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Bringing you Part 2 of our chat with Dr Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Officer at Google. We cover designing systems that align with the needs of clinicians and patients; the sustainable development goals and preventative health, use cases for AI in public health, resources for healthcare start-ups and others.Follow Karen on LinkedIn LinkGeorge has just wrapped up the ECH Alliance con

Google's Impact on Health Report 2025 reveals the company's extensive influence on global digital health, including their Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold 2 AI system. The value of watches that detect falls and raises the alarm just got a significant upgrade with Google receiving FDA clearance for "loss of pulse detection" technology for wearables that can identify sudden cardiac arre

Disinformation and misinformation is the topic of the moment – join George and Louise as they discuss these issues with Dr Tina Punat, consultant in global health and digital public health (ex-WHO).Find Tina at her website on LinkedIn and say hello when she visits Australia in June for the Communicable Diseases & Immunisation ConferenceWe also celebrate Australia’s Share by

So it turns out that 2 weeks is a long time in the world of AI. Louise and George break down a heap of key stories and developments. AI is quickly becoming a commodity, but it will still be some time before it becomes old news. The European Health Data Space legislation is coming into force. What does that mean for the health sector, clinicians and citizens throughout Europe?And we

In this episode, hosts Louise Schaper and George Margelis dive into the latest advancements in health and biomedical sciences, exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming our understanding of viruses, proteins, and more. Key stories include AI-driven viral evolution predictions, groundbreaking research on the human proteome-phenome atlas, and the role of AI in designing l

Join Louise and George as they run through some of the hot stories in the Australian and New Zealand health sector this year.01:31 Virtual Care and Telehealth15:08 The biggest topic of the year - AI24:40 New Zealand Year in ReviewReferences for Pulse+IT 2024 Year in Review:Part OnePart TwoPart ThreePart FourNew Zealand Year in ReviewVisit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digi

Join Louise and George as they run through some of the hot stories in the Australian and New Zealand health sector this year.04:16 2024 Pulse+IT Year in Review07:02 Digital Front Doors & EMRs18:50 Business Deals & Telstra Health23:32 Government in Action44:36 Cybersecurity Stuff Ups49:00 Aged Care InnovationReferences for Pulse+IT 2024 Year in Review:Part OnePart TwoPart Th

Guest Co-Host: Dr Michael Bainbridge George is on holiday so joining Louise at the mic this episode is Michael Bainbridge, Clinical Architect for Leidos Australia.Follow Michael Bainbridge on LinkedInSpecial Guest: Mark Brommeyer Mark Brommeyer shares insights from his research on overcoming organisational barriers to digital transformation, focusing on practical strategies for hea

Prof Blackford Middleton joins us in the PulsePod studio to discuss his philosophising on the intersection of AI and healthcare, and his new publication The Ouroboros Effect: How AI Threatens Human Intellect. LinkIn this episode of Pulse, Louise and George explore the hottest topics in digital health, from groundbreaking AI diagnosis studies to the collapse of a high-profile health

Elon Musk’s Grok and Crowdsourcing Medical Data – Elon Musk invites the public to submit medical images to his AI, Grok, raising serious privacy concerns and questions about AI’s role in medical diagnostics.Australia’s Workforce Report on Healthcare Professionals – Louise and George discuss whether the Australian government’s workforce report is reductive in its vision