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Pathology Technology Australia and InGeNA Limited welcome the  move to legislate a total ban on the use of genomic data by Life Insurers to discriminate against individuals. “If Australia is to maintain equitable, timely, and economically sustainable healthcare for all Australians we will need to pivot towards more predictive, preventative, and personalised methods of healthcare […]

After a week in hospital with dangerously high blood pressure, Sarah’s body finally went into seizure and she was rushed into an emergency C-section, with her baby not yet full term.   “If I had access to a test that could predict my risk for pre-eclampsia I could have prevented a life threatening situation for

The Missing Piece – Lung Cancer Molecular Pathology Chest pain. Shortness of breath. Persistent cough. Fatigue. Is it “a bit of a cold” or signs of something much more serious? Lung cancer is Australia’s biggest cancer killer. Anyone can get lung cancer, even if you have never smoked. If found early, outcomes are improved, but

We are experiencing a diabetes epidemic. An estimated 1.5 million Australians (1 in 20) are living with a diagnosis of diabetes, but this condition does not impact all Australian communities equally and not all diabetes patients have equal access to life-changing technology. Watch Ray and Renza share their stories and the critical role technology plays

The Missing Piece – Rapid Syndromic Testing Patients with infectious illness show symptoms indicative of disease, but may not specifically indicate the underlying cause. Often broad treatment, heavy monitoring and possibly unnecessary interventions ensues. This burdens healthcare systems, staff and infrastructure and patients may not get the best care possible.   Watch Prof Griffin explain

PTA-C/24 saw more than 160 healthcare stakeholders from a broad cross section come together for 2 days to examine the role of technology in addressing 3 key challenges facing healthcare in Australia: Does your postcode dictate your healthcare outcome? Have we been left behind in the technology race? How can technology address some of the

“We don’t pay for outcomes, and we don’t pay for prevention, we need to invest early on in the patient journey…. shift the healthcare expenditure from end of life, which happens at the moment, to the prevention end, before the disease develops” A/Prof Colman Taylor from HTANALYSTS Listen to the interview on 2GB with John Stanley speaking

The Missing Piece campaign came together as more medical experts found patient results were regularly stymied by a lack of access to medical pathology technology, which allows precise diagnosis, treatment and prevention across several conditions. “The health system isn’t designed for chronic diseases like diabetes. We are moving and things are improving with this, but

Did you know that technology for testing kidney function and health, such as those from one of our members Sysmex Corporation can also help reduce our use of antibiotics? This World Kidney Day we are celebrating the role technology plays in reducing the health-burden and improving the lives of those at-risk of, or experiencing kidney disease, or

Recent commentary questioning the performance of rapid antigen tests (RATs) against subvariants of Omicron is dangerously misleading and risks undermining Australia’s public health response according to Pathology Technology Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-29/rat-manufacturer-rapid-tests-covid-inaccurate-pcr/101282486