25b deal to boost cloud strategy for healthcare Written by Kate McDonald on 13 April 2021. Microsoft will buy speech recognition and AI developer Nuance Communications in a $US19.6 billion ($A25.6b) deal that will massively expand Microsoft’s healthcare industry cloud strategy. Nuance has a market-leading portfolio of products for clinical speech recognition, many of which are built on Microsoft Azure, including the cloud hosted Dragon Medical One a...

Wallpaper* Global Interiors: a snapshot of design in Oceania Wallpaper* Global Interiors: a snapshot of design in Oceania Our edit of furniture, objects and lighting from Australia and New Zealand include pieces by Resident, Daniel Emma and Jam Factory Artist: Form Und Rausch. Interiors: Olly Mason Australian design pieces and furniture from New Zealand are made with a contemporary creative mindset, honest materials and a perfect balance of traditional craft and mocern technologies. Stopping...