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 ...

Telehealth will face great difficulties if the health sector fails to think outside of the current structures. This is what Paul Frijters, professor of health economics at the University of Queensland, told Nursing Review in the lead up to his ...

The role smart bidets may play in the future of healthcare was explored during a presentation at the recent Australian Healthcare Week 2016, held at Australian Technology Park in Sydney. Meredith Gresham, occupational therapist and a senior consultant (research and ...

Monash University has joined forces with beyondblue to develop a smartphone app and website that aim to keep people safe when they have suicidal thoughts. The free BeyondNow app, developed with funding from the Movember Foundation, shows people how to ...

Australian researchers have developed a smartphone app to be used as a personalised mobile therapist among people at risk of chronic and debilitating forms of depression. BlueWatch, developed by Deakin University psychology experts, has been designed to build resilience and positive ...

Nurses have had a say about using mobile technologies at the bedside with patients who are unable to speak. In a recent study, associate professor Bronwyn Hemsley from the University of Newcastle, and former honours student Bridget Sharpe, carried out ...

Empathy and compassion are often lacking when students engage with simulation technologies in nursing programs, a lecturer has said. Sue Dean, a lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney, wrote about the topic in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Dean said ...

Many clinicians are struggling to engage patients who have chronic diseases in their own care, and basic challenges such as staying on top of appointments and understanding care plans remain a concern. These were some of the key messages from ...