Stereotypes portraying nurses as sexual objects or merely doctors' helpers must be combatted to encourage school leavers to join the profession. [ + ]

US researchers have developed an electronic sepsis alert, using a combination of vital signs, risk factors and physician judgement, to identify children in a paediatric emergency department with severe sepsis. [ + ]

New parents are encouraged to take heart: their touch matters more than they may realise. [ + ]

It is increasingly challenging for aged-care workers, many of whom come from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, to support clients with a range of complex behaviours or unmet needs such as those associated with dementia. [ + ]

A time-honoured mnemonic technique can turn mere mortals into memory athletes. [ + ]

The Texas Medical Center runs the TMCx accelerator program, which provides start-up companies with shared workspace, a curriculum tailored to the needs of healthcare entrepreneurs and the guidance of over 120 industry advisers. [ + ]

Professor Alice Vrielink is using the Australian Synchrotron to unlock the secrets of multidrug-resistant bacteria. [ + ]

ConnectUs Life has launched the RightMinder first-alert app — a medical device that is intended to improve the safety, independence and life quality of people with high-care needs. [ + ]

Gunilla Haydon has led Australia's first qualitative study into the experiences of people who have survived a cardiac arrest. [ + ]

The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) has elected Professor Len Notaras AM as its new president. [ + ]

On Wednesday, 7 June, the Australian Parliament's Health, Aged Care and Sport Committee will be holding a public hearing into the prevalence of ear diseases among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. [ + ]

Researchers at Flinders University have developed palliAGED — an online program which connects health professionals and family members with evidence-based support for palliative care in aged care. [ + ]

Textured Concept Foods (TCF), a manufacturer of pureed foods for those with swallowing difficulties, has been recognised in a new book celebrating Australia's top 50 innovators in food manufacturing. [ + ]

Hospitalisations for palliative care are growing faster than all hospitalisations, according to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). [ + ]

GAMA Healthcare, a UK manufacturer of infection prevention products, has acquired the Clinell division of its Australian distributor, AMCLA. [ + ]