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This month , we speak with Australian health provider , Metro South Health , who have completed the digitisation of five major public hospitals in South East Queensland , signalling the end of error-prone paper-based recording and transforming the delivery of patient care .

The industry continues to face a multitude of challenges . From limited

budgets to the use of outdated legacy equipment no longer fit for purpose , organisations has placed little attention towards upgrading and investing

in new technologies .

BlackBerry ’ s Global Healthcare Lead , Sara Jost discusses how the company seeks to guarantee technological excellence across the healthcare industry by working with customers , carr- iers , distance integrators , distributors and independent service centres

( ISCs ), to sell essential health IT services and products .

Looking at the way in which technology is transforming the screening process for cardiac drug approval , Healthcare Global also spoke with co-founder of Novoheart , Kevin Costa to find out how the company is revolutionising the flawed process for screening new drugs .

Lastly , this month ’ s issue also looks at the top CEOs transforming the healthcare industry , based on a list written by Robert Reiss and his team at The CEO Forum Magazine for Forbes . Also included are the key healthcare events and conferences for this calendar year .

We hope you enjoy the magazine , and as always , we welcome your feedback on Twitter : @ HealthcareGlbl .

Enjoy the issue ! Catherine Sturman . Catherine . Sturman @ bizclikmedia . com

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