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South Australia will soon be home to a new $100 million healthcare precinct, with aims to bolster health and medical innovation, services and employment in northern Adelaide.

Ineffective central systems and processes for managing patient lifecycle are resulting in a “significant gap” between patient expectations and healthcare provider reality, according to a new industry study.

GPs, specialists and hospital staff are said to be facing challenges in accessing patient records from other practitioners, resulting in unnecessary medical tests, treatments or procedures performed.

A Melbourne-based medical technology company has been granted a US$3 million contract to use digital health technology and AI to drive personalised medicine for the Epilepsy Foundation of America.

Western Australia’s Fremantle Hospital has transitioned from paper to digital records with the implementation of BOSSnet Electronic Medical Record (EMR).

Patients across some of Australia’s rural and regional areas now have access to advanced medical imaging technology that aims to help with the early detection and treatment of cancer.

The rise of digital technology and the availability of data means that it’s now within the reach for consumers to be critical enablers of change in the healthcare system, a panel of industry experts said.

Yesterday, Icon Group (Icon), Australia’s largest dedicated private provider of cancer care, officially signed an agreement with China’s Sanbo Brain Hospital Group (Sanbo) to deliver radiation oncology services, which are set to open later this year in their Chang’an hospital in Chongqing.

Murdoch University has opened the doors to a new research centre at its Perth campus, with a focus on precision medicine.

With an evolving healthcare tech environment and changing consumer needs, Australia has to rethink the way it approaches telehealth and remote care, a major healthcare conference has heard.