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UC Irvine's AI-powered conversational health agent is ready for developers

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We interviewed Rhamani to learn more about openCHA – discussing LLMs' need for more comprehensive capabilities; how developers will be able to integrate external data sources, knowledge bases and analysis models into their systems using openCHA; and next steps getting openCHA out onto the healthcare market. Prototyping.

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NZ clinicians hope for a patient-centred future, but hindrances abound: report

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Like many healthcare systems around the world, New Zealand’s healthcare system is also under immense pressure, plagued by clinician burnout, patient dissatisfaction, and rising costs. Patients echo these concerns, with 35% expressing worries about clinicians' limited access to their relevant health data.

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Alexandra Hospital leverages cloud-based service to help patients avoid preventable chronic disease

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Alexandra Hospital has taken part in the launch of a new cloud-based digital health service in Singapore by telecommunications provider StarHub, together with its partners, health technology company ConnectedLife and Fitbit. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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How Catholic Medical Center achieved personalised care with big data, AI

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In-Young Choi, professor and head of the Catholic Information Convergence Institute at CMC, shared their journey in the session, " Personalised care with hospital big data and digital health technology." To allow patients to conveniently access their health data anywhere, CMC also created the MyData platform.

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FCC Launches Inquiry into Broadband Connectivity for Maternal Health

HIT Consultant

Access to broadband internet and its connection to healthcare services can help address this crisis, especially for underserved populations like women of color, those in rural areas, and those from lower-income households. The goal is to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity rates and improve maternal health outcomes.

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Crisis in the U.S. Healthcare Workforce: Why It’s Time to introduce AI

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healthcare workforce, 4 resulting in staffing shortages in hospitals. This has impacted the well-being of the remaining healthcare practitioners 5 as well as their patients – many of whom are deferring care that is vital to disease management and overall maintenance of health, 6,7 or who do not have access to timely emergency care.

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Data linkage project seeks to improve First Nations maternal and child health outcomes

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Dr Sullivan also noted how medical professionals have difficulty accessing all information from disconnected health facilities to make informed decisions. Another project in the Northern Territory aims to increase the uptake of digital health technologies in indigenous communities to save patient time and improve outcomes.