{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"PULSE","title":"Two AI Healthcare Futures? Australia Builds Medicine Infrastructure and China Scales GenAI to Billions","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/27efdabe\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2251,"description":"This week on Pulse: Hot Topics, Louise and George tackle big shifts in medicines safety and the accelerating global AI race in healthcare.Australia moves toward a National Medicines RecordThe Federal Government announces reforms requiring medicines prescribed via online platforms to be uploaded to My Health Record — including clinical context. With medication-related harm accounting for around 250,000 hospital admissions annually, is this the safety infrastructure Australia has needed for decades?AI predicts 130 diseases from one night of sleepA new Nature Medicine study claims a sleep foundation model trained on 585,000 hours of data can predict future risk of more than 130 diseases. Breakthrough preventative medicine — or promising science with important caveats.China’s AI healthcare surgeChina’s Ant Group health chatbot reaches 30 million monthly users, embedded inside Alipay’s super-app ecosystem. Meanwhile, China announces a $2–3 billion national AI healthcare strategy targeting population-scale deployment by 2030. Are we witnessing two divergent AI healthcare futures — cautious and regulated versus centralised and scaled?We are on tour!Charlotte Blease of #DrBot book fame and Louise are hitting the road together. Come see them in person and get your booked signed by Charlotte!Sydney: Tuesday 3rd March 6pm, Gleebooks, Glebe. Get tickets hereMelbourne: Tuesday 10th March 6.30pm, Mary Martin Bookshop, Southbank. Get tickets hereResourcesDr Sara Riggare’s Checklist and Resources for Meaningful Engagement of Patients LinkVisit Pulse+IT.news to subscribe to breaking digital news, weekly newsletters and a rich treasure trove of archival material. People in the know, get their news from Pulse+IT – Your leading voice in digital health news.Follow us on LinkedIn Louise | George | Pulse+ITFollow us on BlueSky Louise | George | Pulse+ITSend us your questions pulsepod@pulseit.newsProduction by Octopod Productions | Ivan Juric","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ginMoGS3hqn_wPmED4GVbUcItqZ0PL_EoM4XXVarqQk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82NmZj/MDVhYTU2MGFkYTM2/ODJhNzIwMmUzMWMx/Zjk1NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}