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AusHealthIT Poll Number 724 – Results – 26 November, 2023.
Here are the results of the poll. Are We Doing Enough To Track Down And Punish Cyber-Fraudsters? Yes                                                                                 14 (35%) No                                                                                 26 (65%) I Have no Idea                                                               0 (0%) Total No. Of Votes: 40 A (Source: Austra...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

I Am Amazed That This Truth Has Not Been More Remarked Upon Over The Ages!
This appeared a few days ago NSW Customer Service says digital "cannot be the only answer" By Kate Weber Nov 23 2023 12:38PM Inclusivity and social cohesion drive decision-making. The NSW Department of Customer Service has warned against over reliance of digital solutions to solve community issues, highlighting the importance of inclusion in the digital government service delivery age. (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

It Seems That As We Learn More We Realise We Know Less!
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Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

This Is Good News About A Cancer None Of Us Ever Want!
 I, for one, would leap at an annual blood test to avoid this horror! Scientists to develop first ever blood test for pancreatic cancer By Joanna Panagopoulos 10:15PM November 16, 2023 Australian researchers are close to developing the first blood test for the “silent killer” pancreatic can cer. Scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne believe a (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

It Really Is Going To Be Hard To Tell Fact From Fiction As AI Evolves!
This appeared a few days ago: ‘Alarming’: convincing AI vaccine and vaping disinformation generated by Australian researchers Experiment produced fake images, patient and doctor testimonials and video in just over an hour Melissa Davey Medical editor  @MelissaLDavey Tue 14 Nov 2023 03.00 AEDT Last modified on Tue 14 Nov 2023 08.31 AEDT Researchers have used artificial intelligence to (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

AusHealthIT Poll Number 723 – Results – 19 November, 2023.
Here are the results of the poll. Are National Telco Outages, Like The Optus National Event Last Week, Technically Preventable At Acceptable Cost? Yes                                                                                  32 (76%) No                                                                                  10 (24%) I Have no Idea (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

I Really Think Pharmacists Should Stick To Their Lane!
This turned up a few days ago: MedAdvisor to deliver clinical platform behind Queensland pharmacy pilot It will enable community pharmacists to prescribe medications. By Adam Ang November 16, 2023 10:42 PM ASX-listed MedAdvisor has been chosen to deliver the technology supporting the first Australian pilot of community pharmacists expanding their scope of practice, including being able to (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

If It Were Not So Serious One Could Ba Amused By This.
 This appeared last week: Man crushed to death by robot that mistook him for a box of vegetables By David Millward November 9, 2023 — 11.30am A South Korean man has been crushed to death by an industrial robot that mistook him for a box of vegetables. The man, who was in his 40s, had been in specting a problem with the robot’s sensor at a distribution centre for agricultural produce in South (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

I Found This A Delightful Use Of Modern Imaging Technology!
 This appeared last week: Decoding the ancients buried by Vesuvius By Rhys Blakely The Times 7:06AM November 10, 2023 Luke Farritor, a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the US, was walking home from a party a couple of months ago when his phone pinged. In a sense, he’d rece ived a message from ancient Rome. Back in his college room he’d left an artificial-intelligence system (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

You Would Have To Say Aged Care Software Has A Way To Go!
This appeared last week: Published On: 6 November 2023 Spotlight on aged care R&D investment in digital solutions A recently released report on clinical care software in residential aged care demonstrates the breadth of disparate technology software across residential aged care and reinforces the need for greater data standards across the sector according to the Digital Health Cooperative (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Is There Really Any Excuse For National Telecommunications Outages?
This appeared last week and would seem to suggest, from a real expert, no! Yes, we weren ’t prepared for the Optus outage, but we should have been Paul Budde Telecommunications expertNovember 8, 2023 — 3.44pm The Optus outage cannot be considered a “rare occasion”. Over the past few years, we have witnessed several major outages across the telco networks, making it imperativ e for us to (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

AusHealthIT Poll Number 722 – Results – 12 November, 2023.
Here are the results of the poll. Is NSW Going To Get Value For Money By Spending $1Billion + Over 10 Years On Its Statewide Epic Implementation? Yes                                                                                   5 (13%) No                                                                                 32 (82%) I Have no Idea (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

I Found This Interesting – Will Be Back To Digital Health Next Week!
This appeared last week: Asteroid dust caused winter that killed dinosaurs: study By Daniel Lawler AFP Updated 5:24PM October 31, 2023, First published at 2:12PM October 31, 2023 About 66 million years ago, an ­asteroid bigger than Mt Everest smashed into Earth, killing off three-quarters of all life on the planet, including the dinosaurs. This much we know. But exactly how the impact of (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Optus CEO Has Arrogance Of A Really Special Level!
 This appeared this morning in the Fin Review"Optus CEO says ‘no soundbite’ to explain phone outageOptus boss Kelly Bayer Rosmarin said the cause of a national outage of phone and internet services was too ‘technical’ to explain."Maybe she should try us as she leaves her job and moves int o dishwashing!There are some pretty smart people out there who I am sure could understand!!!! What a (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

I Suppose This Had To Happen – Was Just A Matter of Time!
This appeared last week: Meet hackers ’ favourite new tool: WormGPT By David Swan November 3, 2023 — 5.00am Cybersecurity researchers are sounding an alarm about the hacking community’s answer to ChatGPT, a new generative AI tool dubbed WormGPT, which is being used to create sophisticated attacks on Australian businesses. Worm GPT is being described as similar to ChatGPT, but with no ethical (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs