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Latrobe Regional Hospital upgrades aesculapian grooming with VR

Latrobe Regional Hospital, a specializer referral and trauma centre successful Gippsland, has tied up with Vantari VR to incorporated a virtual world level successful its aesculapian training. 

"This concern means we volition beryllium capable to rapidly summation accomplishment level, cognition and familiarity with objective procedures, and amended standards of attraction for patients," said Kylie Larkin, aesculapian acquisition serviceman astatine LRH.

It volition besides let the predominantly grooming infirmary to broaden its aesculapian grooming offering, the serviceman added.

Additionally, the infirmary has acceptable up an online interior booking strategy to let its unit to publication grooming sessions astatine their astir convenient time.

Coding contented leads to COVID-19 hospitalisations undercount successful NZ

The New Zealand Ministry of Health has identified a coding contented which resulted successful an undercount of recorded COVID-19 hospitalisations. 

Based connected its review, the existent full fig of radical who were hospitalised for COVID-19 from the commencement of the pandemic to 16 October this twelvemonth went up to 19,476 from 14,043.

The ministry said that the contented "largely" affected the information astir the radical hospitalised for COVID-19 who had comparatively abbreviated stays of betwixt 1 and 3 days and who recovered aft they were discharged.

However, it did not impact the regular hospitalisation numbers released by the ministry, nor it had an interaction connected the attraction received by patients successful hospitals. 

New Christchurch GP adopts Centrik, Well apps

Phoenix Health Hub, a recently established GP session successful cardinal Christchurch, has tapped healthcare bundle supplier Webtools to acceptable up Centrik, a connected attraction platform, and user wellness app Well.

Centrik is simply a root of user wellness accusation that tin integrate with a diligent EHR successful existent time. It volition let Phoenix to digitally integrate its on-site services into the level and supply "frictionless" diligent engagement via the Well mobile app.

Through the Well app, patients tin presumption their wellness records, publication in-person appointments and virtual consultations, petition repetition prescriptions, connection their GP team, and person notifications.

Phoenix is besides implementing the Medtech Evolution signifier absorption system, which volition let integrations with Centrik via the ALEX level utilizing FHIR. This enables Centrik to easy integrate with different healthcare providers to securely stock diligent data.

NSW launches online menopause toolkit

The NSW authorities has enactment up an online toolkit that provides accusation astir the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.

According to a media release, the Menopause toolkit links to "clear and accurate" information, including locations of NSW government-funded clinics.

NSW Minister for Health Brad Hazzard said that having this escaped online toolkit "can beryllium lifesaving." 

"'There are a fig of antagonistic wellness outcomes that tin hap during menopause including depression, osteoporosis, value absorption issues and accrued hazard of bosom attack, bosom disease, precocious humor unit and stroke," helium said.

"In erstwhile generations, women were expected to woody with perimenopause and menopause privately. It’s important for women’s wellness and wellbeing that we interruption down societal stigmas astir discussing and seeking attraction for perimenopause and menopause," added NSW Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor.

Te Whatu Ora appoints interim determination information and integer leads

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has precocious appointed 4 interim leads for determination information and digital. 

Megan Milmine volition oversee the Northern region; Stephen Miller was posted to the Central region. 

Garry Johnston volition beryllium covering the Te Manawa Taki portion and James Allison volition grip Te Waipounamu.