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News: 2008

5 December 2008 - CSIRO looks to the Petabyte Age

Visualising the progression of Alzheimer's disease using CSIROVision.

03 December 2008 - From little things, big things grow[PDF: 201KB]

A giant "microscope on the wall" will uncover a world of high-definition images, some of which may help researchers understand Alzheimer's disease.

25 September 2008 - A Cure for Mayhem in Casulty Wards[PDF: 200KB]

The Australian e-Health Research Centre has developed a tool to unravel the chaos of emergency rooms so hospitals can forecast their need for beds and, potentially, shorten queues for elective surgery.

02 September 2008 - Reducing Bottlenecks in Emergency Departments

The Australian e-Health Research Centre has shown that it is possible to accurately predict how many patients will present at hospital emergency departments, their expected medical needs and the number of hospital admissions.

21 July 2008 - Queensland Government Strengthening its Investment in eHealth

A national research facility, leading the way in ICT healthcare innovation in Australia, was officially opened in Brisbane today by Minister for Health the Hon. Stephen Robertson MP.

21 July 2008 - A$20 million for ICT innovation in healthcare

CSIRO today welcomed the launch of the Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) as a national venture, supported by A$20 million in funding from the Federal and Queensland governments.

04 July 2008 - The AEHRC Joins the Open Health Tools Foundation

The Australian e-Health Research Centre has joined an international open source organisation to further its health data and smart methods research.

02 July 2008 - The AEHRC collaborates with ANSTO on medical research [PDF: 37KB]

Scientists at the Australian e-Health Research Centre and ANSTO are to collaborate on developing radiopharmaceuticals which will ultimately help in the early diagnosis and treatment of diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's.

18 June 2008 - Advance Towards Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis

An Australian research project has found a way to bring forward the detection of early stage Alzheimer's disease by up to 18 months.

08 June 2008 - $2 million for new research program to help beat prostate cancer

The Queensland Government announced today that it was providing $2 million to help fund a new research programme to successfully treat prostate cancer which has become the second leading cause of death amongst men in the Western world.

08 May 2008 - Neuroimaging researcher wins Australia-Harvard Fellowship

An international recognised expert in medical imaging Dr Simon K. Warfield, has been awarded an Australia-Harvard Fellowship to travel to Australia to work closely with the biomedical imaging team at the Australian e-Health Research Centre on early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

21 April 2008 - Canadian expert joins Australian e-Health Centre

One of the major contributors to the development and implementation of Canada's electronic health records system, Richard C Alvarez, has been appointed an Honourary Fellow of the Australian e-Health Research Centre in Brisbane.

 

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