Roundup: Te Whatu Ora’s new information and digital chief and extra briefs

Te Whatu Ora names new information and digital chief

Leigh Donoghue has been appointed as the brand new information and digital chief at Te Whatu Ora.

Donoghue brings to the desk important experiences in main main tasks, together with the nationwide rollout of EMR techniques throughout the UK, the introduction of a nationwide digital well being platform in Australia, and the transformation of nationwide telehealth companies in New Zealand.

Primarily based on a media launch, he’ll lead a crew that can undertake a multi-year programme of change and digital enablement that underpins the transformation of well being companies supply in New Zealand.

That crew may also guarantee Te Whatu Ora’s digital property are being utilised to assist equitable outcomes all through the well being system, in addition to enabling a tradition of clear, usable information sharing to drive innovation utilizing insights from throughout the sector.

NT Well being formally appoints new CEO

Dr Marco Briceno, who has been performing CEO of NT Well being since final yr October, has been formally appointed to his position.

In line with a media launch, he has held varied management roles over the previous 15 years, together with as a system supervisor and scientific management positions in hospitals and first healthcare settings.

“It’s a super honour for me to be formally appointed as CEO of NT Well being, the place I’m able to steer well being technique and assist my colleagues within the wonderful work they do proper throughout the Territory to enhance the well being of all Territorians,” Dr Briceno stated about his appointment.

Western Sydney LHD adopts new voice AI to assist individuals with lengthy COVID

Western Sydney Native Well being District is utilizing a newly launched conversational voice AI answer to offer assist to individuals with lengthy COVID.

Developed by well being tech firm Healthily, the GoShare Voice answer allows telephone calls with sufferers in a number of languages. It additionally supplies well being schooling, reminders, appointment confirmations, surveys, and real-time responses to affected person questions, amongst others.

The LHD is utilizing each on-line surveys and automatic telephone calls by way of GoShare Voice to succeed in people who find themselves probably coping with lengthy COVID signs, together with these with low-English proficiency and literacy.

GoShare Voice has additionally enabled the organisation to risk-stratify, prioritise, and ship tailor-made interventions to totally different segments of the neighborhood.

CSIRO collaborates with startup to develop AI dental x-ray evaluation instrument

CSIRO has been working with Sydney-based startup Eyes of AI (EAI) in growing AI fashions to detect abnormalities in dental x-rays.

EAI has developed a web-based picture viewing platform and compiled a big dataset of orthopantomogram, bitewings, periapical and cone beam CT photographs.

Since final yr, it has been collaborating with Data61, CSIRO’s information and digital arm, to develop machine studying fashions to detect dental and jaw illnesses and landmarks, in addition to measurement options to quantify the scale, distances, and densities in and between pathological and non-pathological anatomical landmarks.

The organisations will proceed their analysis partnership over the following 12 months to enhance the accuracy and effectivity of their AI fashions. EIA can be searching for partnerships with high Australian universities to scale the affect of their AI dental fashions.

BPAC’s eReferral system integrates referral administration from Novari Well being

New Zealand-based BPAC Scientific Options has built-in its e-Referral system with Canadian firm Novari Well being’s referral administration software program.

This integration permits clinicians utilizing BPAC to transmit referrals from inside their PMS to non-public and public healthcare suppliers utilizing Novari. Healthcare suppliers then can leverage Novari’s customisable workflow to obtain, triage, waitlist, and course of affected person referrals.