Technology > Health Informatics

Cybersecurity and patient safety: why we need to do better

30 November, 2022 by Lani Refiti, ANZ Regional Director, Claroty

Taking into account the chronic understaffing currently affecting Australian hospitals, it has never been more essential for health providers to ensure their networks are protected from malicious cyber actors.


LG 31HN713D IPS Diagnostic Monitor

22 November, 2022

The LG 31HN713D IPS Diagnostic Monitor is designed to deliver accurate, efficient and convenient information, specifically for mammography.


Pain assessment app ready for hospital sector

21 November, 2022

PainChek has partnered with InterSystems IRIS for Health to integrate its application with electronic medical record (EMR) systems.


PainChek pain assessment tool

18 November, 2022

PainChek has developed a smartphone-based pain assessment and monitoring application that uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition to detect pain in those who cannot self-report.


Gene tech helps transform patient outcomes in rare diseases

11 November, 2022

Spinal muscular atrophy and cystic fibrosis are among the rare diseases being explored by UNSW Medicine & Health researchers.


ADHA, CSIRO team up to connect Australia's health system

02 November, 2022

The Australian Digital Health Agency and CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research Centre have launched a new collaboration.


Minitab Healthcare Module

01 October, 2022

Created with healthcare professionals in mind, Minitab's Healthcare Module provides guided data analysis in commonly used and understood healthcare terms.


How good infrastructure monitoring helps healthcare providers maintain a healthy connection with patients

22 September, 2022

The innovation of medical technologies has evolved to provide the convenience of eradicating the long waiting times patients and doctors have had to historically wait to receive medical imagery or results.


Leveraging IoT tools in healthcare for enhanced patient care and safety

22 September, 2022 by Jodi Favaloro, Sales Engineer Asia Pacific, Cradlepoint

The quickly rising impact of IoT in healthcare isn't a surprise — not if you consider the worldwide need for medical attention, the devotion of practitioners to their care, and the vast potential to use emerging technologies for so many powerful uses.


New wearable device monitors tumour size

21 September, 2022

Engineers at Stanford University have created a small device that can be adhered to the skin to measure the changing size of tumours below.


Tool detects and warns of patient deterioration

29 August, 2022

ICU Staff Specialist Dr David Cook said this is a genuinely useful and implementable way of managing unexpected patient deterioration across a large hospital.


Tiny bed sensors could put an end to hospital pressure sores

10 August, 2022

UniSA scientists have designed optical fibre sensors that can be attached to hospital mattresses to monitor movement and record heart and respiratory rates.


St Vincent's digital solution to improve risk management

10 August, 2022

St Vincent's Health Australia's Manager of Clinical Governance & Assurance, Edel Murray, reflects on the organisation's new initiative to reduce risks and improve safety.


Double extortion ransomware and patient data protection

25 July, 2022 by Paul Prudhomme, Head of Threat Intelligence Advisory, Rapid7

With access to a network and holding data for ransom, it's no surprise that ransomware is one of the most pressing and diabolical threats faced by cybersecurity teams.


Health leaders face persistent barriers to effective data use: report

13 July, 2022

While many healthcare leaders trust the insights data delivers, they continue to face perennial barriers to effective data usage that stop them from fully using data and predictive analytics.


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