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Month: June 2021

Healthcare

Overcoming the challenges of perioperative care delivery in rural Australia

Bringing quality perioperative care to people in rural areas is an important, but challenging, experience. Rural Australians have statistically poorer health than those that live in major cities, with 20 percent higher rates of chronic disease; and a range of increased risk factors, including smoking, alcohol intake, and malnutrition. Mortality rates are notably higher among…

8 Jun 2021, by Amy Sarcevic

Healthcare

Technology

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What Google is doing to enhance healthcare delivery – insights from Head of Innovation Scott Thomson

Upon hearing the word ‘Google’ you could be forgiven for not immediately thinking of healthcare innovations like AI protein folding algorithms, contactless sleep sensors, or robotics assisted surgery. But according to Google’s Head of Innovation for Customer Engineering, Scott Thomson, the firm’s recent efforts in the healthcare space are so substantial that they can no…

8 Jun 2021, by Amy Sarcevic