Developing the green operating room: exploring barriers and opportunities to reducing operating room waste.

The Australian health care system contributes 7% of the national greenhouse gas emission footprint and generates massive waste streams annually. Operating rooms are a particular hotspot, generating at least 20% of the total hospital waste. A systematic search of several global academic databases was conducted in mid-2022 (articles from 1992 to 2022) for peer-reviewed research relevant to waste management in the operating rooms.

Lessons Learned from Natural Disasters around Digital Health Technologies and Delivering Quality Healthcare.

As climate change drives increased intensity, duration and severity of weather-related events that can lead to natural disasters and mass casualties, innovative approaches are needed to develop climate-resilient healthcare systems that can deliver safe, quality healthcare under non-optimal conditions, especially in remote or underserved areas. Digital health technologies are touted as a potential contributor to healthcare climate change adaptation and mitigation, through improved access to healthcare, reduced inefficiencies, reduced costs, and increased portability of patient information. Under normal operating conditions, these systems are employed to deliver personalised healthcare and better patient and consumer involvement in their health and well-being.

Impact of Electronic Health Records on Information Practices in Mental Health Contexts: Scoping Review.

Background: The adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and electronic medical records (EMRs) has been slow in the mental health context, partly because of concerns regarding the collection of sensitive information, the standardization of mental health data, and the risk of negatively affecting therapeutic relationships. However, EHRs and EMRs are increasingly viewed as critical to improving information practices such as the documentation, use, and sharing of information and, more broadly, the quality of care provided.

Objective: This paper aims to undertake a scoping review to explore the impact of EHRs on information practices in mental health contexts and also explore how sensitive information, data standardization, and therapeutic relationships are managed when using EHRs in mental health contexts.

Instructional guides for filming infant movements at home are effective for the General Movements Assessment.

Aim: To determine the effectiveness of two instructional guides to obtain video recordings for the General Movements Assessment (GMA).

Methods: A cross-sectional study of a community sample of family participants with low-risk term newborn infants recruited via social media and randomly allocated to receive one of two instructional guides (detailed or quick versions) to film their infant's movements at home. Participants returned videos via a secure Research Electronic Database Capture link and videos were scored for quality across 10 criteria, along with scoring the GMA.

Ethics and Law in Research on Algorithmic and Data-Driven Technology in Mental Health Care: Scoping Review.

Background: Uncertainty surrounds the ethical and legal implications of algorithmic and data-driven technologies in the mental health context, including technologies characterized as artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, and other forms of automation.

Objective: This study aims to survey empirical scholarly literature on the application of algorithmic and data-driven technologies in mental health initiatives to identify the legal and ethical issues that have been raised.

Methods: We searched for peer-reviewed empirical studies on the application of algorithmic technologies in mental health care in the Scopus, Embase, and Association for Computing Machinery databases.

Avatar Therapy for people with schizophrenia or related disorders.

Background: Many people with schizophrenia do not achieve satisfactory improvements in their mental state, particularly the symptom of hearing voices (hallucinations), with medical treatment.

Objectives: To examine the effects of Avatar Therapy for people with schizophrenia or related disorders.

Search Methods: In December 2016, November 2018 and April 2019, the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group's Study-Based Register of Trials (including registries of clinical trials) was searched, review authors checked references of all identified relevant reports to identify more studies and contacted authors of trials for additional information.

Evaluating the Contextual Integrity of Australia's My Health Record.

My Health Record (MyHR) is Australia's national personally-controlled electronic health record. Initially established in 2012, it moved from an opt-in to an opt-out system in 2018. This paper considers the privacy aspects of MyHR shared health summary.

Mind the Gap: Information Sharing Between Health, Mental Health and Social Care Services.

Information sharing is key to integrated, collaborative, and continuous care. People with a lived experience of mental illness may access several services across the health, mental health and social care sectors, which creates challenges for information sharing. The health informatics community has traditionally not prioritised social care informatics.

Clinician perceptions of My Health Record in mental health care: medication management and sharing mental health information.

My Health Record (MHR) is a national personally controlled electronic health record, which is projected to be used by all Australian health professionals by 2022. It has also been proposed for use in mental health care, but there is limited information on how clinicians will successfully implement it. This study interviewed seven general practitioners and four psychologists in Tasmania, Australia.