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New Zealand will go ahead with a community-wide trial of the Bluetooth-enabled CovidCard technology in Rotorua as an adjunct to its NZ COVID Tracer app. The NZ government funded a trial of CovidCard run by the University of Otago in conjunction with the Nelson Marlborough DHB during the lockdown period and found it had benefits, Digital Services Minister Kris Faafoi said. … [read more] |
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A virtual triage service launched during COVID-19 lockdown by skin cancer diagnostics service MoleMap has identified skin cancer in 12 per cent of high-risk patients examined. The new contactless service was used by melanographers in New Zealand and Australia to assess patient lesions remotely and refer high priority cases for further diagnosis … [read more] |
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Canterbury District Health Board CEO David Meates has resigned after 10 years in a surprise announcement, which follows the departure of executive director of planning Carolyn Gullery. Mr Meates led the DHB through some of its most challenging events, including the Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquakes and the terrorist attacks … [read more] |
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Telehealth and older patients, $18.5b Livongo and Teledoc merger, $16.4b Siemens Healthineers and Varian buy, telemedicine and COVID cancer backlog, Apple-Google COVID tracing in the UK and US, FDA approval for Samsung Health Monitor app, US Medicare telehealth extension, patient identifier ban, EMRs and physician burnout … [read more] |
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