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24.01.2022 Digital Health: The Sleeping Giant of Australian Health Technology Industry In the first half of 2020 Australia has seen significant reform to reimbursement for telehealth and virtual care services, increased acceptance of digital health technologies by the medical community and patients, and a widespread recognition of the need to embrace digital health. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for swift, wholesale change to the way we view healthcare in the modern world, h...owever the advocacy and support for Australian Digital Health companies has been bolstered in recent years by ANDHealth, whose mission is to provide programs and support to digital health companies specific to the challenges of commercialising in the digital health sector. The recently released ANDHealth report describes digital health as the sleeping giant of the Australian health technology sector, which, if awakened, would achieve the triple aim of economic growth through high-value STEM-based job creation, increased advanced manufacturing and clinical trials activity, and sovereign health system capability and resilience. ANDHealth CEO Bronwyn Le Grice steps us through key report data from 317 emerging high growth potential digital health companies across Australia. Each of these companies has been supported in some way by ANDHealth since 2017.

23.01.2022 RACGP Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Rural Generalist (RG) program is designed to train future GPs in delivering comprehensive general practice and emergency care services to meet gaps in rural health services. GPs with an interest in being an AGPT RG registrar can now opt in at any stage of their training journey. And opt out if their situation changes continuing their AGPT training with no disruption. https://www1.racgp.org.au//more-flexible-rural-generalist-... Source: RACGP See more

23.01.2022 Launched 4 years ago, the Queensland Health's Nurse Navigator program was created for patients with complex care needs and designed as an improved model of care. The Nurse Navigators are Advanced Practice Nurses and Midwives that help patients with care coordination and care planning. A Nurse Navigator has the system knowledge and access, clinical skills and time to understand each person's needs and to partner with them to develop a plan of care that addresses their health n...eeds and respects and values their time and circumstances. In this segment we hear from Adjunct Professor Shelly Nowlan, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer for Queensland Health on the inception, evolution and where the program has reached after 4 years, with 400 Nurse Navigators across Queensland. We also spoke with 2 Nurse Navigators, Nikia Goldsmith, a Complex Chronic Disease Nurse Navigator from Metro North Hospital and Health Service and Shona Fitzpatrick, a General Paediatrics - Rural and Remote Nurse Navigator from Children's Health Queensland. Shona took us to see one of patients, 3.5 year old Zayden Chen and speak with his mother, Adele. Zayden has a rare genetic condition called GABRB2, with just 18 cases in the world. Shona has helped the family navigate through the health system and for a single medical professional to have a full holistic understanding of Zayden's needs. Thanks to our media partners Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association and Australian College of Nursing. #CaptureEveryStory

23.01.2022 Dr Joe Dusseldorp is an Australian reconstructive surgeon who was first in the country to implant custom 3D printed ears in a number of young Australian children born with a congenital abnormality called microtia. His family ancestry is unique in having 5 generations of medical doctors. He studied under some of the most talented surgeons in the world and has honed his skills as a reconstructive plastic surgeon having commenced training in France to working in Vietnam and the ...United States, before returning to Sydney, Australia. Today he works in clinical care for those needing reconstructive surgery following breast cancer treatment as well as other trauma related injuries. By bringing 3D printed ear implants to Australia, Joe has already changed the medical landscape in procedures that patients would previously have needed to travel overseas to access. Continuing his work in treating children, he has become a medical technology developer looking at implants to help those with Cerebral Palsy, a condition that results in muscle disability and the single leading cause of disability in children. Driven by a deeper purpose in treating patients, Dr Dusseldorp's segment continues Australian Health Journal's People in Health Care series. #CaptureEveryStory

23.01.2022 The Australian Government will provide up to $1 million to the Australian College of Nursing to provide an online refresher course immediately to eligible registered nurses who hold current general registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and meet the recency of Practice Registration Standard of 450 hours practice within the last five years, providing up to date information about acute nursing care, including latest evidence based guidelines on COVID-19 infection control. Up to 1,000 eligible nurses will be able to undertake the course for free. https://www.health.gov.au//training-to-help-nurses-re-ente Source: Australian Government Department of Health

22.01.2022 GPs will be able to bulk bill phone or video consultations with all patients from next week. This has been expanded by the Australian Government to include all GPs, specialists, and mental health and allied health professionals. https://www1.racgp.org.au//telehealth-expanded-for-all-pat Source: RACGP

20.01.2022 ANDHealth Co-Founder and Managing Director Bronwyn Le Grice pioneered the unique non-profit industry-led model supporting Australian digital health companies navigate the commercialisation path to institutional investment and international market entry. Since inception, ANDHealth has been delivering programs designed specifically to address unique commercialisation challenges faced by digital health companies. Bronwyn's inspiring leadership and communication skills, with an i...nvestment perspective have led the innovation path to growth and success for 10 companies in ANDHealth programs. Bronwyn's executive experience in the health technology sector has spanned venture capital, transaction management, capital raising, corporate development, investor relations and industry advocacy. In her prior role as Investment Director with healthcare VC, BioScience Managers, Bronwyn was responsible for managing significant transactions resulting in over A$65m of private and public equity raisings. After completing the $35m Adherium IPO on the ASX, Bronwyn founded ANDHealth, Australia’s only dedicated digital health accelerator. Reflecting her role in the healthcare industry and the impact made by ANDHealth, Bronwyn was recently recognised as BioMelbourne Network's Most Valuable Women in Leadership 2020. Under Bronwyn's leadership and delivery by the ANDHealth team, companies in the accelerator program have raised over $28 million in capital, created more than 165 jobs and have treated over 70,000 patients since 2017.

19.01.2022 As part of the People in Health Care series, Australian Health Journal spoke with Tunstall Healthcare APAC Human Resources Director, Nicki Walsh. Since starting at Tunstall, Nicki has been successful in achieving gender balance across all levels of the organisation. Her career background has not in fact been medical. Before joining Tunstall, Nicki worked across oil & gas, legal as well as aged care and child care sectors. Today Nicki's role as HR Director includes compliance..., recognising the impact staff make to the organisation and actively supporting staff and interns within a family friendly and flexible culture. Tunstall supplies medical emergency alarms and monitoring (Connected Care) and telehealth care products. Nicki tells Australian Health Journal, Tunstall staff have high levels of work satisfaction in supplying medical products that help people live independent lives.

15.01.2022 Adjunct Professor John G Kelly AM FACN is the National CEO of the Heart Foundation. He started his role at the Heart Foundation in August 2016, which signified a return to the heart health field after starting his career as a cardiac nurse. In 2009 he was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) as well as receiving the Alumni Award for Excellence from UTS. In 2010 John was appointed by the Federal Government as Commonwealth Aged Care Commissioner Thanks to Australian College of Nursing with help producing this People in Health Care segment. In August 2019 John was awarded Distinguished Life Fellow by the College. Recently he has been supported the ACN Men in Nursing campaign.

12.01.2022 Continuing our People in Health Care series, Australian Health Journal met with George Faithfull, Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Stryker South Pacific. George has been in the medical device industry in a variety of roles for over 35 years including Sales, Marketing, Business Development, General Management, R&D, Clinical, Regulatory and Government Affairs. He has worked for Stryker in Australia, USA and across Asia. George is a member of the Medical T...echnology Association of Australia (MTAA) Public Affairs Committee, Chair of the MTAA Regulatory Affairs Committee, member of the APACMed Regulatory Affairs Committee, serves on the Steering Committee of the Association of Regulatory and Clinical Scientists, was recent Chair of the Advamed China Regulatory Committee, and member of the Orthopaedic Global Benchmarking Working Group. He has published work on biomaterials and joint implants, lectured in Biomedical Engineering, and has recently completed a Masters of Clinical Research from Liverpool University in the UK. George is currently Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Stryker South Pacific.

06.01.2022 After fleeing the tyranny of Saddam Hussein’s regime in a leaking boat, Professor Munjed Al Muderis was detained on Christmas Island, then in Curtin Detention Centre in Western Australia. Dr Munjed Al Muderis is an Australian trained Orthopaedic Surgeon and Chairman of The Osseointegration Group of Australia. Born in Baghdad, Munjed had to flee Iraq as a young Doctor having refused the orders of Saddam Hussein to mutilate army deserters’ ears. Munjed endured a life-threatenin...g journey to Australia by boat. After spending 10 months in Curtin Detention Centre, upon his release, he embarked on a mission to become an Orthopaedic Surgeon. Today he is an Orthopaedic Surgeon, specialising in hip, knee and reconstructive surgery, and now advocates for the human rights of others. Funded out of his own pocket, Munjed has taken a team to his former homeland of Iraq seven times, to help the victims of the conflict he fled, and has educated other orthopaedic surgeons in the osseointegration technique and in complex limb reconstruction. His surgical innovations and breakthroughs are helping Australians and people throughout the world. Apart from his academic and clinical roles, Munjed is heavily involved in humanitarian work. Munjed is a Patron of the Asylum Seekers Centre, Sanctuary Australia Foundation and the New South Wales Amputee Association and an Ambassador of the Australian Red Cross, Amnesty International Australia and Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW. In 2020, Munjed was award the NSW Australian Of the Year by the Australian of the Year Awards, the National Australia Day Council / Celebrate Australia Day. This UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency #WorldRefugeeDay we recognise Professor Munjed Al Muderis's achievements. #EveryActionCounts #EveryoneCanMakeADifference Produced and Directed by Hardeep Girn

04.01.2022 Today is International Clinical Trials Day 2020. The day commemorates the day James Lind started his study to determine the cause of scurvy. By dividing 12 sailors into separate groups and testing the effect of providing different treatments to each group, Lind was able to provide evidence of the link between fruit and preventing scurvy. This is the first recorded controlled clinical trial and changed modern medicine. Around the world International Clinical Trials Day is cele...brated to raise awareness of the importance of clinical trials and research in healthcare. Today we hear from Christine Zahren Co-Founder and Director of White Coats Foundation about the importance of clinical trials and involving the patient in the protocol design, to ensure success from "lab bench to bedside". She also references where information on clinical trials can be found, through government sites, healthcare professionals and also ClinTrial Refer where she works as business development manager. #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay2020 #ICTD2020 #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay #whitecoatsfoundation #clinicaltrials #CaptureEveryStory

03.01.2022 The extended funding of telehealth to practice nurses during COVID-19, makes access easier. Some great news announced today recognising the important work of these health care professionals APNA - Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association

02.01.2022 Under the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian Healthcare system has handled the public health crisis by monitoring and responding to challenges in supply chains, testing & tracing of new infections and stock piling of essential equipment. The public has largely responded by practising social distancing, understanding how hand hygiene can spread contagion and recently installing the COVIDSafe mobile application. Public health messaging has been largely effective and literacy ...improve, to combat the dangers of misinformation. To open up access to medical advice during the pandemic, in March the Australian government issued MBS item codes for telehealth consultations, for advanced practice nurses as well as GPs and other specialists. According to AMA President Dr Tony Bartone, as of mid-May 2020, around 10 million Medicare-funded telehealth services have been provided, either over the phone or via video, a significant majority of which have been provided by GPs and other specialists since the Medicare telehealth items were introduced in March. However in recent months, the health system has mounting concerns on - a reduction in general practice visits for testing, investigation or immunisation - lower rates of elective procedures resuming since being halted - reduction in laboratory testing - reduction in treatments and diagnosis of chronic and acute conditions - access to, and continuing to take medications Those with pre-existing conditions have been urged to keep appointments and routine treatments to maintain their health. Industry has taken action such as the newly formed Continuity of Care Collaboration (CCC). The 15 health organisations forming CCC are an Australian first national communication collaboration of Peak Bodies, Industry and Healthcare Organisations coming together to stress the importance for people to continue monitoring their health and maintaining their regular care. This Australian Health Journal episode on the continuity of care was produced with commentary from the following health industry associations and organisations: APNA - Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association, RACGP, Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA), West Cessnock Medical Practice, Consumers Health Forum of Australia, Medicines Australia Reporter: Anne Dao Producer/Director: Hardeep Girn Global Executive Producer: Mike Lesner Copyright 2020 Know My Group