When I am really sick, I see a Doctor. Why? Because they are trained to assess the symptoms/data/evidence I present with. In essence I trust that they know what they are doing.
This trust is based on my understanding that through a unique and powerful combination of training, education and experience they are able to assess the data and from [...]

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For the last 8 months we have been working with Neopec, a new company that is commercialising a revolutionary approach to breast reconstruction using technology developed at Melbourne, Australia’s Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery and the Australian Tissue Engineering Center.
Neopec will allow women who have been through the trauma of breast cancer and mastectomy to re-grow [...]

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One of the fundamental challenges facing any new energing technology is funding. It is the Rubicon for any startup business.
With any emergent technology, acceptance by investors follows your classic product lifecycle. Early adoptors, mainstream and laggards. The Cleantech industry finds itself in the early adopter (acceptor) stage just when th world needs it to be [...]

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It would seem that the Australian Federal Government is still under intense pressure to follow the tired and hopeless old formula to solving the hospital bed crisis. The Australian Medical Association is pressuring the Government to “immediately spend at least $3 billion on 3,750 new public hospital beds and the staff and infrastructure to service [...]

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For some time we have heard media, political opposition parties and lobby and community groups complain about the hospital bed crisis.
Put simply, there are not enough Hospital beds for those patients who need them.
However,  the solution that is often put forward - building new hospitals, commissioning new wards, creating new beds is not the answer.
In [...]

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In his recent blog Anthill editor James Tuckerman touches on a topic we whole heartedly agree with!
There is an urgent need to actually focus on understanding the customers need first and validate the bejesus out of that, before anyone spends any more on stuff that no one wants. What is needed is a total market [...]

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