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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

If You Have Yourself For Your Doctor, You Have A Fool For A Patient!
This saga reminded me forcefully of the above saying, which has more that a grain of truth! Patient speaks out after online prescribing ‘ordeal’ One Australian woman is warning about the dangers of bypassing a GP, after ineffective medication for a UTI left her fighting for life in hospital. Michelle Wisbey 03 Nov 2023 When Abbey Smith developed a urinary tract infection (UTI), she (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

AusHealthIT Poll Number 721 – Results – 05 November, 2023.
Here are the results of the poll. Do You Believe Implementation Of Artificial Intelligence Technologies Will Significantly Reduce The Clinical Documentation Workload Over The Next 5-10 Years? Yes                                                                                15 (45%) No                                                                                 18 (55%) I Have no Idea (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Artificial Intelligence Has Certainly Become A Global Focus This Last Year!
This popped up a few days ago as emblematic of the trend: Summit warns about dangers of artificial intelligence influence By Jacquelin Magnay 5:41PM November 2, 2023 Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic has warned artificial intelligence-generated misinformation is “the big thing” that could influence the way people make future decisions, including at elections. He said governments had adopted (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

OAIC Reveals What It Has Done In Digital Health For The Year.
We noted this a few days ago: Annual report of the Australian Information Commissioner's activities in relation to digital health 2022 –23 Published: 20 Oct 2023 Executive summary Download the Annual report of the Australian Information Commissioner's activities in relation to digital health 2022–23 This annual report sets out the Australian Information Commissioner’s digital health (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

What Can We Make Of This Latest Plan For Re-Structuring And Sharing
This popped up last week …. Sharing by default: delivery of health interoperability plan in full swing 25 October 2023 By Kate McDonald The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) will release quarterly updates on the ambitious goals of the national healthcare interoperability plan following the recent creation of the independent Council for Connected Care (CCC), and in light of the federal (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

I Have To Say I Did Not Know eConsults Were A Thing Until Now!
This popped up a few days ago. EConsults? Show me the time and money By Laura Woodrow 27 October 2023 Broad structural change is necessary if this model is ever to take off in Australia. EConsults could increase access to specialist care and improve GP-physician relationships, if implemented well – but structural change is needed to allay concerns over remuneration and time allocation, say (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 31, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

The Federal Health Minister Unplugged! - Link Included!!
 At the end of ABC Insiders this morning (29/10/23) (On iView soon) our Federal Health Minister does a high-voltage "Elvis:" impersonation.Has to be seen to be believed!Here is the link:https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/health-minister-mark-butler-pulls-dad-dancing-moves-on-the-ka raoke-stage/news-story/57205644136058d80690629075661808 David. (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 29, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs