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COVID-19 digital practice expansion: when allied health forgot evidence-based practice
The quick shift from in-person services to digital practice has skipped a step — evidence-based practice. [ + ]
Is COVID-19 the catalyst to value-based health care?
Hospitals and healthcare providers around the world are slowly shifting to value-based care, where healthcare professionals are reimbursed based on patient health outcomes. [ + ]
Plastics exposure evident in human tissues
Research presented at the American Chemical Society Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Expo has examined the presence of micro- and nanoplastics in human organs and tissues. [ + ]
How is the Australian workforce coping with COVID?
How is the nation's workforce tracking during the COVID-19 pandemic and what can be done to build resilience as we move forward? [ + ]
Pandemic response should prioritise advance care planning, says report
A report released by Advance Care Planning Australia says that advance care planning conversations should be happening now. [ + ]
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? [ + ]
