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There are many challenges facing hospitals and healthcare in the modern world we are living in. I've created this curation collection to save articles that help me understand what modern health in society is.  The articles here are general in nature and placed here to promote discussion. We advise that you talk with your health professional before changing any of your medication or treatment options.  Any of the online courses listed here may (or may not) be open for access or enrolment. Most are free to browse, some may charge a small fee if you wish to receive a certificate or record of learning.   Every effort is made to ensure that these links are up to date and be aware that some of these articles may be behind a 'paywall'. If you can’t get into an article, email me and I may be able to assist.  Views are my own.
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Healthcare industry continues to be main target of data breaches, with 79 reported in six months

Healthcare industry continues to be main target of data breaches, with 79 reported in six months | Hospitals and Healthcare | Scoop.it
The focus of heightened scrutiny following the Medibank hack, health service providers informed the privacy commissioner of 79 data breaches in the first half of this year alone.
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The outdated machine hampering the fight against Covid-19 

The outdated machine hampering the fight against Covid-19  | Hospitals and Healthcare | Scoop.it

Major backlogs in processing patient data during the pandemic are forcing the healthcare sector to reassess its relationship with fax machines.

As coronavirus cases surged in the city of Austin, Texas, last June, beleaguered public health officials instructed anyone with symptoms to act as though they had Covid-19. The reporting and tracing of new cases had slowed to a crawl, officials explained, partly due to an unexpected culprit: the fax machine.

The machines had kicked into overdrive as the pandemic tightened its grip on the city, spitting out printout after printout of results from Covid-19 tests. "We were probably getting thousands of cases a day that we were responding to. It was madness," says Janet Pichette, the chief epidemiologist for Austin Public Health. "You cannot fight a pandemic using 19th-Century technology."  

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Auditor-General hacked into hospitals to expose online security flaws

Auditor-General hacked into hospitals to expose online security flaws | Hospitals and Healthcare | Scoop.it
The IT systems of some of Victoria’s biggest hospitals were successfully hacked by the Auditor-General, exposing serious cybersecurity weaknesses.
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Introduction to Health IT Systems - Online course

Introduction to Health IT Systems - Online course | Hospitals and Healthcare | Scoop.it
This free online course, Introduction to Health IT: Health Management Information Systems, is a “theory” component that provides an introduction to health care applications and the systems that use them, health information technology standards, health-related data structures, and enterprise architecture in health care organizations.

This course contains 19 online lectures and will take about 20 hours to complete.

This course was authored by Duke University and funded by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT -  see credits for more details.
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Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources - FHIR

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources - Wikipedia

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources ( FHIR, pronounced "fire") is a standard describing data formats and elements (known as "resources") and an application programming interface (API) for exchanging electronic health records (EHR). The standard was created by the Health Level Seven International (HL7) health-care standards organization.

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources ( FHIR, pronounced "fire") is a standard describing data formats and elements (known as "resources") and an application programming interface (API) for exchanging electronic health records (EHR). The standard was created by the Health Level Seven International (HL7) health-care standards organization.
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'Sweep it under the carpet': Health tech cyber threats loom

'Sweep it under the carpet': Health tech cyber threats loom | Hospitals and Healthcare | Scoop.it
The true scope of attempted attacks on health data may never be known.
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The rise of educational technology in health care

The rise of educational technology in health care | Hospitals and Healthcare | Scoop.it
Moving into virtual-reality- and augmented-reality-based training can — and should — change the traditional learning methodologies.
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IT and Me

IT and Me | Hospitals and Healthcare | Scoop.it
We invite you to be involved in a study run by Dr Mark Merolli and Dr Carolynne White, from the Department of Health and Medical Sciences at Swinburne University of Technology. 
 
The "IT and Me" study aims to better understand the use of information technology by people with long-term health conditions.  
We want to learn more about whether and how people use technologies and how this affects their health and well-being.   
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