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Anxiety With The Potential Capabilities Of AI Is Certainly Rising!
This appeared last week: Where do we draw the line on using AI in TV and film? Recent controversies, including Civil War posters and altered photos in a Netflix documentary, have led to concern over the growing use of artificial intelligence on screen Adrian Horton Sat 20 Apr 2024 17.12 AEST Last modified on Sat 20 Apr 2024 17.13 AEST Though last year ’s writers’ and actors’ strikes in (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 26, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

I Hope You Have A Respectful And Restful ANZAC Day!
Best wishes to all out veterans and all those marching!It is an important day to remember all those who served and the many who paid a major sacrifice for what we now enjoy in the way of freedom and security.I am very proud of all in my family who served or suffered at the hands of conflict. I was very lucky to miss out on any direct experience of conflict or loss but have seen the damage that (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 25, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

I Usually Stay Clear Of Politics But I Need To Add My Voice To Those Who Think Julian Assange Needs To Stay In An UK Or US Jail Until He Agrees To Shut Up Permanently.
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Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 24, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

We Reap What We Sow With Mental Health Services Provision!
This appeared last week Psychiatrists warn mental health system is ‘under siege and stress’ Exclusive By Natasha Bita Education Editor 8:27PM April 19, 2024 Psychotic and suicidal patients are being turned away from short-staffed public hospitals, as the nation’s health ministers work to plug gaping gaps between medical treatment and NDIS support for the m entally ill. Frontline health and (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 23, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

AusHealthIT Poll Number 743 – Results – 21 April, 2024.
Here are the results of the poll. Are You Concerned That Our Mental Health Services Are Not Reliably Identifying Potentially Dangerous Sufferers And Getting Them Effective Care? Yes                                   & (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 21, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

I Suspect We Have A While To Go Before We Can Declare Total Victory Over COVID-19 And Its Sequelae.
This appeared last week as a bit of a reminder. Long Covid expert backs dedicated care clinics over seeing GPs ExclusiveBy Milanda Rout Deputy editor of The Weekend Australian's Travel + Luxury 8:37PM April 19, 2024 The nation ’s leading expert in Long Covid care has urged the federal government to back dedicated treatment clinics and abandon plans to shift the burden of patient care to GPs. (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 21, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

A Company That Enables Much Of Digital Health Is Growing Like Crazy It Seems.
 This appeared last week: NextDC feeds the ducks while they ’re hungry NextDC has played the capital markets game superbly to be on the cusp of the top-50 stocks. To stay there, it has to deliver. Apr 11, 2024 – 11.26am Data centre owner NextDC has hit the big leagues – its first $1 billion-plus equity raising that should help catapult it into Austr alia’s top-50 listed companies. (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 20, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

This Is Really Not Good Enough I Believe! We Have Regulatory Blindness In Full Flight I Fear.
This appeared last week: Health ‘What we’re seeing is not telehealth’: alarm over doctors using AI and prescribing without seeing patients Consumers Health Forum calls on Australian government to address ‘significant safety concerns’ about prescribing without any conversation with patient Melissa Davey Medical editor Thu 11 Apr 2024 01.00 AEST Last modified on Thu 11 Apr 2024 08.22 AEST (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 19, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

The Pace Of Change In The AI Space Is Really Becoming Dizzying!
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Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 18, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

It Looks Like Some Big Changes Are Afoot In The Privacy Space.
This appeared a few days ago: 7 steps to prepare your organisation for changes to Australia ’s privacy legislation Opinion 02 Apr 2024 5 mins Michael Fagan, former chief transformation officer at Village Roadshow, examines the proposed changes to the Privacy Act and how CIOs in Australia can prepare for them. Australian privacy legislation is about to undergo a major overhaul with m ore than (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 17, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

The CSIRO Looks At AI And Health Care – A Useful Review.
This appeared a little while ago. AI trends for healthcare 27 Mar 2024 Publisher Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Resources AI trends for healthcare Description In 2023 artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have started to move into mainstream use. Tools such as ChatGPT have provided a way that almost everyone (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 16, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

AusHealthIT Poll Number 742 – Results – 14 April, 2024.
Here are the results of the poll. Do You Believe The Cost Of Comprehensive Private Health Insurance Has Become Essentially Unaffordable? Yes                                          & (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 14, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Forces Are Moving In Ways Which Might Severely Damage Our GP Led Health System.
This appeared last week 11 April 2024 Are we heading for a physician associate moment? By Holly Payne The AMA and GP colleges have warned that scope-of-practice reforms could result in the kind of implosion seen in the UK health system. The UK and Canada are valuable case studies for allied health scope of practice – but not for the reason that the scope of practice review commissioners (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 14, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

It Might Be That Our Understanding Of Dark Energy is Improving – Or Not!
2 related articles appeared last week: First we had this: Astronomers may have got dark energy all wrong. It ’s great news for the universe By Dennis Overbye April 5, 2024 — 3.30pm New York: On Thursday, astronomers who are conducting what they describe as the biggest and most precise survey yet of the history of the universe announced that they might have discovered a major flaw in their (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 12, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

I Suspect We Need To Be A Bit Wary Of Some Excessive Hype But Things Are Happening!
This appeared last week: 03 April 2024 Australia entering ‘extraordinary epoch’ of AI in healthcare By Harriet Grayson AI apps could transform clinical workflows and patient outcomes across aged care, disability, radiology and primary care, according to the CSIRO. The rise of natural language processing and generative language models across AI app lications in healthcare has taken (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 11, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs