ANZ News

Dr Eamonn Eeles holding a mobile phone showing the electronic tool for assessing delirium causes
The Prince Charles Hospital adopts support tool for determining delirium
By Adam Ang | 01:28 am | June 11, 2024
This world's first electronic tool is now implemented in its medical wards. 
Hospital administrators in a meeting
MediSecure enters administration and more briefs
By Adam Ang | 06:15 am | June 07, 2024
Also, SA Ambulance Service is set to implement an electronic patient care record system.
A doctor checking on patient data on a desktop computer
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Improving patient care and workflow efficiency with speech recognition technology
By Solventum | 12:15 am | June 06, 2024
Sunshine Coast Health has been using AI-driven workflows to streamline communications.
A doctor holding a digital tablet in a consultation with a parent and their child
Study finds link of improved child health equity to data system
By Adam Ang | 02:59 am | June 04, 2024
GP enrolment and immunisations remained higher during the pandemic in areas where New Zealand's child health information platform was implemented.
Nurses checking on a patient's record in a digital tablet
Budget 2024: NZ cuts over $200M in digital health
By Adam Ang | 10:50 am | June 03, 2024
The apparent reduction comes as New Zealand zeroes in on frontline health services.
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Stolen MediSecure data allegedly leaked on dark web and more briefs
By Adam Ang | 02:38 am | May 31, 2024
Also, Tasmania has started digitising the specialist referral process for Aboriginal healthcare services.
A doctor having a virtual consultation with a patient using a laptop
Limited funding hinders uptake of RPM, DTx in Australia
By Adam Ang | 06:17 am | May 29, 2024
The latest report from the Productivity Commission notes the "slow" uptake of remote care technologies despite wide availability.
A nurse reading a patient info on tablet computer
New Zealand coming up with national HIE standards
By Adam Ang | 02:33 am | May 27, 2024
It will be patterned after the US Core Data for Interoperability standards.
A group of clinicians conversing in a nurses' station
How a simple QR code can avoid 2,000 ED admissions
By Adam Ang | 10:43 pm | May 26, 2024
Gold Coast Health is helping keep patients with chronic diseases out of its busy ED.
A doctor checking on a patient's file in a desktop computer
Why Australian clinicians aren't using My Health Record as much
By Adam Ang | 03:36 am | May 24, 2024
The Productivity Commission has flagged the poor usability of the system despite substantial uptake from consumers and health professionals.