Industry News
Flexibility, a cornerstone of future hospital design: report
Flexibility is becoming a cornerstone of future hospital design, allowing healthcare organisations to adapt swiftly to evolving care models, digital technologies and changing patient profiles. [ + ]
Northeast Health Wangaratta midway through digital upgrade
The service provides care to more than 90,000 people in North East Victoria, and the upgrade aims to improve patient safety, clinical outcomes and overall satisfaction. [ + ]
Tool hopes to help stroke survivors facing social isolation
Researchers from The University of Queensland and Metro North Health have received funding for the project. [ + ]
St Vincent's Private to roll out new EMR across 10 hospitals
St Vincent's Health Australia Private Hospitals is set to deploy MEDITECH's Expanse platform as its foundation Electronic Medical Record (EMR) across its 10 private hospitals. [ + ]
Digital therapy reduces distress in long-term conditions
People living with long-term conditions who received the therapist-guided digital program have showed a significant reduction in psychological distress. [ + ]
New project to reduce medication errors in hospitals
A new national project, involving pharmacists, patients and doctors, aims to reduce medication errors that frequently occur during hospital stays. [ + ]
Cryptosporidiosis cases on the rise
The gastrointestinal disease caused by the microscopic parasite Cryptosporidium is a common cause of acute diarrhoea in young children. [ + ]
ANMF initiates work value case
The ANMF has filed a landmark application with the Fair Work Commission to increase award wages for frontline nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing by up to 35%. [ + ]
NSW Health launches 25-member AI taskforce
The taskforce, formed following an expression of interest process, will develop an AI Framework for release in 2024. [ + ]
Aust research driving global postpartum haemorrhage guidelines
More than 14 million women globally experience postpartum haemorrhage, resulting in 70,000 maternal deaths a year. [ + ]
Telehealth service improves medical abortion access
Recent findings suggest only one in 10 GPs in Australia actively engage in prescribing abortion medications. [ + ]
Australia's oldest hospital awarded Nightingale Badge
The badge is awarded to individuals and institutions who have made an exceptional contribution to the nursing profession. [ + ]
Hypertension guidelines must include salt substitues: research
In Australia and New Zealand, most people consume excessive amounts of sodium, with the estimated average said to be about 3600 mg/day [ + ]
Study lists 16 potentally risky medicines in Aust health care
Researchers from the RMIT have developed a list of potentially dangerous medications used in Australia and have also suggested safer alternatives. [ + ]
South Australia's statewide PRM program goes live
The South Australian Medical Imaging Nuclear Medicine Theranostics Service has gone live with The Clinician's digital solution for the collection and reporting of PRMs. [ + ]