It was 1996 when my husband was transferred to the small rural town of Healesville for work. In inner-city Melbourne, where we’d been living, we had a support network of neighbours, friends and family. In Healesville we didn’t know a soul. It was just me and my husband, our two little kids and two dogs….
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Household Stuffed-up sievesAlways use a dishwasher. If one isn’t available, soak in the sink first, to loosen particles, then take a dish brush or nail brush to it. Rinse under a fast hot tap.Aggie MacKenzie, TV presenter and author Coffee that clogsCoffee brewed with a French press leaves behind a slurry of grounds and water, and…
A couple of years ago, I moved to a new city. The pandemic put my university plans permanently on hold, and I’ve recently started working full time. I built up a sizeable network of online friends during and after the pandemic, but I’ve found myself craving real-life friends to interact with more often. I don’t drink and…
Korean government launches tariff support for medtech companies The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute have launched a tariff support centre to help medical device companies navigate recent trade challenges. The Biohealth Industry Tariff Support Center, established on 25 April, aims to assist companies in the industry, including…
EMC Grha Kedoya Hospital in West Jakarta, Indonesia, has been validated for Stage 6 of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, which assesses an organisation’s maturity in EMR capabilities. Established in 2011, the private 200-bed hospital is part of EMC Healthcare, a group of eight private hospitals in Indonesia. It sees over 120,000 patients…
Berkeley Research Group, more commonly known as BRG, recently launched its “2025 U.S. Healthcare & Life Sciences Transactions Outlook.” The report includes some interesting findings related to healthcare technology. A portion of the data shows, among other things, that providers are considering transactions/deal activity in 2025 to address challenges and opportunities with AI, cybersecurity and digitization….
The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are working together to build what they’re calling a “real-world data platform” that can be used to research claims information, electronic medical records and consumer wearable data – all with the goal, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,…
Kettering Health Breast Centers was facing a challenge: Its cancer risk assessment process was inefficient and fragmented. Staff there relied on a separate tablet-based system where patients or staff completed risk questionnaires. This setup posed several hurdles: The tablets depended on unstable Wi-Fi, the process was time-consuming to explain to patients, and consent was required…
Mount Sinai Health System has announced that all medical and graduate students as well as faculty and staff at its Icahn School of Medicine will have access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT private and secure educational platform. WHY IT MATTERS Use of the ChatGPT Edu platform is intended to complement evidence-based practices and help provide expert guidance…