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Sydney Neuroimaging Analysis Centre (SNAC), an Australian company co-located with the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre, is building AI tools to automate laborious analysis tasks in their research workflow, such as isolating brain images from head scans and segmenting brain lesions.
The InClinic service will be offered at various Amcal, Guardian and Discount Drug Store pharmacies around the country, and employs Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency registered doctors for video consultations.
By combining clinical and consumer-derived data, such as from mobile phone apps and wearables, the program will offer tailored advice using machine learning to assess participants who have been to the hospital with chest pain.
With more than a decade of experience as a registered nurse, Angela Ryan combines her clinical experience with her knowledge in health informatics toward the practical, meaningful and integrated use of digital health tools in Australia.
Fujitsu will apply AI methods to images of the brain generated by GE’s Revolution CT scanner, and use a specifically-trained algorithm to look for abnormalities.
The cloud migration aims to give the provider, which boasts four facilities in Victoria, better remote access and disaster recovery.
Delivered by UNSW's Entrepreneurship Unit, the 20-week programme will include five health startups providing products and services focused on chronic diseases.
A Pharmaceutical Society of Australia report finds that real-time prescription monitoring, electronic prescriptions and pharmacist input into the country’s My Health Record electronic health record system are among the top areas where investments are needed.
Even though 90% of Australians now have an account, one challenge has been to convince more providers that there's enough clinical utility for it to benefit them, said AMA South Australia president Dr. Chris Moy.
Swinburne University’s National eTherapy Centre has partnered with medtech startup Coviu to allow Australians to access quality mental health services through encrypted, real-time text chat sessions.