AI in healthcare research – new leadership position available

Jun 4, 2020 | News

Are you a research leader in the field of AI in healthcare? We are looking for an experienced Associate Professor or Senior Research Fellow to join the AAAiH. You’ll be working at Macquarie University in the Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) under Professor Enrico...

AI in Health: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges

Jun 4, 2020 | News

The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences is calling on the Australian Government to invest in the safety and quality of artificial intelligence in healthcare before it is too late.   Professor Enrico Coiera, founding Director of the Australian Alliance...

Chatbots and COVID-19

May 20, 2020 | News

Dr Liliana Laranjo and Dr Baki Kocaballi, both members of the AAAiH along with Dr Adam S. Miner from Stanford University, recently published their research on Chatbots in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in the npj Digital Medicine Journal. Chatbots are...

Bid to beat tech giants in developing digital scribe for doctors

Jan 24, 2020 | News

Left to right: Dr Dana Rezazadegan, Dr Juan Quiroz, Dr Liliana Laranjo, Professor Enrico Coiera, Dr Baki KocaballiIs a digital scribe coming to your Doctor’s office anytime soon?In a recent article on ‘The Digital Scribe’ published in npj Digital Medicine we looked at...

“Cyber-coders” in healthcare: the human+machine solution

Dec 9, 2019 | Events, News

According to Accenture, “cyber coders” i.e. certified clinical coders equipped with AI tools, provide an opportunity to deliver faster and smarter clinical coding while facilitating revenue assurance for hospitals. Early results at the proof of concept stage, indicate...