MedicAlert Foundation is proud to introduce the QR Code on wearable IDs for vulnerable people to alert paramedics and health staff of existing health conditions. MedicAlert is an NFP, established over 50 years and currently has over 125,000 users of medical IDs. Designed in consultation with paramedics to enable immediate access to your MedicAlert Record, the new QR Code service communicates everything a first responder could need in one quick scan without needing to make a phone call. The MedicAlert QR Code ensures you receive the ultimate in informed health care when you need it most.  https://www.medicalert.org.au/qr-code

Laronix is pleased to introduce Bionic Voice, the world’s first smart wearable electronic voice prosthesis for laryngectomy people (larynx amputees or laryngectomees). Bionic Voice substitutes and regeneratesthe missing "voice source” for laryngectomees.​Bionic Voice has an Artificial Intelligence (AI) module that learns to improve the qualityof the voice over time to sound closer to the patient's own.Laronix is an Australian biomedical company.  The technology was invented by Dr. Farzaneh Ahmadi during her Postdoctoral term at Western Sydney University.  For more  information:  https://www.laronix.com/

According to the World Health Organisation, 80% of deaths from chronic diseases are impacted by poor diet. Sadly, affordability continues to be a key barrier to accessing healthy fruit and vegetables across the globe as the cost of living escalates.“Food prescription” programs address this by giving financially disadvantaged healthcare patients debit card-based aid to buy healthy food from everyday shopping outlets. The idea is at the centre of initiatives across the US and the UK, and its efficacy is backed up by research from The George Institute for Global Health and UNSW, Sydney.https://www.wundermanthompson.com/insight/food-as-medicine

Australian doctor Ben Bravery decided to become a doctor when a cancer patient in his 20s.  In his book, 'The patient doctor', he details his experience of medical school and then the day-to-day workings of hospitals, in which too many doctors do not view patients as their equals.  Doctors who get sick, learn how it feels to be a patient but Ben Bravery's idea is to teach empathy from the start of medical training with patients leading the way, 'They should be invited to lecture and teach students, as important as any professor of medicine'.Bulletin article:  https://rb.gy/wforb