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This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and related matters.
I will also try to highlight ADHA Propaganda when I come upon it.
Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It’s pretty sad!
Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon.
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ADHA Propaganda
Access and Control Your Important Health History
The Australian Government is giving everyone in the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Lithgow and Penrith areas a My Health Record - a secure, online digital health record.
My Health Record means that you won’t have to continually repeat your sensitive medical history to every new healthcare professional you see.
My Health Record will give you more control over your health information. You can choose which healthcare organisations can see particular documents and make decisions about which documents are included.
Healthcare providers such as doctors, specialists and hospital staff will be able to access it when they need to, like in the case of an accident or emergency.
The My Health Records will be created in mid-June and from mid-July healthcare professionals will be able to start uploading information into them. People are able to opt-out of having a My Health Record if they wish.
To find out more information about My Health Record, visit myhealthrecord.gov.au or call 1800 723 471.
-- Just a little blast from the #myHR past that popped up – shows just how basic the information people got around 2016-7! --
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/drugs-by-drone-good-idea/
Drugs by drone: Good idea?
Delivery by drone is becoming a more likely reality, but should pharma take to the skies?
Written by Greg Nichols, Contributor
Posted in Robotics on January 5, 2022 | Topic: Robotics
Drone delivery is still in the starting gate, but with early testbeds showing positive results there's good reason to suspect regulators will become more permissive in the mid term. But should delivery include controlled substances like pharmaceuticals?
It's not an idle question. Amazon and CVS have teased drone delivery for medications, though it doesn't strain the imagination to spot glaring problems. Drone regulations will only allow drones to fly in particular areas, excluding certain populations based on geography and thus hobbling one of the primary arguments for delivering drugs via drone — namely that drones can help solve for pharmacy deserts. What's more, packages delivered by drone might be tampered with or stolen, drones can be shot down, and identity authentication will be tricky.
Underlying this push is the fact that the pharma industry needs tech innovation, yet there are very few who have been able to disrupt this giant industry. I connected with Susan Lang, Founder & CEO of XIL Health, a complex drug pricing analytics company, about the prospects of delivering medicine via drones.
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Eliminating AI bias: Industry experts weigh in
Written by Joe McKendrick, Contributor
Posted in Service Oriented on January 8, 2022 | Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Developers and data scientists are human, of course, but the systems they create are not -- they are merely code-based reflections of the human reasoning that goes into them. Getting artificial intelligence systems to deliver unbiased results and ensure smart business decisions requires a holistic approach that involves most of the enterprise.
IT staff and data scientists cannot -- and should not -- be expected to be solo acts when it comes to AI.
There is a growing push to expand AI beyond the confines of systems development and into the business suite. For example, at a recent panel at AI Summit, panelists agreed that business leaders and managers need to not only question the quality of decisions delivered through AI, but also get more actively involved in their formulation. (I co-chaired the conference and moderated the panel.)
There need to be systemized ways to open up the AI development and modeling process, insists Rod Butters, chief technology officer for Aible. "When we tell data scientists go out and create a model, we're asking them to be a mind reader and a fortune teller. The data scientist is trying to do the right thing, creating a responsible and solid model, but based on what?," he says.
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Covid breath detector, disinfecting robot and long-range solar car among innovation awards
The new gadgets for 2022 are already rolling out as the CES global consumer electronics show in Las Vegas prepares to open. Unsurprisingly health and energy are two of the major themes. Here are 10 of the best which have won CES Innovation Awards.
Opteev Covid breath analyser
Opteev Technologies has developed a handheld device that claims to detect Covid on your breath in five seconds or less. Opteev says the device has been “years in testing” and is verified by the US National Institute of Health. It cites the ViraWarn Freedom breath analyser as “ your personal companion”. “You can use it as soon as you exit the gym, or an Uber, or whenever you feel the need to check,” says Opteev.
An app for verifying rapid antigen test.
An app that secures a rapid antigen test result.
Therapeutic sector supplier Abbott has published an app called Navica that will receive and store encrypted results from selected Abbott rapid Covid-19 tests. We spotted the app when we came across the BinaxNow Covid019 self test which has won an award at CES 2022.
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‘It’s giving people anxiety’: Sydneysiders confused by vague COVID check-in app alerts
January 3, 2022 — 8.33am
Notifications from the Service NSW app about confirmed COVID-19 cases attending the same venues as other Sydneysiders are causing widespread confusion, with many people receiving new alerts only to find no new detail inside the app’s check-in history.
Meanwhile, others have said they have received alerts for venues such as nightclubs or pools they only just checked into hours earlier and are in some cases still in attendance, raising questions as to how an alert can be issued so quickly and if people are attending venues while waiting for PCR test results.
It comes as the state government confirmed to the Herald that the app was sending a new push notification alert every time an additional person who attended a venue later tested positive to COVID, but without detailing which venues the additional cases attended.
“Customers using the COVID-Safe check-in will receive an alert in the Service NSW app when a positive COVID-19 case attended a venue within an hour either side of a check-in,” a Service NSW spokesperson said.
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Healthy interest as investors seek ’infrastructure-like’ options
The rise of health businesses as secure “infrastructure-like” bets during the pandemic is set to drive M&A activity in the year ahead, following several multibillion-dollar deals in 2021, according to industry insiders.
Icon co-founder and CEO Mark Middleton said the pandemic had exposed high-quality leadership at small businesses that “have been built from the ground up with a view of one day selling into a larger organisation”.
“You’ll continue to see companies pay strong valuations because they are really high quality and that’s what we are looking for – high-quality businesses with high-quality leadership.”
Mergers and acquisitions activity in the sector ramped up in December with CSL’s $16.4bn pursuit of Sweden’s Vifor Pharma and private equity firm BGH Capital’s $607m takeover of fertility services provider Virtus Health.
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