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ACON To Open LGBTQ+ Health Service In Sydney
ACON has announced that they are opening a new LGBTQ+ health centre in Sydney, called The Kaleido Centre, in spring 2024. Built on Gadigal land in South Eveleigh’s Belltower Building, the centre will provide integrated and multi-disciplinary care for people sexuality and gender diverse people across NSW. The inner city location means that the Centre
How should health systems put ethical AI into practice?
By now, health systems seeking to capitalize on the enormous potential of artificial intelligence are well aware – or should be, at least – of the inherent risks, even dangers, of algorithms and models that are suboptimally designed or trained on the wrong data. But understanding the hazards of algorithmic bias or murky modeling techniques
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What the Odor of Your Pee Can Tell You About Your Health
Peeing is a pretty common occurrence in life. And by now you're probably used to your pee looking and smelling a certain way. But what about when it smells a little . . . off? It can be easy to panic when you turn around to flush and suddenly are asking yourself, "Why does my
WellSpan Health expands AI-powered clinical documentation applications at scale
Nuance on Wednesday that announced that York, Pennsylvania-based WellSpan Health and more than 60 additional healthcare organizations are in the process of implementing DAX Copilot embedded within Epic electronic health records. WHY IT MATTERS DAX Copilot is currently the only fully embedded ambient documentation tool currently operational within Epic electronic health records and has more
Health authorities issue swimming alerts as intestinal parasite cases rise
Key PointsNSW and Queensland have recorded 498 and 823 cases of cryptosporidiosis, respectively, in the past six weeks.The disease is caused by the cryptosporidium parasite, which can survive in chlorinated water for days.Symptoms include watery diarrhoea, stomach cramps, fever, nausea and vomiting.Health officials in Queensland and New South Wales are urging people with diarrhoea to
Is Housing Health Care? State Medicaid Programs Increasingly Say ‘Yes’
States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment that’s exploding around the country: using scarce public health insurance money to provide housing for the poorest and sickest Americans. California is going the biggest, pumping $12 billion into an ambitious Medicaid initiative largely to help homeless patients find housing, pay for it
The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, and 90s. But the health care system isn’t ready to address their needs. That became
10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex
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Samsung Health adds Medication Tracking feature
Samsung announced a new feature to further enhance its Health App. The new addition is a Medications Tracking feature. As implied by the name, the new feature helps you track your prescription and over-the-counter medications and makes sure you don’t forget to take them. Samsung claims that Medications Tracking will help users stick to their
8 brain health tips for a healthier you
The brain controls thought, movement and emotion. Use the following brain health tips to help protect it. At 3 pounds, the brain isn't very large, but it is a powerhouse. Those 3 pounds hold your personality and all your memories. The brain coordinates your thoughts, emotions and movements. Billions of nerve cells in your brain