Today’s episode features part 2 of our extended interview with Daniel McCabe, First Assistant Secretary for the Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division at the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. We dissect the government’s ambitious agenda and their determination to put patients/consumers in the centre of healthcare innovation. 

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Today’s episode features part 1 of our extended interview with Daniel McCabe, First Assistant Secretary for the Medicare Benefits and Digital Health Division at the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. We dissect the government’s ambitious agenda and their determination to put patients/consumers in the centre of healthcare innovation. 

Louise tries to convince George they should join the Ozempic gold rush. Will George consent?

The British Medical Journal has published a piece entitled “Patients need access to their medical records—now”, adding a loud voice to the move to share by default health records with patients.

What should be the role of tech in treating mental health conditions? The government is under fire for spending precious budget dollars on the wrong things.

Now you can get a blood pressure test while you shop for DIY items and munch down on a sausage sizzle. Will the vegans invade that oh-so-precious Australian institution of a sausage in the Bunnings car park?

Patient portals are not yet universal in Australia, but they will be if Kath Feely, Chief Allied Health Information Officer across Melbourne’s Parkville hospital precinct has anything to do with it. (Go allied health!)

Medical AI scribes are getting traction - can they be used to effortlessly create a version of the clinical note for patients? What do Pulse+IT readers think?

And yay to our friends in Canada who have launched the first patient-mediated International Patient Summary in North America. It’s kind of a big deal! Will Australia be following their lead?

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The PulsePod team are in Brisbane Australia for the annual HIC conference, where there are a number of announcements from large software companies, plus the future of interoperability seems to be FHIR all the way baby!

What does Rock Health’s latest report tell us about US investor sentiment in digital health startups?

Investing in women founders is so rare, should we refer to that as the real unicorn in start-up land?

US based personal genomics company 23andMe – from highs to lows, what’s next for personal genomics?

It’s all about the patient!  Simple things like the convenience of online patient appointment booking are still a rarity in the land of medical specialists – one guy is wanting to change that!

A visit into the Pulse+IT archives: Kate McDonald wrote about Chris Longhurst and Mike South’s HIC2018 keynote on why clinician burnout related to the EMR is not as prevalent a problem in Australia vs US.

Louise & George talk with Liz Salmi, Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the US about her research and patient advocacy work, and what does happen when patients get bad health news from reading it in online first

Paper: When Bad News Comes Through the Portal

Keynote: Getting Ready for Open Everything, MedInfo 2023

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Oh the irony – a software tool designed to offer cyber protection against systems going down, causes the biggest cyber outage the world has ever seen.  Healthcare was not except.  The conspiracy theorists think it could be the start of SkyNet.  Good grief!

Australia and the US making moves to improve cybersecurity in health.

Will Tony Blair convince Labor it can save the NHS by creating a new national purpose around leading the biotech revolution? Tony Blair Institute report ‘A New National Purpose: Leading the Biotech Revolution”

Sharing is caring - Love to our friends in Ireland progressing a legislative agenda around sharing health information.

Our friends head to Canberra to convince politicians we need rules and regulation to ensure patient safety is paramount in the development of use of AI.

Louise & George talk with Peter O’Halloran, Chief Digital Officer, Australian Digital Health Agency ADHAon the exciting announcements around modernising Australia’s digital health infrastructure.

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Unless EMRs have become sentient and we missed the memo, humans are ultimately the cause of an ‘EMR error’ South Australia Health is currently investigating.

What’s required to save the NHS? There’s a new sheriff in the town that is the United Kingdom and he’s a big fan of tech. Can he course correct the NHS?

Should we be worried about life expectancy numbers going in the wrong direction? George and Louise discuss longevity science and healthspan and the role of digital, data and where the Kardashians sit on the hype curve.

Our guest today is Catherine de Fontenay, Commissioner at the Productivity Commission discussing their newly released report Leveraging Digital Technology in Healthcare.

Tis the season for all things strategy! This week Pulse+IT Editor in Chief, Kate McDonald has an update on the plethora of digital health strategies across the planet, including a pretty good one on aged care by the Australian government.

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Well it’s finally here! George and Louise managed to coordinate their calendars to bring you this inaugural episode of Pulse. They lift the lid on a range of hot topics, from AI, Ozempic, the telehealth wars and even Southpark gets a mention. They also share their own career journeys that led them to digital health – they might have been younger, but their passion for all things health and innovation has only grown stronger! This week they are joined by Pulse+IT Editor in Chief, Kate McDonald.

Link to the IMF Report discussed 

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Two Australians who’ve been at the heart of digital health since before it was called digital health - Dr Louise Schaper and Dr George Margelis, join forces to bring you Pulse. Pulse lifts the lid on all things innovation and tech in healthcare. With expert analysis, breaking news, and some idle banter, you’ll feel at home tuning in to hear these digital health legends and their friends discuss the key stories that are happening today, which will have profound impact on the health system of tomorrow.

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