Clinical decision support

Human pose estimation and abductive reasoning technologies have been used to estimate automatically the cause of pain and offer users a suitable exercise program.  

Also, Monash University researchers have made it possible to do an MRI scan in five minutes using AI.

J&J Medtech will use NVIDIA's technology to expand the use of AI in surgery centers in assisting with surgical decision-making and collaborating across operating rooms.

Its national research institute has built a chatbot based on Meta's LLM which can answer doctors' questions with up to 95% accuracy.

Also, Vuno is expanding its international sales network with global X-ray supplier Sedecal. 

The health tech company announced the seed funding will help scale its suite of SaaS products within the healthcare ecosystem.

Local players are also expected to scale at an international level.

Various factors around ROI on virtual tech should be considered before implementation, such as billing revenue, increased efficiency, downstream revenue and improved outcomes, said experts at the HIMSS24 preconference Virtual Care Forum.

Augmented reality and virtual technologies are shaping innovative approaches in operating rooms, mental health care and patient monitoring.

Also, Medibank's health service unit has tied up with Amwell to support the virtual delivery of its new preventative care program.