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Experts say future of telehealth includes social media, AI and video

6 March 2025
New Zealand’s telehealth experts have weighed in on what the future of virtual healthcare could look like, as they discussed interim findings of a study on telehealth uptake in New Zealand. The discussion comes as Health Minister Simeon Brown announced a “game-changing” 24/7 digital healthcare service to be launched in July. The recent study in […]
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Modern Medicine Laboratory: Diverse Team of Multi-Ethnic Young Scientists Analysing Test Samples. Advanced Lab with High-Tech Equipment, Microbiology Researchers Design, Develop Drugs, Doing Research

LLM tool allows faster scientific discovery

5 March 2025
An Australian team led by Monash University researchers has developed a generative AI tool that mimics scientists, with the aim of assisting and fast-tracking the process of scientific discovery.  The team’s peer-reviewed findings have been published in Nature Machine Intelligence, with the tool named LLM4SD – Large Language Model 4 Scientific Discovery.  The free-of-charge and […]
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Heidi Health secures US$16.6m in funding 

4 March 2025
Australian-founded AI scribe company ‍Heidi Health has raised US$16.6M in its latest funding round.  The Series A follow-on investment is led by Headline, with participation from Local Globe, Anthology (Menlo Ventures and Anthropic) and existing investors Blackbird, HESTA, Possible Ventures and Archangel Ventures.  Heidi Health CEO and co-founder Dr Thomas Kelly said the funding would […]
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AI projects among $422m NHRMC grants

3 March 2025
Projects harnessing artificial intelligence are among more than 200 recipients sharing over $422 million in funding from this year’s National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Investigator Grants scheme. Announcing the latest round of grants, Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler said 229 high-performing chief investigators and their teams would undertake researcher-led projects […]
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AI adding value for Uniting aged care workers

28 February 2025
Uniting NSW.ACT has introduced a digital “co-pilot” to assist more than 7,500 aged care workers with administrative tasks, giving them more time back to support clients. Using voice-to-text, on site and without resorting to logging in at a kiosk, employees can ask questions about more than 440 policies and procedures.   Uniting Chief Digital Information […]
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Health Research Council offers $5m for AI in Healthcare

26 February 2025
The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) has issued a request for proposals for research on how artificial intelligence can be leveraged to improve health outcomes in New Zealand. It is part of an initiative aiming to invest in health research centred on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a “potentially transformative technology,” […]
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All-star Digital Health Week panel talk future of digital health

26 February 2025
Predictions on what digital health will look like in 10 years had to be scaled down to shorter timeframes when an all-star panel met to discuss the future of digital health at Sydney’s Westmead Applied Research Centre as part of this month’s Digital Health Week conference. Digital Health Week was held across multiple university campuses […]
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Opinion: Adopting AI for Clinical Coding

21 February 2025
My opinion piece in Pulse+IT in October last year challenging the assumption that clinical coding is an easy picking for AI garnered a lot of interest. As referenced in that article, a national taskforce established by the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA) consisting of professional association, government representatives, researchers, public sector, private sector, […]
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Digital detection and AI offer better breast cancer screening

21 February 2025
Digital innovations including artificial intelligence could increase early diagnosis of breast cancer in New Zealand, according to new research. The peer reviewed study, titled Challenges and opportunities for Aotearoa-New Zealand’s breast screening programme, looks at potential uses of AI in assessing cancer risks – and improving the accuracy of mammography diagnosis through digital breast tomosynthesis […]
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Opinion: Connected care deserves our commitment   

14 February 2025
Undoubtedly we’ve all taken interest in the Trump administration’s announcement of a $500 billion investment into securing America’s dominance in artificial intelligence (AI).  Flanked by the who’s who of big tech, the announcement came a day after President Trump repealed Joe Biden’s orders to address and safeguard against risks in AI. It signalled many things, […]
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Trinity College establishes AI Accountability Lab

13 February 2025
Trinity College Dublin has established an AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) in an effort to advance research into AI accountability. In a statement, the college said the AIAL will examine the broader impacts of AI technologies and “hold powerful entities accountable for technological harms, advocating for policies rooted in evidence”. Research will specifically address potential corporate […]
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Irish AI health platform acquired by US health technology company

13 February 2025
The Irish start-up AI health platform Cambrean has been acquired by US health technology company Nucleus Genomics, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition follows the successful close of a recent funding round by Nucleus Genomics which generated close to €14 million, bringing its total funding to nearly €31 million.  Last year, Nucleus announced the launch […]
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Future of Work: Health sector exemplifies benefits of AI

12 February 2025
Automated decision making and artificial intelligence offer significant benefits for healthcare workers and patients according to a new parliamentary report. The Future of Work report from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education, and Training focuses on the rapid development and uptake of automated decision making and machine learning techniques in the workplace, […]
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Testing AI with AI in clinical practice

10 February 2025
A pioneering human-centred artificial intelligence tool has been used by researchers to analyse how well AI works in hospitals. Flinders University researchers used PROLIFERATE_AI to assess the cardiacRAPIDx AI tool; designed to help emergency doctors quickly and accurately diagnose cardiac conditions by rapidly analysing clinical and biochemical data. “AI is becoming more common in healthcare, […]
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Cork spin-out gets FDA designation for AI neonatal brain monitor

6 February 2025
AI-driven neonatal brain monitoring technology developed by Irish neurotech start-up, CergenX, has received Breakthrough Device Designation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which will accelerate the development and review of the device. The designation will give Cergenx enhanced collaboration opportunities with FDA experts, along with prioritised regulatory review and the potential for a […]
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Retinal imaging doorway for disease detection

5 February 2025
New AI-powered research has created the most detailed maps of the retina ever produced, paving the way for routine eyecare as a disease screening tool. Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) have used the maps to link retinal thinning to a range of diseases as well as identifying new […]
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Digital health leader joins AI board

4 February 2025
One of Western Australia’s virtual healthcare leaders Adam Lloyd has been appointed to join the state’s new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Board. The Board is charged with creating a framework for ethical, safe, and inclusive AI use. Mr Lloyd is the area director Community and Virtual Care, East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS). The EMHS Health […]
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AI tool predicts ulcerative colitis treatment success in emergency care

3 February 2025
A 28-year study on the serious inflammatory bowel disease, acute severe ulcerative colitis (UC) has led to the development of an innovative artificial intelligence tool called the Risk of Rescue (ROR) score. QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute says the tool can quickly predict whether the standard treatment—intravenous steroids—will work for patients with acute severe UC, […]
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AI in Primary Care group launches second survey

31 January 2025
New Zealand’s AI in Primary Care Working Group has launched its second survey of general practices, aiming to attract more than 300 responses. Collaborative Aotearoa CEO and chair of the AI in Primary Care group, Jess Morgan-French said the nine question survey was aimed at New Zealand healthcare staff working in primary and community care […]
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Primary health nurses to use AI in heart failure study

30 January 2025
Australian primary health care nurses will take part in a world-first study led by the University of Notre Dame that adopts artificial intelligence (AI) to detect heart failure. The $1.9 million study funded through the Medical Research Future Fund is focused on optimising the detection of heart failure, a deadly and disabling, chronic condition that […]
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Precision medicine and a revolution in respiratory care

30 January 2025
A groundbreaking precision medicine system developed by Australian biotech trailblazer Diag-Nose.io is set to transform the management of chronic respiratory diseases worldwide after closing its seed round this week. Originally established at the Stanford ENT Innovation Program and now based in Melbourne, Diag-Nose.io is pioneering advancements in respiratory healthcare by focusing on the “unified airway”; […]
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Harrison.ai bolstered by government backing

29 January 2025
Harrison.ai has received $32m government backing to keep its operations based in Sydney while advancing its unique range of radiology and pathology diagnostic support tools. The equity investment from the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation’s (NRFC) will also help the company expand globally. Harrison.ai has pioneered Australian Al technology that transforms how diseases like cancer are […]
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DeepSeek offers potentially cheaper, more accessible AI in healthcare

29 January 2025
DeepSeek’s launch of a low-cost AI chatbot could make AI in healthcare more accessible with lower costs, according to an Australian expert in the field. Chinese company DeepSeek this week announced it had developed an AI Chatbot to rival ChatGPT, and reportedly developed it using fewer, and less-advanced chips than its US rival.  Professor Geoff […]
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Artificial intelligence diagnosing lung diseases

29 January 2025
Researchers from Charles Darwin University (CDU), United International University, and Australian Catholic University (ACU) have developed and trained an AI model to analyse lung ultrasound videos and diagnose respiratory diseases.  The model examined each video frame to find important features of the lungs and assessed the order of the video frames to understand the patterns […]
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Pathologists’ guide to artificial intelligence

28 January 2025
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) has released new guidelines for using artificial intelligence (AI) in pathology including a checklist for AI tools. The guidelines are intended to mitigate clinical risks and ensure the best clinical care when using artificial intelligence (AI) in pathology. They set out what is expected across a series […]
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Consultmed announces partnership with KeyReply for voice AI technology

22 January 2025
Consultmed, an Australian digital health firm specialising in referral management and workflow automation, has announced a strategic partnership with Singapore-based KeyReply to improve patient care and operational efficiency through advanced voice AI technology. Hosted on Microsoft Azure, Consultmed’s platform is a cloud-based referral management and workflow solution offering digital referrals, virtual triage, Advice & Guidance™, […]
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Scribes pave the way for AI acceptance in healthcare 

22 January 2025
The use of AI scribes by GPs has the potential to pave the way for wider public acceptance of AI in healthcare, according to a report into the use of AI scribes in Australian primary care settings. The AI Medical Scribes in Primary Care report was published by Tobias strategic design consultancy and authored by […]
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AI shaping the future of breast cancer risk prediction

16 January 2025
A new publication by a national collective of researchers has highlighted the potential for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in identifying women with increased breast cancer risk. The piece, published in Trends in Cancer, explores how AI can help clinicians to better identify features on a mammogram that indicate a high risk of developing breast cancer. […]
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Security vulnerabilities pose biggest risk for AI in healthcare – report

16 January 2025
A new report looking into AI-preparedness across Asia-Pacific has found fewer than 10 per cent of respondents in the healthcare sector are “AI ready,” while a quarter had “basic” AI-preparedness. The report from Deloitte Access Economics and the Deloitte Asia Pacific AI Institute, AI at a Crossroads: Building trust as the path to scale surveyed […]
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Wound care boosted by artificial intelligence

15 January 2025
Amplar Home Health patients will soon benefit from AI-powered wound care using iPads and smartphones. Amplar has announced it will incorporate the Net Health Tissue Analytics platform, an application it says can transform iPads and smartphones into “sophisticated imaging platforms” that allow clinicians to use artificial intelligence and computer vision for advanced wound assessment. Clinicians […]
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AI capability plan welcomed by digital health peak

14 January 2025
The Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) has welcomed the announcement of the National AI Capability Plan calling it a significant step towards enhancing Australia’s AI capabilities and promoting economic and productivity growth. AIDH CEO Anja Nikolic said the plan must prioritise investment in the capability of the health workforce. The plan, announced by Minister […]
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Researchers call out ethics of AI choosing embryos

14 January 2025
Using artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in fertility treatment raises significant ethical concerns that need to be addressed, Monash University researchers have found. While machine learning tools may improve the selection of human embryos for transfer, improving the chances of a successful pregnancy and reducing the time and cost of treatments, there are myriad worries including […]
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Opinion: Getting ready for HIE – learn from the past to build trust in the future

6 December 2024
The Health Information Exchange (HIE) is coming; the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) has already outlined its HIE draft architecture and roadmap to deliver the seamless exchange of data among healthcare providers and improve patient care. HIE will create the infrastructure needed to safely connect our digital health system, allowing doctors, nurses, pharmacists, allied health […]
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GUH studies LLMs for generating ICU discharge summaries

14 November 2024
When it comes to generating accurate ICU discharge summaries, not all large language models (LLM) are the same, according to new research. AI offers an opportunity to optimise ICU care delivery, with AI-based algorithms capable of predicting patient deterioration and mortality having gained traction. A study conducted by the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care […]
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How the AI revolution will transform community-based care delivery

25 October 2024
How AI might be able to transform community care is the topic of a new conference being held in Brisbane next month, organised by Global Community Resourcing and the Community Care SmartAT Collaborative. The inaugural national conference at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will cover AI in the community aged care, disability, palliative care and […]
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Microsoft to release healthcare AI models, conversational data integration

17 October 2024
Microsoft will launch medical imaging foundation models as the first release of its new healthcare AI models in Azure AI Studio, which will allow healthcare organisations to test, fine-tune and build AI solutions tailored to their specific needs. Part of some major innovations added to the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare announced this week in advance […]
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Blog: Regulating AI in healthcare: the next steps

11 October 2024
Pulse+IT found itself a big bogged down this week amid the rather boring but entirely necessary area of government consultations on things relating to healthcare, in this case on how or whether to regulate AI in healthcare in Australia. The Department of Health and Aged Care was a guest of a webinar earlier this week […]
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General practice views on innovation: state of the health of the nation

9 October 2024
Almost half of Australian GPs feel enthusiastic when adopting new digital technologies within general practice and just 17 per cent do not, with the majority having a positive view of innovation on improving patient care, patient health outcomes and productivity, a new survey has found. The RACGP’s Health of the Nation 2024 report found that […]
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Blog: Springboarding from the HIE as My Health Record is set on FHIR

4 October 2024
It was another yuge week in health IT and digital health around the world, including here in Australia, where some major projects moved along at pace. This included the release of a tender for a FHIR server solution by the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA), which will see new infrastructure built using the FHIR standard, […]
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WONCA Europe 2024: Are digital health services a scandal in the making?

4 October 2024
Digital mental health tools have the potential to be the “next oxycontin scandal”, GPs attending the recent conference of the World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) heard. The conference, held at the Convention Centre Dublin last week, brought together more than 2400 attendees from around the globe for discussions on a range of topics, including […]
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Radiologists say “human in the loop approach” needed for medical AI

12 September 2024
The organisation representing radiologists in Australia and New Zealand says AI used in medical treatment must have oversight by trained medical doctors. In two new position statements, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) said AI in medicine came with risks and benefits, and any use of AI in the treatment of […]
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Blog: Ambient AI and re-humanising the exam room

23 August 2024
The topic of AI medical scribes was still in the news this week following our blog from last week, in which we asked what one commenter said was a very silly question about whether doctors using AI scribes to help with their clinical notes should be expected to share them with the patient. Silly question […]
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Pyjama time, generative AI and the rise of the chief health AI officer

23 August 2024
UC San Diego Health is using AI in its emergency departments to analyse EMR data to gauge a patient’s risk of developing sepsis, managing to achieve a 20 per cent reduction in mortality due to sepsis over a two-year period. The healthcare organisation has also used generative AI in its Epic EMR in a project […]
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Collective effort to build AI-powered national injury surveillance system

22 August 2024
Experts from across medicine, technology and the public sector have come together to advance work on an AI-enabled national injury surveillance system, a first of its kind in Australia. Having received a grant of $2.98 million from the federal government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), the National Injury Surveillance for Actionable Research – Emergency Department […]
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Nascent grant to fill the gap of AI evaluation tools in healthcare

13 August 2024
Increasing the uptake of AI in Australian hospitals and filling the gap in AI evaluation infrastructure are some of the goals of NASCENT, a national infrastructure project for real-time clinical AI trials. The project, led by the director of University of Queensland’s Digital Health Centre (QDHeC) Clair Sullivan, recently received almost $3 million funding from […]
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Blog: On FHIR with AI at HIC 2024

9 August 2024
If there was still any lingering doubt that generative AI had not made a firm imprint on healthcare in Australia and New Zealand, those ideas were thoroughly dispelled at the HIC conference in Brisbane this week, where AI was pretty much the only topic in town worth talking about. Only the inevitable march of the […]
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NZ’s digital leaders face “tipping point” with AI top priority

20 June 2024
Generative artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and adoption of international standards are key priority areas for New Zealand’s digital leaders, according to a new report from the Technology Users Association of NZ (TUANZ). The Digital Priorities Report, supported by telecommunications company One NZ, surveyed 36 digital leaders across New Zealand and looked at issues and priorities for […]
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Transparency needed from healthcare AI vendors, expert says

6 June 2024
Vendors of healthcare AI solutions must be prepared to share the original data set on which their technology is based. That was the message delivered by Rob Bart, chief medical information officer (CMIO) at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in the US, to last week’s Future Health Summit in Dublin. Dr Bart said […]
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Opinion: How can digital scribes improve healthcare? Hard-learnt lessons from a trial at SMHS

30 May 2024
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the way clinicians document patient visits. Combining speech-recognition technology and AI, digital medical scribes hold promise for streamlining workflows and freeing up valuable clinician time. However, unlocking the potential of this technology requires more than just the tech itself. The challenge lies in creating a seamless human-machine interface, one that […]
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AI and machine learning improve outcomes after angioplasty

22 May 2024
A University of Galway professor has joined with international colleagues to call for the widespread adoption of advanced technologies to improve revascularisation outcomes after stent-based angioplasty. In a paper published in the journal Nature Reviews Cardiology, professor of interventional cardiology William Wijns has urged that artificial intelligence, machine learning and virtual reality should be used […]
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HIMAA workforce summit: Clinical coding, AI and the state of the nation

3 May 2024
Artificial intelligence, computer-assisted clinical coding systems and the ability of technology to allow people to work from home (WFH) were some of the hot topics at the Health Information Management Association of Australia’s (HIMAA) clinical coding workforce summit held in Sydney yesterday. Workforce pressures are a long-standing problem for the profession and are felt in […]
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NLP harnessed for detecting thunderstorm asthma presentations from ED triage notes

12 April 2024
Researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne have used natural language processing (NLP) techniques to help detect potential thunderstorm asthma events from the triage notes in public hospital emergency departments. The research has the potential be able to be used to flag asthma-like presentations as soon as possible and allow the deployment of […]
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Blog: Big guns show off their AI chops at HIMSS

15 March 2024
The huge HIMSS annual conference and exhibition was on in Orlando, Florida this week and the news was almost completely dominated by announcements about how the big guns were incorporating AI into their software, particularly generative AI. One that caught the eye was academic publishing giant Elsevier, which announced late last year that it was […]
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AlayaCare rolling out AI and data intelligence tools for home care sector

8 March 2024
Aged, community and disability care software specialist AlayaCare is working with residential aged and home care providers in Australia to introduce the AI and large language model (LLMs) technology its AlayaLabs research and development arm has developed, including solutions for optimising the home care workforce and to improve client outcomes. AlayaCare’s platform uses LLMs and […]
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MedAdvisor to develop conversational AI medications assistant platform

4 March 2024
ASX-listed medication adherence platform MedAdvisor has partnered with US-based AI assistant developer Brand Engagement Network (BEN) to develop a new conversational AI-powered medication advisor platform. The platform is being designed to enable support to be provided to patients on a 24/7 basis and replace chatbots, using conversational AI to enhance the patient experience and provide […]
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RANZCR collaborates on how-to paper for developing, purchasing and monitoring AI

2 February 2024
Five international radiology organisations including the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) have joined forces to issue a guidance statement on AI in clinical use, aimed at those wanting to develop, purchase and implement AI in their practices. The comprehensive statement outlines the potential power of AI in patient treatment and what […]
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Te Whatu Ora to pilot AI-assisted clinical coding for hospital admissions project

16 January 2024
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has issued a call for registrations of interest (ROI) from suppliers to take part in an artificial intelligence-assisted clinical coding pilot for hospital admissions. Te Whatu Ora’s Data & Digital division is managing the pilot, which aims to understand the current state of AI and digital solutions supporting clinical […]
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Blog: National AI in healthcare plan gets three thumbs up

24 November 2023
Yes, our headline is a dodgy DALL-E joke but it’s also a reflection of the trust deficit in consumer-grade AI as the ChatGPT revolution continues almost a year to the day it was released, and in light of the extraordinary shenanigans that have taken place at GPT developer OpenAI over the last week. For those […]
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AI.Care 2023: Mater building in-house MaterGPT app

23 November 2023
Queensland’s Mater Health has built its own MaterGPT app internal to the organisation’s ecosystem as a safe alternative for its clinicians and other staff to use. The app currently includes capability to interact with Mater’s policies and procedures and it is also experimenting with chat over any documents and an add-on for Outlook to help […]
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AI.Care 2023: AI co-pilot harnessed to transform clinical coding

23 November 2023
Consulting firm Accenture is working with a large hospital in NSW to put into production an artificial intelligence co-pilot to augment the clinical coding process. The technology is aimed at improving the accuracy and efficiency of clinical coding and to improve productivity, with overseas experience showing it could achieve up to a 30 per cent […]
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AI.Care 2023: Australian view on generative AI in primary care

22 November 2023
While the adoption of generative AI tools in healthcare is moving faster than regulation, they are still very much in their nascent stage in primary care in Australia, with transcription, patient intake, triage and scheduling the primary use cases. And while GPs say they are open to AI in their work, they are say they […]
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AI.Care 2023: Citizens’ jury convened for consumer view of AI in healthcare

22 November 2023
A citizens’ jury convened by the University of Wollongong to provide an Australian consumer perspective on AI in healthcare has recommended the development of a charter for AI that respects the rights of both patients and clinicians when using the technology. The citizens’ jury idea uses deliberative democratic methods devised by political scientists in the […]
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Opinion: Healthcare must establish parameters for safe and ethical use of AI

26 October 2023
Ongoing advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have consolidated the technology’s position as the latest frontier in digital health. Indeed, AI has the potential to be a major disruptor and enabler of quality, accessible healthcare, provided it is deployed ethically, safely and through a human-centric approach. Readers will be aware of the potential for AI technologies […]
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VHW 2023: Health NZ’s four-point plan for AI and machine learning

19 October 2023
Te Whatu Ora’s data and digital team has put together a governance framework and a large language model policy, built a trusted research environment and developed a separate production system called the algorithm hub as part of its four-point plan to operationalise AI and machine learning within New Zealand’s newly united healthcare system. The strategy […]
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