Synchron raises $306m for brain-computer interface - Pulse+IT Melbourne-founded brain-computer interface (BCI) provider Synchron has raised $306 million in its latest Series D financing round, including $54 million from Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund C...

Synchron’s Stentrode BCI platform is the world’s first endovascular brain-computer interface, designed to translate brain activity into digital commands without open-brain surgery. 
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Small towns, big targets: Cyber threats in rural healthcare - Pulse+IT Australia’s healthcare has been consistently targeted by cyber criminals in recent years. In fact, healthcare has reported the highest volume of data breaches across all Australian sectors since 2018,...

Commentary from Claroty about #cybersecurity in rural and remote healthcare - good read with some tips. www.pulseit.news/opinion/smal...

Harnessing mRNA to prevent and slow Alzheimer's - Pulse+IT The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health will receive more than $535,000 for two projects that will use mRNA technology to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's affects more...

Florey Institute to be funded for projects using mRNA technology to prevent & treat #Alzheimers www.pulseit.news/aged-communi...

Prioritising integration pays off for Echo-Health - Pulse+IT Integration over automation - that’s the secret sauce which AI‑powered clinical documentation and patient communication provider Echo‑Health.ai says allows their platform to achieve “true interoperabi...

echo-health.ai's Cecilia Harris says that since its launch in May, the #AI‑powered documentation platform has attracted 100+ users across multiple NZ clinics – a “significant milestone” attributed to the prioritisation of “integration through standardised #clinicalcoding over pure automation.”

Digital connectivity essential for rural health outcomes - TUANZ - Pulse+IT Achieving universal digital connectivity across New Zealand is “essential” for improving health outcomes - especially in rural areas, according to a new report from the Technology Users Association of...

Achieving universal digital connectivity across New Zealand is “essential” for improving health outcomes – especially in rural areas, according to a new report from TUANZ.

SQL on FHIR makes health data analytics easier  - Pulse+IT A new open-source health data standard called SQL on FHIR is helping bridge the gap between fast-growing volumes of structured health data and the tools used to analyse it. CSIRO's John Grimes. Image ...

#Standards #FHIR John Grimes from CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research says SQL on FHIR (pronounced sequel on fire) was developed to help analysts, clinicians, and public health teams make better use of FHIR data using tools and skills they already had.
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Why Australia’s healthcare future depends on technology - Pulse+IT Australia’s health system is rightly celebrated for its world-class outcomes, but beneath the surface, it is straining under the weight of rising costs, workforce burnout and shortages, and growing de...

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Mental health agreement ‘flawed,’ data infrastructure gaps remain - Pulse+IT “The Agreement comprises a raft of outputs and initiatives that aren’t connected to each other or to an overarching strategy. In its current form, it cannot deliver the systemic, coordinated change it...

Australia’s Productivity Commission says the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement is “fundamentally flawed,” with data infrastructure gaps limiting its effectiveness. www.pulseit.news/australian-d...

Cubiko launches Calculate in collaboration with Best Practice - Pulse+IT GP business data and insights solution provider Cubiko has partnered with Best Practice to launch Calculate - a new platform for calculating practice service and practitioner fees. Cubiko founder & CE...

GP business data and insights solution provider Cubiko has partnered with Best Practice Software to launch Calculate – a new platform for calculating practice service and practitioner fees.
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Bupa’s new mental health clinics to include digital services - Pulse+IT Healthcare and insurance provider Bupa has announced a new network of mental health clinics that will be supported by virtual health and medical centres, in response to growing consumer demand. In a s...

Healthcare and insurance provider Bupa today announced a new network of mental health clinics that will be supported by #virtualhealth and medical centres, in response to growing consumer demand. www.pulseit.news/australian-d...

Opinion: Where public health ends and personalised medicine begins - Pulse+IT The coming reckoning for AI in Australia, New Zealand healthcare The convergence of AI, public health, and personalised medicine isn’t coming, it is by all accounts, already here. But healthcare syste...

Recommended reading - convergence of #AI #publichealth & #personalisedmedicine by Dr Tom Varghese, @Orion Healthcare www.pulseit.news/pulseit-blog...

Powehouse AI in Primary Care panel at Collaborative Aotearoa's #NgāHonongaOra conference today, feat. Jess Morgan-French, Dr Bryan Betty (GPNZ), Jazmin Clapham (WellSouth), Jon Herries (Health NZ), Dr Nader Fattah (THINK Hauora) + James Oughton (Manatū Hauora) #AIInPrimaryCare @pulseit.bsky.social

Digital equity coalition raises concerns about 24/7 digital health service - Pulse+IT People with limited or non-existent access to the internet are at risk of being excluded from the government’s recently announced 24/7 digital health service, according to the Digital Equity Coalition...

People with limited internet access are at risk of being excluded from the #NZ government’s recently announced 24/7 digital health service, according to the Digital Equity Coalition Aotearoa www.pulseit.news/new-zealand-...
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Indigenous values hard-wired into genomics platform - Pulse+IT Māori and non-Māori scientists have teamed up to develop a prototype platform that aims to link whole genome DNA sequencing data, healthcare records, and mātauranga whakapapa (genealogical knowledge) ...

Māori and non-Māori scientists have teamed up to develop a prototype platform linking genome DNA sequencing data, healthcare records and mātauranga whakapapa – all with Māori principles “hard wired” into its setup. The bespoke data platform is designed for application in precision health research.

Cloud storage costs causing budget blow outs - survey - Pulse+IT Organisations across Asia Pacific - including New Zealand, Australia and Japan - are experiencing budget overruns due to cloud storage fees, according to the latest Wasabi Global Cloud Storage Index. ...

New report from @wasabicloud.bsky.social shows organisations across Asia Pacific are experiencing budget overruns due to cloud storage fees - 76% of NZ respondents said they exceeded their cloud storage budget last year, the highest figure globally – exceeding the average of 62%

Delays & short-term fixes in digital health are unaffordable - Pulse+IT The Digital Health Association says an apparent renewed Government focus on digital health infrastructure is long overdue, following a year of deprioritisation which saw close to half a billion dollar...

NZ's Digital Health Association CEO Ryl Jensen says “We can’t afford more delays or short-term fixes. The past year has already cost us momentum, and we are seeing the impact as other countries pull ahead in digital health innovation. If we don’t act now, we risk falling even further behind.”

Revealed: Details of digital systems at New Dunedin Hospital - Pulse+IT Digital infrastructure at the New Dunedin Hospital outpatients building will include Cisco Wi-Fi and Airista Flow location technology as well as BLE and RFID systems, documents provided to Pulse+IT ha...

Briefing documents released to @pulseit.bsky.social under the Official Information Act show New Dunedin Hospital's outpatient building digital programme is "tracking amber" - with 7 digital infrastructure milestones completed, 12 in progress and 3 delayed, while a further 24 had not yet been started

Future thinking rockstars for ITAC25 in Melbourne - Pulse+IT The aged care sector’s vendors and providers are ready for ITAC25, one of the major innovation conferences of the year to be held March 12-13 at Marvel stadium, Melbourne. The sector is readying for t...

It's #ITAC2025 March 12-13 in Melbourne and this year there's plenty of change coming to the sector with the new Aged Care Act, so great timing for an inspirational #agedcare conference run by the sector peak body. Follow Pulse+IT for dedicated #digitalhealth news.
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Heidi Health secures US$16.6m in funding  - Pulse+IT Australian-founded AI scribe company ‍Heidi Health has raised US$16.6M in its latest funding round.  The Series A follow-on investment is led by Headline, with participation from Local Globe, Antholog...

Heidi Health has accelerated towards its mission to "double the world's healthcare capacity by relieving clinicians from the administrative work that takes them away from the frontline of care" with a major funding boost announced today. #digitalhealth www.pulseit.news/australian-d...

US tariffs set to increase F&P Healthcare expenses - Pulse+IT New tariffs introduced by US President Trump against Mexico will impact costs for medical equipment manufacturer Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, which makes almost half its product line in Mexico. In a No...

NZ-based Fisher & Paykel Healthcare makes ~45% of its products in Mexico, with about 60% of US sales supplied from the company’s Mexico facilities #tarrifs #healthtech

Medical technology researchers in $20m PhD fund  - Pulse+IT Science Minister Shane Reti met with researchers working on innovative medical technologies as he announced a new $20 million applied doctorate scheme to be hosted collaboratively by Auckland, Victori...

Minister Shane Reti MP met with researchers working on innovative medical technologies as he announced a new $20 million applied doctorate scheme. @reeshlyon.bsky.social Lyon @Pulse+IT #digitalhealth #news #NewZealand
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SilVR Adventures expands into China - Pulse+IT Australian virtual reality provider SilVR Adventures, which specialises in aged care VR, has expanded into China through a partnership with Sindora Living in Nanjing. SilVR says its latest collaborati...

Innovative Australian #virtualreality provider SilVR Adventures, which specialises in aged care VR, has expanded into #China through a partnership with Sindora Living 欣岳年 in Nanjing. @reeshlyon.bsky.social in Pulse+IT news today

Telstra Health launches AI-powered Smart Scribe  - Pulse+IT Telstra Health’s AI-powered Smart Scribe tool launches today, with enough safeguards and features to ease general practitioners safely along the digital health transformation journey. Designed “by cli...

💯 article by Heather Fletcher, detailing #Telstra Health’s AI-powered Smart Scribe tool (launched today), that can generate referral letters, patient summaries and medical certificates - which a clinician can review, edit and save into their patient’s file #DigitalHealth #Ausmed @pulseit.bsky.social

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Need to continue building consumer trust, Summit told - Pulse+IT Australians need to trust the digital health systems they use are underpinned by standards to secure their information, Department of Health and Aged Care assistant secretary Simon Cleverley said toda...

More #digitalhealth coverage from the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care at the Connect. Care. Confidence C3.0 Summit 2025. Click to read: www.pulseit.news/australian-d...

Government funds world-first digital mental health support program - Pulse+IT SANE Australia has been awarded $27.3 million over three years for the national roll out of a free digital psychosocial recovery program for adults experiencing complex mental illness and trauma, as w...

National #mentalhealth organisation SANE announced it has a $27.3 million boost over three years for the rollout of a free #digital psychosocial recovery program. Stay connected with #digitalhealth news and updates with Pulse+IT.
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Report: When digital becomes a barrier to care - Pulse+IT An over-reliance on digital systems can be a barrier for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people trying to access care. A report by the Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner Andrea K...

An over-reliance on digital systems can be a barrier for older Aboriginal + Torres Strait Islander people trying to access care - that's according to a report by Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner Andrea Kelly, which warned about risks from unreliable or unavailable internet connectivity

Opinion: Connected care deserves our commitment    - Pulse+IT Undoubtedly we’ve all taken interest in the Trump administration’s announcement of a $500 billion investment into securing America’s dominance in artificial intelligence (AI).  Flanked by the who’s wh...

Anja Nikolic, CEO @ Australasian Institute of Digital Health says AI guardrails shouldn’t unnecessarily impede ethical and considered innovation and adoption. “Sweeping edicts prohibiting the use of AI in healthcare services are no longer viable or excusable.” More @ Pulse+IT @pulseit.bsky.social

Urgent legal action taken against data, digital job cuts at Health NZ - Pulse+IT Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora is facing urgent legal action against its plans to “gut” thousands of roles, including many across its data and digital team. The Public Service Association represent...

Legal action: New Zealand's Public Service Association Te Pukenga Here Tikanga Mahi has taken proceedings against the government's plans to cut jobs at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, writes @reeshlyon.bsky.social #NewZealand #digitalhealth news. www.pulseit.news/new-zealand-...

DHA backs PSA over cybersecurity risks from Health NZ lay-offs - Pulse+IT New Zealand’s Public Service Association has asked the Privacy Commissioner to urgently investigate Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ’s plan to “decimate its IT staff” as part of Government plans to cut health...

Public Service Association Te Pukenga Here Tikanga Mahi has asked the Privacy Commissioner to urgently investigate a Health New Zealand |Te Whatu Ora plan to cut 47% of digital jobs calling it a gamble with patient safety. @reeshlyon.bsky.social #digitalhealth #news
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