On the show today George and Louise talk with AMA Victoria President Dr Jillian Tomlinson on the GROSS initiative to get rid of stupid stuff like waste and duplication in healthcare.

Can AI help researchers advance our understanding of dementia and potentially prevention, delay and treatment?

The worlds of consumer tech and medical grade tech are merging. George and Louise discuss the opportunities and implications of this with examples of the femtech pregnancy research Oura Ring is embarking on, the EpiWatch app for seizure monitoring.

What does the future hold for the health app ecosystem, given Apple’s Mulberry project?

What does the closure of NHS England mean for the digital health workforce? George and Louise discuss the announcement of the formation of the Health Data Research Service. Should other jurisdictions also start to think of health data as a national asset?

Connect with Jillian on LinkedIn

Resources:

Learn more about GROSS and sign the petition: Link

ANDHealth's Rising Giant Report: Link

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Guest of Pulse is Janette Hughes, Director of Planning and Performance at Scotland’s Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI). Janette joins our hosts to discuss personal data stores – giving patients not just access but putting them in control over their own data.

Bill Gates is predicting AI will replace doctors. Do George and Louise agree with him?

The liquidators have moved into 23andMe and millions of customers are rushing to delete their data. What are the lessons learned on protecting personal health data from the personal genomics company's collapse?

Research shows 1 in 5 Australians skip specialist appointments due to cost concerns. Will the Australian Health Minister mandating that 11,000 medical specialists are transparent with their fees help?

A new meta-analysis of 83 studies shows AI and doctors perform similarly in diagnosis. Bu George wants the comparisons to stop already!

The cost of not using AI in healthcare. Will we soon see arguments, regulations and legislation mandating the use of AI in the name of patient safety?

Connect with Janette on LinkedIn

Resources:

Allied health $10K grant Link

Nature Digital Medicine paper AI vs Drs Link

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Bringing you Part 2 of our chat with Dr Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Officer at Google. We cover designing systems that align with the needs of clinicians and patients; the sustainable development goals and preventative health, use cases for AI in public health, resources for healthcare start-ups and others.

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George has just wrapped up the ECH Alliance conference in Barcelona, and the IT in Aged Care Conference in Melbourne.

Louise is in London where everyone is talking about NHS England getting ‘doged’.

Telemedicine from 40,000 feet, coming to an Emirates flight near you soon.

OECD Health System strategies review – who came out on top?

Advanced analytics for chronic disease

And, allied digital health is so hot right now.

Google Resources:

AI in Action: Accelerating Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals Link

Transforming Public Health Practice with GenAI. Health Affairs Link

Google Open Health Stack Link

Google for StartUps Growth Academy Link

The Keyword Blog: AI and Health collection Link

The Check Up with Google Health Link

Other links:

National eHealth strategies: a comparative study of nine OECD health systems Link

Multi-omics approaches for understanding gene-environment interactions in noncommunicable diseases: techniques, translation, and equity issues Link

Australian Aged Care Data Landscape Report Link

One London Framework for AI Implementation Link

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