GENERATIVE AI & MACHINE LEARNING TO HELP HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS EXPEDITE CLINICAL AND OPERATIONAL WORKFLOWS : GE HealthCare looks to unlock patient care opportunities in unused data estimated in Deloitte report
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Amit Yadav, CEO GE HealthCare Australia & New Zealand
Filmed Sydney, New South Wales | October 2024
Amit Yadav holds the position of CEO at GE HealthCare in Australia and New Zealand, where he oversees a team of 450 skilled professionals focused on delivering healthcare solutions, particularly in the areas of diagnostic imaging, monitoring, and ultrasound. Talking with Australian Health Journal, Amit has background as a clinical radiographer, evolving into roles at GE, where he gained expertise as a CT trainer and later commercial responsibilities.
Drawing from GE’s 125-year legacy in healthcare, Amit is leading efforts to integrate AI into medical imaging devices and optimise workflow efficiencies. He stresses the importance of leveraging the vast amount of untapped healthcare data, with an emphasis on automating manual processes to enhance productivity. Additionally, his focus extends to utilising AI for workflow optimisation and ensuring compliance with local regulations and standards to prioritise safety.
Amit places significant emphasis on educating healthcare professionals about the capabilities and limitations of AI and digital solutions. Collaborating with partners such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), he aims to implement user-friendly enterprise-wide solutions that cater to the needs of clinicians. Amit also recognises the necessity of continuous education and training programs for healthcare professionals, working closely with colleges and universities to integrate AI and digital education at various levels.
Furthermore, Amit is actively involved in fostering partnerships with educational institutions to develop training and education programs for the next generation of healthcare leaders. He emphasises the need for a comprehensive understanding of AI’s implications in patient treatment and advocates for personalised approaches to healthcare outcomes. Amit’s commitment to advancing healthcare through innovation and education underscores GE HealthCare’s dedication to driving positive change in the industry.
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Sharing the same goals in value-based procurement
Value-based procurement (VBP) is a journey, not a sprint. It’s about putting the patient at the centre of quality affordable healthcare through changes in procurement practices for medical technologies. Patient outcomes drive value and sustainability, not just price. The bigger picture indicates that VBP will create system cost saving through benefitting patients, rather than trying to attain the reverse – a win-win outcome.
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Sovereign capability uplifted
Skilled labour, in particular skilled in the manufacture of MTP products, namely competency in Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), was identified as one of the key priorities, according to Jarrod Belcher, Director of the REDI Program at MTPConnect. Through a competitive process, MTPConnect selected additional industry training providers to deliver new programs addressing key skills gaps in the sector workforce.
Launched in September 2022, one of these programs is GMP Uplift developed by the Centre for Biopharmaceutical Excellence (CBE). CBE bring experience across large and small Biologics, Pharmaceuticals and Regenerative Medicine companies, both in consulting and GMP related enterprise training. CBE staff also have extensive experience in GMP operations, compliance, auditing and QMS design, a wide industry network for guest lecturers and readily available case studies.
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Emerging researcher appointed to James Packer Chair in Mood Disorders at UNSW
The UNSW Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health is widely renowned as the pre-eminent psychiatry research department in the country and one of the leading university psychiatry research groups internationally. In 2023 it celebrated 60 Years of Psychiatry & Mental Health at UNSW Sydney.
Australian Health Journal spoke with Professor Kimberlie Dean, Head of the Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health at UNSW Sydney, about the recent appointment of mental health disorders expert and clinician researcher Dr Aswin Ratheesh to lead the James Packer Chair in Mood Disorders at UNSW Sydney.
