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Reesh Lyon
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News Editor @pulseit.bsky.social, covering digital health news across NZ, Aus, Apac. Story ideas, tips, feedback welcome #pulse+it #digitalhealth #healthtech #AIhealth
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Synchron’s Stentrode BCI platform is the world’s first endovascular brain-computer interface, designed to translate brain activity into digital commands without open-brain surgery. 
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Synchron raises $306m for brain-computer interface - Pulse+IT
Melbourne-founded brain-computer interface (BCI) provider Synchron has raised $306 million in its latest Series D financing round, including $54 million from Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund C...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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echo-health.ai's Cecilia Harris says that since its launch in May, the #AI‑powered documentation platform has attracted 100+ users across multiple NZ clinics – a “significant milestone” attributed to the prioritisation of “integration through standardised #clinicalcoding over pure automation.”
Prioritising integration pays off for Echo-Health - Pulse+IT
Integration over automation - that’s the secret sauce which AI‑powered clinical documentation and patient communication provider Echo‑Health.ai says allows their platform to achieve “true interoperabi...
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July 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Achieving universal digital connectivity across New Zealand is “essential” for improving health outcomes – especially in rural areas, according to a new report from TUANZ.
Digital connectivity essential for rural health outcomes - TUANZ - Pulse+IT
Achieving universal digital connectivity across New Zealand is “essential” for improving health outcomes - especially in rural areas, according to a new report from the Technology Users Association of...
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July 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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#Standards #FHIR John Grimes from CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research says SQL on FHIR (pronounced sequel on fire) was developed to help analysts, clinicians, and public health teams make better use of FHIR data using tools and skills they already had.
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SQL on FHIR makes health data analytics easier  - Pulse+IT
A new open-source health data standard called SQL on FHIR is helping bridge the gap between fast-growing volumes of structured health data and the tools used to analyse it. CSIRO's John Grimes. Image ...
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June 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Australia’s Productivity Commission says the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement is “fundamentally flawed,” with data infrastructure gaps limiting its effectiveness. www.pulseit.news/australian-d...
Mental health agreement ‘flawed,’ data infrastructure gaps remain - Pulse+IT
“The Agreement comprises a raft of outputs and initiatives that aren’t connected to each other or to an overarching strategy. In its current form, it cannot deliver the systemic, coordinated change it...
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June 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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GP business data and insights solution provider Cubiko has partnered with Best Practice Software to launch Calculate – a new platform for calculating practice service and practitioner fees.
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Cubiko launches Calculate in collaboration with Best Practice - Pulse+IT
GP business data and insights solution provider Cubiko has partnered with Best Practice to launch Calculate - a new platform for calculating practice service and practitioner fees. Cubiko founder & CE...
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May 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Healthcare and insurance provider Bupa today announced a new network of mental health clinics that will be supported by #virtualhealth and medical centres, in response to growing consumer demand. www.pulseit.news/australian-d...
Bupa’s new mental health clinics to include digital services - Pulse+IT
Healthcare and insurance provider Bupa has announced a new network of mental health clinics that will be supported by virtual health and medical centres, in response to growing consumer demand. In a s...
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May 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Powehouse AI in Primary Care panel at Collaborative Aotearoa's #NgāHonongaOra conference today, feat. Jess Morgan-French, Dr Bryan Betty (GPNZ), Jazmin Clapham (WellSouth), Jon Herries (Health NZ), Dr Nader Fattah (THINK Hauora) + James Oughton (Manatū Hauora) #AIInPrimaryCare @pulseit.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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People with limited internet access are at risk of being excluded from the #NZ government’s recently announced 24/7 digital health service, according to the Digital Equity Coalition Aotearoa www.pulseit.news/new-zealand-...
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Digital equity coalition raises concerns about 24/7 digital health service - Pulse+IT
People with limited or non-existent access to the internet are at risk of being excluded from the government’s recently announced 24/7 digital health service, according to the Digital Equity Coalition...
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March 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Māori and non-Māori scientists have teamed up to develop a prototype platform linking genome DNA sequencing data, healthcare records and mātauranga whakapapa – all with Māori principles “hard wired” into its setup. The bespoke data platform is designed for application in precision health research.
Indigenous values hard-wired into genomics platform - Pulse+IT
Māori and non-Māori scientists have teamed up to develop a prototype platform that aims to link whole genome DNA sequencing data, healthcare records, and mātauranga whakapapa (genealogical knowledge) ...
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March 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
New report from @wasabicloud.bsky.social shows organisations across Asia Pacific are experiencing budget overruns due to cloud storage fees - 76% of NZ respondents said they exceeded their cloud storage budget last year, the highest figure globally – exceeding the average of 62%
Cloud storage costs causing budget blow outs - survey - Pulse+IT
Organisations across Asia Pacific - including New Zealand, Australia and Japan - are experiencing budget overruns due to cloud storage fees, according to the latest Wasabi Global Cloud Storage Index. ...
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March 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
NZ's Digital Health Association CEO Ryl Jensen says “We can’t afford more delays or short-term fixes. The past year has already cost us momentum, and we are seeing the impact as other countries pull ahead in digital health innovation. If we don’t act now, we risk falling even further behind.”
Delays & short-term fixes in digital health are unaffordable - Pulse+IT
The Digital Health Association says an apparent renewed Government focus on digital health infrastructure is long overdue, following a year of deprioritisation which saw close to half a billion dollar...
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March 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Briefing documents released to @pulseit.bsky.social under the Official Information Act show New Dunedin Hospital's outpatient building digital programme is "tracking amber" - with 7 digital infrastructure milestones completed, 12 in progress and 3 delayed, while a further 24 had not yet been started
Revealed: Details of digital systems at New Dunedin Hospital - Pulse+IT
Digital infrastructure at the New Dunedin Hospital outpatients building will include Cisco Wi-Fi and Airista Flow location technology as well as BLE and RFID systems, documents provided to Pulse+IT ha...
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March 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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It's #ITAC2025 March 12-13 in Melbourne and this year there's plenty of change coming to the sector with the new Aged Care Act, so great timing for an inspirational #agedcare conference run by the sector peak body. Follow Pulse+IT for dedicated #digitalhealth news.
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Future thinking rockstars for ITAC25 in Melbourne - Pulse+IT
The aged care sector’s vendors and providers are ready for ITAC25, one of the major innovation conferences of the year to be held March 12-13 at Marvel stadium, Melbourne. The sector is readying for t...
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March 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Heidi Health has accelerated towards its mission to "double the world's healthcare capacity by relieving clinicians from the administrative work that takes them away from the frontline of care" with a major funding boost announced today. #digitalhealth www.pulseit.news/australian-d...
Heidi Health secures US$16.6m in funding  - Pulse+IT
Australian-founded AI scribe company ‍Heidi Health has raised US$16.6M in its latest funding round.  The Series A follow-on investment is led by Headline, with participation from Local Globe, Antholog...
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March 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
NZ-based Fisher & Paykel Healthcare makes ~45% of its products in Mexico, with about 60% of US sales supplied from the company’s Mexico facilities #tarrifs #healthtech
US tariffs set to increase F&P Healthcare expenses - Pulse+IT
New tariffs introduced by US President Trump against Mexico will impact costs for medical equipment manufacturer Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, which makes almost half its product line in Mexico. In a No...
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March 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Minister Shane Reti MP met with researchers working on innovative medical technologies as he announced a new $20 million applied doctorate scheme. @reeshlyon.bsky.social Lyon @Pulse+IT #digitalhealth #news #NewZealand
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Medical technology researchers in $20m PhD fund  - Pulse+IT
Science Minister Shane Reti met with researchers working on innovative medical technologies as he announced a new $20 million applied doctorate scheme to be hosted collaboratively by Auckland, Victori...
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March 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Innovative Australian #virtualreality provider SilVR Adventures, which specialises in aged care VR, has expanded into #China through a partnership with Sindora Living 欣岳年 in Nanjing. @reeshlyon.bsky.social in Pulse+IT news today
SilVR Adventures expands into China - Pulse+IT
Australian virtual reality provider SilVR Adventures, which specialises in aged care VR, has expanded into China through a partnership with Sindora Living in Nanjing. SilVR says its latest collaborati...
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February 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
💯 article by Heather Fletcher, detailing #Telstra Health’s AI-powered Smart Scribe tool (launched today), that can generate referral letters, patient summaries and medical certificates - which a clinician can review, edit and save into their patient’s file #DigitalHealth #Ausmed @pulseit.bsky.social
Telstra Health launches AI-powered Smart Scribe  - Pulse+IT
Telstra Health’s AI-powered Smart Scribe tool launches today, with enough safeguards and features to ease general practitioners safely along the digital health transformation journey. Designed “by cli...
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February 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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February 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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More #digitalhealth coverage from the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care at the Connect. Care. Confidence C3.0 Summit 2025. Click to read: www.pulseit.news/australian-d...
Need to continue building consumer trust, Summit told - Pulse+IT
Australians need to trust the digital health systems they use are underpinned by standards to secure their information, Department of Health and Aged Care assistant secretary Simon Cleverley said toda...
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February 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM