HIC 2019: Dragon in the cloud, HIC awards night, HISA on allied health

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HIC 2019: Nuance to launch Dragon in the cloud with voice on the doctor's smartphone

Nuance Communications plans to launch its new cloud-based Dragon Medical One speech recognition platform for the Australian market beginning next month, enabling greater efficiencies in clinical documentation and the ability to use clinicians' smartphones as a wireless microphone for dictation. Dragon Medical One (DMO) will eventually ... [read more]

HIC 2019: RACGP's practice IT champion Nathan Pinskier wins HISA's top award

Melbourne GP and long-time RACGP expert committee on practice IT chair Nathan Pinskier has won the top award at the Health Informatics Society of Australia's annual HIC conference in Melbourne this evening. Dr Pinskier was presented with the annual Jon Hilton award for excellence in primary care informatics for excellence in ... [read more]

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HIC 2019: HISA calls for action on allied health informatics

The Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) has launched Australia's first allied health informatics position paper, calling on the allied health workforce to adopt a coordinated approach to digital health. The paper says a substantial proportion of healthcare demand is met by the allied health sector and yet the role is “poorly understood ... [read more]

Fujitsu looks for AI solution to brain scans

Fujitsu Australia has partnered with GE Healthcare, Macquarie University and Macquarie Medical Imaging on a project to develop a solution using AI to detect and monitor brain aneurysms on scans faster and more efficiently. The project has received a grant of $2.1 million from the federal Department of Industry, Innovation and Science and ... [read more]

Genie and HotDoc to launch joint booking system with triage for specialists

Clinical software vendor Genie Solutions and patient engagement solution specialist HotDoc are building a joint booking solution aimed at medical specialists that will include basic triage of appointments and referrals. Genie Solutions will handle billing and front-line support for the new functionality, which will be heavily integrated into ... [read more]

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AGPA calls for privacy impact assessment for PIP QI

The Australian General Practice Alliance (AGPA) has called for a privacy impact assessment to be undertaken on the government's new Practice Incentive Program Quality Improvement incentive (PIP QI) to clarify concerns it has with the use of third party data extraction software and the handling of data by primary health networks (PHNs) ... [read more]

Blog: Consumer watchdog bares its teeth

We must admit that yesterday's announcement by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that it had launched legal action against health IT firm HealthEngine was a bit of a surprise, coming as it does over a year after the online booking service was thoroughly roasted in the media for its decision to edit or delete patient ... [read more]

International health IT week in review: August 11

Babylon raises $US550m, UK pledges £250m for AI, Alexa at UCHealth, GP at Hand destabilising, insurers join Blue Button 2.0, DeepMind's deep pockets, CVSHealth diabetes target, DirectTrust eyes standard for instant messaging, fractured states of American opioid crisis ... [read more]

ACCC takes HealthEngine to court over review manipulation

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched legal proceedings against online appointment booking service HealthEngine over its past behaviour in which it manipulated patient reviews and shared personal contact information with insurance companies. The ACCC is claiming that between March 2015 and March 2018 ... [read more]

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