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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

I Think It Is Probably Wise To Wait A Few Years Before Trusting AI Health Advice!
This appeared a few days ago Why you shouldn ’t ask ChatGPT for medical advice By Angus Thomson April 4, 2024 — 6.00am If you asked a doctor whether to use ice to treat a burn, they would quickly advise you to run it under cold water instead. Even “Dr Google” will tell you that extreme cold constricts the blood vessels and can make a burn worse. But what happens when you ask ChatGPT the same (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 10, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

This Sounds Like A Good Step Forward In The Further Evolution Of FHIR.
This appeared last week: 03 April 2024 FHIR independent watchdog established By Staff Writers A committee consisting of reps from DoHAC, CSIRO, ADHA, MSIA and HL7 has convened to oversee the development of the first national FHIR standards. An independent committee has been established to oversee the development and implementation of FHIR standards, with FHIR founder Grahame Grieve (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 9, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

AusHealthIT Poll Number 741 – Results – 7 April, 2024.
Here are the results of the recent poll. Do You Believe Deployment Of More AI In Healthcare Will Make It Safer And Better? Yes                                            & (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 7, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

The Flogging Of This Dead Horse Is Really Getting Silly!
This appeared last week: CareVision Working to Integrate My Health Record for NDIS Aged Care and Community Care Apr 4, 2024 | Company News, Home Care Software, Home Care Technology The Australian government recommends the universal adoption of My Health Record by the aged care sector. My Health Record provides authorised healthcare professionals with access to a patient ’s key health (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 7, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Looks Like The ADHA CEO Has Left - Can Anyone Confirm?
Noted this today! (From a release from the APodA!)"Australian Digital Health Agency Acting CEO Peter O ’Halloran said, “Our initial focus has been on supporting GPs and pharmacies to register but they are not the only healthcare providers that face large amounts of paperwork whenever health professionals join or leave their employment."Web site is not updated as of Friday 5/4/2024David, (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

I Think We Still Have A Great Deal To Learn About The Denisovans …
This appeared last week The Observer Evolution Scientists link elusive human group to 150,000-year-old Chinese ‘dragon man’ Researchers have found fresh evidence that may connect the mysterious Denisovans to the early human species Homo longi Robin McKie Science editor Sun 31 Mar 2024 02.00 AEDT Last modified on Sun 31 Mar 2024 07.16 AEDT They remain one of the most elusive groups of (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

This Is A Fantastic Story On How One Of Our Most Important Tech. Companies Emerged.
This appeared last weekMorris Chang turned 55. Then he started the world ’s most important company By Ben Cohen The Wall Street Journal 1:24AM March 31, 2024 The world’s most valuable tech companies were founded in dorm rooms, garages and diners by entrepreneurs who were remarkably young. Bill Gates was 19. Steve Jobs was 21. Jeff Bezos and Jensen Huang were 30. But what might just be the world’s (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs