Australia — Faces of digital health podcast

Digital Health in APAC: An Overview (Keren Priyadarshini, Microsoft Asia)

Looking at digital health investments in the APAC region, according to Galen Growth Asia, in 2021 China took the highest amount of funding (58.6%) for digital health, followed by India (22.3%), Australia (5.6%), Soth Korea (4.3%), and Singapore (3.8%). Healthcare expenditure differs a lot among countries: According to the World Bank, China attributed 5,3% of its GDP to healthcare, India 3%, Australia 9.91 %, and Singapore 4%. How do these healthcare systems differ and does healthcare expenditure relate to investment in digitalization?

Why is Australia Not a Global Exemplar in Telehealth? (Peter Birch)

The Australian Government is investing $107.2 million to modernise our health care system, to deliver Australia's Long Term National Health Plan. What do the numbers mean and what is the state of healthcare digitalization and startup opportunities in Australia?

REFLECTIONS: A transocean podcast session (Joy Rios, Bianca Rose Phillips, Tjasa Zajc)

This is the last episode of Faces of digital health in 2021. Instead of an interview or a string of predictions for 2022, you will hear a reflection about the past year or two which I had with two other podcasters - Joy Rios - the host of HIT like a girl podcast - a podcast and a community supporting women in healthcare IT, and Bianca Rose Phillips - the host of Voice of Law podcast. Bianca is a digital health lawyer, and the author of a recently published book Making The Digital Health Revolution.

UncategorizedTjasa ZajcDecember 23, 2021Australia, COVID, femtech, overdose, medication safety, digital health, digital health law, women empowermentComment

Australia, AI and co-design of digital health solutions (Marie Johnson)

Marie Johnson talks about healthcare in Australia, how can we make AI solutions such as coaches more human, and her thoughts regarding the future development of AI for healthcare.

F105 The state of healthcare digitalization in Australia (Louise Schaper, AIDH)

Australia has a national digital health strategy, which predicts that by 2022 the essential, foundational elements of health information that can be safely accessed, easily utilized, and shared. According to dr. Louise Schaper, CEO of Australasian Institute of Digital Health, there's been a lot of government commitment to invest in digital health.