Data analytics companies need the government to be more transparent with sharing their large data sets so that they can better predict and plan future healthcare outcomes and build consumer trust and literacy.
17 May, 2020
LGNSW has signed a joint statement on improving mental health in local government.
16 December, 2019
Strategic action is required to ensure Australia has an estimated 32,000 to 161,000 AI workers by 2030.
18 November, 2019
Local governments are playing a unique role in helping people to lead healthy lives, research shows.
13 December, 2018
Australian governments need to boost spending on infectious disease warning systems, doctors warn in a major report.
2 December, 2018
Public health professionals campaign to make the health impacts of climate change an issue in the Wentworth by-election.
14 October, 2018
Health professionals welcome a state plan addressing the health impacts of climate change.
17 September, 2018
Heatwaves pose the greatest threat to Sydney, followed by storms and bushfires, according to an international benchmark of cities’ capacity to handle shocks and stresses.
7 June, 2018
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected wearable monitor Fitbit for a use in large scale health study. The program, called All of Us, was established by the Obama White House in 2015. It is looking to sign up over a million Americans to “accelerate research that may improve the ability to prevent […]
7 November, 2017
NSW Health has a limited understanding of the quantity and quality of palliative care services across the state.
17 August, 2017
Our healthcare records outlive us. It’s time to decide what happens to the data once we’re gone.
7 August, 2017
Victoria has developed a safe and compassionate voluntary assisted dying framework.
1 August, 2017
WVPHN will soon roll out the GoShare patient education platform to 800 health professionals.
31 July, 2017
Pharmacy Guild, emergency departments to trial with Digital Health Agency.
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