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The strain on Australia’s healthcare sector is compounding, so it is positive to see all sides of politics make health system performance an Election priority. As we look at the long-term performance of our health system, it is crucial to move away from short-term fixes and instead, resolve the root causes of existing constraints. To that end, the best way to relieve pressure on our hospitals and clinics is to decrease demand for acute services.

Aussies feel trapped by the digital economy with a new online survey finding that the majority of consumers feel they have to share personal data if they want to use digital services - but they don’t trust these organisations to protect that data.

GUEST OPINION: Growing patient expectations are placing higher demands on the healthcare sector than ever before. The instant availability of patient data means X-Rays, MRI scans, ultrasound images and laboratory test results are sent directly to monitors on the wall or a doctor’s tablet.

Deloitte will further expand its place as a provider of ServiceNow technology and enterprise process automation, in particular within healthcare, with a team from Brisbane-based Entrago to join the professional services firm.

Data cloud specialist Snowflake has launched its Healthcare & Life Sciences Data Cloud, said to be a single, integrated, and cross-cloud data platform that eliminates technical and institutional data silos.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Delv have been industry-leading experts in mobility, security and managed services since 2006, providing technology innovation across a range of industries and high-profile Government agencies and large public sector companies, and its CEO, Masseh Haidary, joined us at iTWireTV to explain more.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Delv have been industry-leading experts in mobility, security and managed services since 2006, providing technology innovation across a range of industries and high-profile Government agencies and large public sector companies, and its CEO, Masseh Haidary, joined us at iTWireTV to explain more.

GUEST OPINION: As business people, we often consider data analytics as boring, table-stakes necessities that help us track financial metrics, optimise business processes, and make data-driven decisions. Although these are all real benefits, I believe analytics can be so much more important, not just to our businesses, but to everybody across the entire world.

Ransomware attacks on Windows systems in the US during 2021 showed a small dip from the previous year, with 2323 local governments, schools and healthcare providers hit, the security firm Emsisoft reports.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Impact investment is the art of sustainable investing and achieving positive social and private investment outcomes - a win/win situation proven by investment expert Barry Palte, who says social impact and leading investment returns are not mutually exclusive!

GUEST INTERVIEW: Impact investment is the art of sustainable investing and achieving positive social and private investment outcomes - a win/win situation proven by investment expert Barry Palte, who says social impact and leading investment returns are not mutually exclusive!

During COVID-19 lockdowns across the world we saw many new examples of mobile technology used within the health sector, including innumerable amounts of people using telehealth for the first time.

While Australia’s rapidly ageing population will increase the demand for qualified care workers, concerns about maintaining the quality of training for the sector have been raised by industry provider AustCare.

Macquarie Health Corporation has announced that it has suffered what it describes as a "cyber incident", that has led to it taking its IT systems offline "as a precaution".

Zebra Technologies' Smarter, More Connected Hospitals report suggests the sector needs to pay more attention to IT.

Medical device company, Lenexa Medical and global digital business DB Results have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to further collaborate on opportunities for the implementation of Aged Care solutions which they say can be rapidly developed and delivered.

Imaging vendor Lexmark has appointed Melanie Ford to the role of healthcare industry consultant for Australia and New Zealand.

Communication, network, and cloud solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise has appointed Maud Holvast as its new ANZ Country Business Leader.

Australian-founded cloud-based software provider Skedulo has raised US$75 million in a series C capital raising round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

Health organisations, especially NFPs, are prone to ransomware attacks  prompting a call from a cybersecurity expert for protection for the organisations given that health and essential services are now a priority due to COVID-19.