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IHACPA
Healthcare
IHACPA opens consultation on Pricing Framework for Public Hospital Services 2025-26
Ritchelle Drilon May 9, 2024

The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has today released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Hospital Services 2025–26. The consultation

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healthcare
Digital Health
$5B in annual savings identified through better healthcare digitisation
Ritchelle Drilon May 9, 2024

The Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC) says the Productivity Commission’s report on digital technology in healthcare released this week clearly articulates the potential for

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home care
Aged Care
Optimising home care support for older people with healthcare needs
Ritchelle Drilon May 9, 2024

In the ongoing discussion about aged care reform, a recent study led by the University of Sydney sheds light on strategies for optimising home care

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culture
Aged Care, Featured Leader
Transforming aged care culture: A dual focus on workforce psychology and digitisation
Ritchelle Drilon May 9, 2024

In the aged care industry, where highly regulated environments can breed a phenomenon known as “learned helplessness,” organisations must actively work to cultivate a culture

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quality
Aged Care
Project builds on successful aged care quality measurement tools
Ritchelle Drilon May 9, 2024

Building on their nationally recognised work for improving aged care, a Flinders University team will now turn its attention to quality improvements for older people

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virtual eds
Digital Health
Virtual EDs seen as solution to reduce hospital overcrowding and ramping
Ritchelle Drilon May 7, 2024

As emergency departments across Australia continue to struggle with overcrowding and ramping, alternative virtual EDs – where specialist emergency doctors provide urgent care consults with

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transition
Aged Care
Project to streamline hospital to aged care transition
Ritchelle Drilon May 7, 2024

Community Industry Group (CI Group) is embarking on a new project funded by the NSW Government to streamline the transition of older individuals from hospitals

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national
Healthcare
National Health and Research Strategy hailed as milestone for future healthcare delivery
Ritchelle Drilon May 7, 2024

The announcement of a National Health and Research Strategy represents a critical milestone that will help shape the delivery of healthcare for future generations, according

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ransomware
Healthcare
Ransomware impacts on healthcare industry 5 times higher than average
Ritchelle Drilon May 7, 2024

Recent cyber incidents highlight healthcare as a top target for ransomware hackers. Research by Rubrik Zero Labs shows these attacks have significant impacts, with an

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hand
Healthcare
Making hand hygiene a habit for health: Keeping the germs at bay
Ritchelle Drilon May 3, 2024

On World Hand Hygiene Day this Sunday 5 May, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) urges Australians to continue

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frailty
Aged Care
Using AI to assess frailty levels in aged care
Ritchelle Drilon Apr 30, 2024

A researcher from James Cook University is working on adapting artificial intelligence (AI) technology to evaluate frailty levels in older adults. The goal is to

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pandemic
Healthcare
Concerns over equitable access in latest WHO Pandemic Agreement
Ritchelle Drilon Apr 30, 2024

Dr James Scheibner, Lecturer in Law at Flinders University, warns of a weakening of future technology transfer for pandemic response products. As the COVID-19 death

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