Check Point finds ultrasound machine trivial to hack
Check Point has warned that medical devices used by major healthcare providers could have gaping security holes, with researchers at the security firm revealing they were able to easily hack an...
View ArticleWA Health signs Atos for hybrid cloud migration
Atos will oversee the migration of the WA Department of Health to Oracle-based cloud services as part of a five-year, $124 million contract.
View ArticleHow to maintain the ethical use of technology in healthcare
In the last few years, advances in both software and hardware for machine learning have enabled people to take large volumes of data to build predictive models.
View ArticleQueensland Health rejects call to pause electronic medical record rollout
The head of Queensland Health has rejected calls by a doctors group to pause the rollout of a digital health record system across the state’s hospitals.
View ArticleNEC Australia upgrades WA Health networks
NEC Australia will deliver network upgrades for more than 500 WA Health sites in regional and remote parts of Western Australia.
View ArticleUltrasound key to autonomous robotic surgery, researchers say
Surgery carried out with the help of robots is already well established, with machines like the Da Vinci Surgical System being used at a number of hospitals in Australia.
View ArticleVictoria’s public health system ‘highly vulnerable’ to cyber attacks
Victoria’s public health system is “highly vulnerable” to the kind of cyber security incidents that had a devastating impact on the UK’s NHS in 2017, according to the state’s auditor-general.
View ArticleSpeech recognition tech diagnoses respiratory disorders from coughs
Recording a child coughing on a smartphone app has been found to be almost as effective at diagnosing common childhood respiratory disorders as a panel of paediatricians who had met with the child and...
View ArticleHow a Brisbane startup is using AI to tackle prostate cancer
Every year around 3500 Australian men die of prostate cancer, according to the Prostate Cancer foundation of Australia. It is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and by the age of 75, one in...
View ArticleCall for bigger, better social robot therapy trials
Researchers from the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision are calling for large-scale, major trials of social robots in health and wellbeing settings, after an analysis of current experiments found...
View ArticleMy Health Record operator funds software maker integrations
The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) – the system operator of the My Health Record – is providing nine clinical software vendors with $40,000 each to integrate their systems with the record and...
View ArticleFive tips to stem cyberattacks in Australia’s healthcare industry
Healthcare organisations across the globe and in Australia are fighting a losing battle, as insider threats and cyber criminals intent on gaining unauthorised access to patient medical records continue...
View ArticleGoogle AI cash to help Sydney Uni cut heart attack risk
The University of Sydney will use a $1 million prize from Google’s philanthropic arm Google.org to aid the development of an AI-based digital health program to cut the risk of heart attack.
View ArticleACCC targets HealthEngine over data sharing, reviews
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accused doctor booking service HealthEngine of sharing information about patients with private health insurance brokers without adequately...
View ArticleNSW seeks better analytics, consistency with digital health record initiative
NSW Health has launched a formal market engagement process to as it seeks to boost the capabilities of the state’s electronic medical record system.
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