A clinical passport enabling healthcare staff to identify strengths, competencies and areas for improvement was developed on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Osler Technology was founded in 2015 by Dr Todd Fraser ? intensive care and retrieval medicine specialist ? and colleagues Steve Sacks and Jeff Ayton. Dr Fraser believes a better approach is possible for students and medical professionals to achieve excellence in patient care. Osler is a ?clear record of competence that allows users to migrate between facilities with a known and verifiable scope of practice.? This is the first such record of this type. | http://tiny.cc/nnc39y

Nanophotonics expert, Professor Xiaoke Yi is leading a team of medical and engineering researchers at the University of Sydney?s School of Electrical and Information Engineering to develop the breath ketone analyser. The device aims to help people with type 1 diabetes to detect and manage life-threatening ketoacidosis which occurs due to the liver producing high levels of ketones in response to low insulin levels. Professor Yi says that the process to use the device will be as simple as roadside breath testing, where blood ketone levels can be calculated by measuring the concentration of acetone in a patient?s breath. Yi?s team are working on a more compact and low-cost solution into the future. | https://www.createdigital.org.au/australian-engin

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