Healthcare IT

Fitness trackers on mobiles helped people stay healthy amid pandemic lockdowns but the devices also added stress with information overload about COVID-19, a study has found.

Moderna's vaccine production factory will be based at Melbourne's Monash University under a 10-year deal inked with both state and federal governments.

A saliva-based COVID testing machine could offer accurate detection in workplaces and classrooms, and let users do away with nasal swabs. A team of Australian

In this social media age, where risky behaviour can be broadcast widely online, the number of Aussie teens drinking underage has dropped drastically. The number

Finance Minister Simon Birmingham says giving people more technology to prove vaccination status will boost overseas travel requirements when borders reopen.

The Australian home care sector is facing unprecedented changes - the need to urgently adopt technology, higher expectations from a new, modern customer and other significant

An advanced technology facility is set to be established in Brisbane to produce microwearable sensors that can monitor diseases and other health conditions.

Victorian parents have been urged to keep their sick kids at home due to a spike in contagious gastroenteritis cases at childcare centres. There have been 246

Facebook will restore pages of some state and territory health authorities, emergency services and the Bureau of Meteorology after they were caught up in the platform's

Thousands of businesses across NSW are obliged to install a digital system to record patrons' names and contact details from November 23.

If you’re like us, you may have noticed that over time software has progressively become simpler and easier to use. But have you ever stopped to consider why?

Health workers are being encouraged to share their experiences working on the frontline of COVID-19 via WhatsApp thanks to a smart initiative developed by The Nossal Institute

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) commends the extension of Medicare benefits to assist patients to receive telehealth or telephone consultations

Surgeries and other hospital services have been delayed after some Victorian computer systems were cyber attacked but emergency procedures aren't affected.

As Australia’s population ages, the demand on the country’s healthcare industry is increasing, adding pressure to the system. As technology improves,

Dr Ajay Pandey is a Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems at QUT’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science who is among a team of robotics

A prescription medication real-time monitoring system will go live across Victoria in less than 24 hours in a move to prevent doctor-shopping and save lives.

Doctors have warned an upgraded patient records system being rolled out at Queensland hospitals is plagued by dangerous flaws. A new IT system

A new research centre aimed at hastening the process of developing medicines is set to receive a $25 million funding injection from the federal government.

The cost of going from a paper to an electronic system in Queensland's public hospitals is costing hundreds of millions of dollars over budget.