Population and Public Health

However, data from the Australian Digital Health Agency shows a general increase in the use of the national digital health record system.

The new artificial intelligence enhancements for healthcare promise to unlock conversational data for clinical insights and support app development, reporting, imaging and other use cases while enhancing trustworthiness.

Also, Western Australia is seeking vendors to deliver its statewide EMR.

Dr. Waheed Arian, NHS physician and Arian Wellbeing's founder, discusses how his experiences as an Afghan refugee helped shape the company’s adaptable, trauma-informed approach to behavioral healthcare.

Josh Wymer, chief health information and data strategy officer at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, discusses a genAI chatbot the state uses and the value of both trust and data transparency in public and community health.

The digital health record system has been piloted in Hanoi and the Thua Thien-Hue Province.

APAC digital health leaders have emphasised the importance of collaboration and innovation to accelerate digital transformation in healthcare.

While there's been progress across government and industry, the agency said the new technology strategy emphasizes health equity, public health, AI and cybersecurity to better connect the health system with health data "for all health IT users."

Health tech leaders discussed the diverse applications of 5G in healthcare during the HIMSS24 APAC conference in Seoul.

Cancer treatment research can now rely less on Western datasets.