NZ launches on-line breast screening platform
Te Whatu Ora Well being New Zealand’s newest digital breast screening platform has gone dwell nationwide.
Known as Te Puna, it permits customers to enrol, e-book, and handle their breast screening appointments via a safe personalised hyperlink or QR code despatched by way of textual content, e-mail, or letter.
The brand new system, accessible by way of Zero Information, which supplies free entry to web-based authorities providers, can mechanically determine eligible individuals for breast screening and invite them to e-book a mammogram.
It changed an outdated legacy system with a contemporary platform with enhanced information monitoring, accuracy, and reporting.
“This modification will considerably increase participation and assist shut the hole for the 135,000 eligible ladies who aren’t at the moment getting screened,” mentioned Well being Minister Simeon Brown in an announcement.
NSW researchers unveil neuroscience-backed psychological well being app
A brand new cellular utility developed in New South Wales seeks to advertise psychological wellbeing and resilience amongst adults via neuroscience.
The app referred to as ReNeuWell relies on the COMPAS‑W Wellbeing Scale, a validated device that assesses an individual’s subjective and psychological wellbeing. It’s created by researchers from Neuroscience Analysis Australia (NeuRA) and the College of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney).
“The app is designed for anybody on the lookout for methods to grasp and increase their very own stage of psychological wellbeing,” defined Justine Gatt, affiliate professor and director of the Centre for Wellbeing, Resilience and Restoration at NeuRA and UNSW Sydney’s Faculty of Psychology.
It affords a four-week tailor-made program of actions based mostly on psychological ideas, resembling mindfulness, meditation, self-compassion, and aim setting. A 12-week medical trial of the app is at the moment underway, in search of 500 grownup members who may commit 10 minutes every day to make use of it.
The app can also be accessible on the Apple App Retailer in Australia for a one-time charge.
Psychological Well being Basis Australia develops psychological well being app with Infosys
Psychological Well being Basis Australia, one of many longest-running non-government psychological well being organisations within the nation, has launched a brand new cellular self-help utility.
Developed by Infosys for MHFA, the Supportive Thoughts app supplies a variety of options to assist customers promote their wellbeing, together with temper monitoring and insights, personalised exercise suggestions, strolling challenges, fundraising campaigns, self-care instruments, and wellness suggestions delivered by way of push notifications.
The app was constructed on Infosys’ generative AI stack, Topaz, which permits it to analyse efficiency metrics and measure social affect.
