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NSW expands urgent virtual health service for children with research grant
The New South Wales government has awarded a A$500,000 ($320,000) Translational Research Grants Scheme (TRGS) grant to expand the virtualKIDS Emergency Department Short Stay Unit of the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network.
According to a media release, the funding will support the rollout of wearable home devices for monitoring oxygen levels and heart rate, so more children with respiratory illnesses will be safely cared for at home.
The program is being prepared for statewide expansion, with Dubbo among the first regional sites slated to join by December.
NSW introduces VR empathy training for healthcare
eHealth NSW, the digital health arm of the NSW Health, has launched a virtual reality training program that immerses clinicians in hospital scenarios from the perspective of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) patients.
Developed with South Western Sydney Local Health District, University of NSW, and the NSW Health Refugee Health Service, the program helps clinicians experience communication barriers firsthand to foster empathy and improve patient interactions.
To be introduced to South Western Sydney clinicians later this year, the program may expand statewide as part of NSW Health’s broader push toward equity and inclusion in care delivery.
Qscan enables AI-assisted reporting
Private diagnostic imaging clinic chain Qscan Group has embedded a radiology AI marketplace platform into its existing PACS.
The integration, which is claimed to be one of the first large-scale deployments of radiology AI in Australia, allows radiologists to validate and apply AI tools directly within their existing reporting interface.
