Adam Ang
Healthcare leaders have weighed in on the interim 2024 Health Budget with hopes for investment in tech, particularly AI.
The Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health reflects on their first go-live of the South Australia Statewide Patient Reported Measures Program at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
It expects to have four times faster internet service across its 13 sites in Victoria.
Also, the NSW government has expanded statewide the implementation of its virtual urgent care service for children.
It is the only hospital in the country currently validated at this level.
The sector has strengths in cybersecurity and communications but lacks innovation, the Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council notes.
Also, seven public medical centres in India will try out drone delivery of life-saving medicines and transfer of blood samples.
Despite the hype, this buzzing AI will still have to prove its worth for Asia's cautious hospitals, says one health tech vendor.
Specialty centres focused on cancer and brain disorders share flagship projects and initiatives in the pipeline to provide more personalised care to individual patients.
![[Left] Prashant Singh, CIO, Max Hospitals, and [Right] JP Dwivedi, CIO, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer](/sites/hitn/files/styles/230x130/public/2025-07/India_CIOs.jpg?itok=Q8YBGmGj "Portrait photos of Prashant Singh, CIO, Max Hospitals, and JP Dwivedi, CIO, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer")
Hospital CIOs share their thoughts on what it takes to champion health IT this 2024.