Gran Hazel
My mother rode out to farm births in a borrowed ute. I held the torch. The paperwork, such as it was, lived in her handbag.
At Goulburn Valley Health in regional Victoria, women with gestational diabetes now log their glucose on an app, and clinicians watch it live. No driving in for every check. Nurse practitioner Tara Jones said the data is current now, where before it might be dated by the time anyone read the emails. The 15 services in the Hume Rural Health Alliance still don't have electronic medical records, but they've got this.
Mum would have liked that. Less road, more rest.
But I wonder. Does a number on a screen catch what a midwife's hand on a belly did? Maybe the answer is both.
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2026-05-01
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