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PPE unmasked: Australia's healthcare workers are inadequately protected
National guidance needs to be urgently updated to reflect safest practice and acknowledge what we're learning about the airborne spread of the virus. [ + ]
Pandemic facilities essential in future designs of hospitals and health facilities
The long-term impact of COVID-19 will see architects required to include facilities to deal with pandemics in all future designs of healthcare facilities. [ + ]
HAPEE initiative works with Indigenous communities to improve hearing health
Hearing Australia is working with regional, rural and remote communities across Australia to address the high rates of hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. [ + ]
The role of video and audio tech in health care
With the right technology, medical services like appointments and student learning can be completed digitally. [ + ]
12 dementia risk factors that could prevent or delay dementia
Less education in early life, hearing loss in mid-life and smoking in later life were associated with the greatest proportion of dementia cases in the population. [ + ]
HEPA filters and housings for hospital environments
Technical information on effective HEPA design and operation for hospital environments. [ + ]
Veolia supports COVID-19 clinical waste collection in Melbourne
Veolia has been collecting, transporting and treating clinical waste streams generated at the COVID-19 testing site at Melbourne Showgrounds. [ + ]
Health on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic
The healthcare framework is changing as new access points to health care open up in the digital landscape. [ + ]
The future of conversational AI and health care
Technology is helping clinicians connect to patients wherever they are, while conversational assistants and automation are helping patients begin their care journeys. [ + ]
Why your office chair is harming your health
What would you say if someone told you that you spend an average of 6.3 hours every day damaging your health? [ + ]
Insurers: customer feedback core to pandemic recovery
Health funds must ensure they are listening to customers in real time in an attempt to find ways to create more value for members. [ + ]
Project captures voice memos of frontline health workers
The Nossal Institute for Global Health is capturing voice memos of healthcare workers during the pandemic. [ + ]
Mary's painful experience sparked a CRPS support group
Injuries sustained in a car accident left Mary in intense pain — she was eventually diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome. [ + ]
Pain survey shows decline in patient–GP relationship
Australians suffering with chronic pain have reported a worsening in their relationship with their GP and pharmacist over the past two years, according to the National Pain Survey 2020. [ + ]
Can IT cure health care's hybrid cloud woes?
The next technological leap for health care may not be robotics or telemedicine but something far more familiar: the hybrid cloud. [ + ]
