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Artificial intelligence (AI) has disrupted numerous industries in recent years, but for the technology to work effectively, the technology needs to be used right.

In an effort to deliver on safety for patients through the establishment of protocols around AI, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) has created a working group that determines how the technology fits into the world of radiology and healthcare.

University Hospital Geelong is upgrading its emergency department clinical workflows with the aim of delivering quality, patient-centred clinical care.

Electronic health records are very good at being repositories for valuable patient data.

Healthcare has previously been one of the industries hesitant to shift to the cloud, but that trend may be changing for the better.

Amalgamating multiple services into one to provide a single overview of a patient is no easy feat – it requires the consolidation of multiple business process managements and the creation of a unified customer service platform, amongst other things.

Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) has rolled out a digital system that aims to give paramedics greater access to a patient’s vital medical information in an emergency.

A new app unveiled in Adelaide promises to significantly improve the assessment and subsequent treatment of scars by giving clinicians access to a huge range of reference resources.

St John Ambulance WA is now using mobile and virtual reality in its first aid training, allowing people to use virtual reality to learn how to respond to an emergency, hone lifesaving skills and make first aid more available.

The number of data breaches involving My Health Record has risen year-on-year, from 35 incidents in the last financial year to 42 incidents this year, a report by the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) has shown.