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Ex-DHA chief now advises digital strategy for Te Whatu Ora
Ryl Jensen, Digital Health Association's (DHA) former chief executive, has been appointed to an advisory role at Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand.
She is now a principal advisor of Digital Strategy & Policy at Te Whatu Ora Digital Services.
"I’m grateful for the journey that has led me here, including my time at the [DHA], where I had the privilege of working alongside an incredible ecosystem," she said in a LinkedIn announcement.
In August, Jensen left DHA after leading the New Zealand peak body for digital health for over four years. Stella Ward, who was the previous chief digital officer at the now-defunct Canterbury and West Coast District Health Board, has assumed the organisation's chief executive post.
Macquarie University Health modernises patient records with AI
Macquarie University Health, Macquarie University's teaching hospital in Sydney, has gone live with a new content management and process automation system to streamline patient records across its network.
The implementation, powered by Newgen Software, replaces manual and paper-heavy workflows with AI-driven automation for capturing, storing, and managing patient data. The system processes handwritten notes, barcoded labels, and multi-patient PDFs into a secure, searchable repository, which clinicians can access in near real time.
Hospital IT director Abraham Bisseh said the upgrade helps reduce administrative burden and strengthen compliance protocols. "The technology combines smart automation with a simple, secure design that makes work easier for our teams and scales to handle large volumes confidently."
Quantum computing to boost Indigenous healthcare access
A global consortium has received grant funding from the Australian government to explore quantum computing applications in medical imaging for Indigenous communities.
Based on a media release, the consortium, which involves the University of Western Australia (UWA), has obtained A$432,453 (around $285,000) feasibility grant under the Critical Technologies Challenge Program to use quantum algorithms to enhance the resolution of portable ultrasound images and detect subtle patterns often missed by conventional methods.
Q-CTRL, Quantinuum LLC, the North Metropolitan Health Service, Australia’s National Imaging Facility, and Indigenous innovation not-for-profit First Nations X are all partners to this Amazon Web Services-backed project.
According to UWA, the project has the potential to remove the long-distance travel burden and enable earlier and more accurate diagnoses in underserved indigenous communities. The project, if successful, may also be extended to other imaging modalities and broader fields such as radar, sonar, and environmental monitoring.
