Jeremy Paton is team engagement solutions lead at Avaya Australia and New Zealand, the local office of the California-based technology firm. After more than a century in the telephonic hardware industry, Avaya is transitioning into a software-led communications enabler. Healthcare is one industry ...

There's a new way for health professionals and consumers to let policymakers know their opinions on the My Health Record system, telehealth, innovation and other aspects of digital health. The Australian Digital Health Agency has launched a national consultation with the general ...

Serious games are a big part of health education’s future, says a nursing academic who has helped develop a game that explores safety risks and hazards in care environments. The application Safe Environments was developed by University of the Sunshine ...

Nurses have seen the value of touch and must keep it in mind as healthcare technology advances. This was one of the key messages Australian academics made in a recent editorial in the Journal of Clinical Nursing. They wrote that ...

Nursing students may soon be taking classes in Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn if education providers heed advice from the authors of an article published in Nursing Informatics 2016 on the importance of social media training for undergrads. University of Tasmania ...

It’s critical that nurses be at the forefront of the movement into the digital health era and are heavily involved in leading change, not just for the care team and patient but to ensure they are advocating for their own ...

It may seem unlikely that drones, droids and robots would have much to do with wound care, but they encompass the theme of this year’s National Science Week, which Wounds Australia (Qld) has embraced as the basis for an upcoming ...

A technology-enhanced approach to learning simulations improved students' engagement with manikins and helped them reflect on their values and pre-conceived notions of people from diverse backgrounds, research has found. The study aimed to address a lack of empirical research regarding how to ...

Wearable devices made to track and log data are putting the focus on self-monitoring and reducing costs in the sector. We’re living longer and we want to live better. We’re also living more measured lives as our smart devices and wearables track and ...

Nurses caring for older people near the end of life are now able to access up to the minute clinical advice at the point of care, thanks to the development of a new smartphone app. Available free through Google Play ...