In The News
Standardised Nursing Terminology: Enabling comprehensive nursing data and analysis POSITION STATEMENT
17th July 2024
F5 Collective: Investment
1st September 2023
Is AI the Answer to Staff Shortages?
9th October 2023
Zara Lord on AI: “We have junior nurses and doctors treating patients with the support and guidance of more senior team members, so why shouldn’t we use AI to support the work of clinicians?”
The 2023 Founder of the Year Finalists, powered by the Office of the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur
1st October 2023
The Founder of the Year celebrates excellence and entrepreneurship within a digital / technology-based enterprise. Demonstrating a true entrepreneurial spirit and with vision and excellent execution, this founder and their organisation will leave an impact.
Expert opinion: Women equally as ambitious as men – so why do we believe they’re not?
30th October 2023
uPaged CEO, Zara Lord, weighs in on why the myth persists that women are less ambitious than men, despite current findings showing otherwise.
uPaged joins forces with HealthDirect Australia
1st August 2023
uPaged is now fully integrated with and powered by HealthDirect Australia, using The National Health Services Directory (NHSD), a searchable database of health services and related health service providers in the public and private sectors across Australia. The NHSD provides consistent, authoritative, reliable and easily accessible information and supports health professionals with the delivery of healthcare. uPaged founder, Zara Lord, explained “The integration with HealthDirect is a testament to the robustness, breadth and quality of the uPaged platform, and an endorsement of the exceptional standards of compliance that uPaged upholds”.
Angel Investment at Talking Health Tech
February 2023
For an early-stage health tech startup, finding those early angel investors can be mission-critical – without those first believers, the business is merely some ideas on a whiteboard.
Inspiring Nurse Entrepreneurs Who Are Full Of Innovation
Read how Zara and other Australian Nurse Entrepreneurs have used their nursing skills, knowledge, and education to build and innovate successful startups, side hustles and businesses.
The A – Z of Talent
7th December 2022
What do you do when you are a nurse with extensive experience and you can see a gap in the market? You create the marketplace to improve how healthcare brings in their casual nursing workforce.
Pandemic Catalyst for Nursing Careers
uPaged Team Member, Jo Mandeno, on how She trained as a Nurse during the pandemic.
uPaged Founder and CEO, Zara Lord, Talks with Jonathan Herps of Scale Up Growth
Watch Zara and Jonathan of Scale Up Growth discuss all things scaling up; the story of uPaged and its beginnings, and how Australian Healthcare Workforce is being revolutionised.
The Inaugural Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards 2022
Well, this is a bit special! And humbling, and makes the whole uPaged crew feel just so grateful for the incredible and ongoing support of the clever nurses, hospitals and healthcare organisations who get uPaged. We’re honoured to have been recognised as a finalist in the inaugural 2022 Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards.
UPDATE: WE WON!!! (Against some very tough competition from long-established, much larger organisations. Proudly awarded Healthcare Recruitment Champion of the Year.)
Digital Health Festival, Melbourne 2022
Bringing quality and value back to on-demand healthcare: uPaged CEO hit the stage at the Digital Health Festival 2022 and shared how nurses and doctors are taking a lead on how, when, where and what they want with work; how one hospital saved the cost of 2 x FTE staff with one simple and seamless change, and learn how 66 healthcare organisations have stayed a step ahead of workforce shortages.
The Nightmare Before Christmas for Nurses and other Frontline Workers
6th December 2021
As Seen in Recovery Partners Blog, we explore the pressure on nurses as a result of COVID; we uncover early findings from our research into how nurses want to work post-pandemic and discuss risk mitigation strategies offered by Recovery Partners.
As Seen in Talking Health Tech
16th November 2021
Telstra Health has announced the successful recipients of the inaugural 2021 Brilliant Women in Digital Health awards, which recognises and celebrates women in digital health for their outstanding achievements, while raising awareness about the opportunities in the sector and inspiring others to follow their lead.
2021 Brilliant Women in Digital Health Awards
From After Work to Life’s Work: Spotlight on Zara Lord, Founder of uPaged
16th September 2021
The AfterWork interview series spotlights founders’ intrepid journeys: what makes them tick, what gives them joy, and what keeps them grounded through the weird, wild, and wonderful moments. Meet uPaged founder, Zara Lord.
REDI: Mastering commercial success for digital health start ups
30th August 2021
In 2020, MTPConnect launched the Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry (REDI) initiative: a four-year, $32 million project funded through the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). uPaged was a lucky participant in the program run by ANDHealth. You can read all about our experience here.
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The Global Gist
August 2021
As a process-driven organisation, ISO accreditation resonated with uPaged because we wanted to apply the same rigour that we apply to vetting nurses, to our business and operational processes. It aligned with our values to minimise risks wherever possible; to maintain a trajectory of continuous improvement, and ultimately deliver better value for our customers. Read all our journey with Global Mark, as seen in The Global Gist.
From Bedside to Boardroom
12th August 2021
uPaged founder, Zara Lord, chats to Liam Caswell of High Performance Nursing about the future of on-demand work using uPaged and how nurses with fabulous ideas can harness their full potential and solve the frustrating clinical programs often created by non-clinicians.
The Happy Nurse
15th June 2021
In this engaging chat, Elaina Mullery of The Happy Nurse, and uPaged CEO and founder, Zara Lord, chat about the importance of self-care for Nurses, what they’re going through on a daily basis and how uPaged can assist.
Talking HealthTech Winter Summit 2021
Join uPaged founder, Zara Lord, Bradley Chesham from Bundle of Rays, Athol Hann from fwards and Ali Stokes from Beyond The Clinic in a session titled “Getting It Done: Australian Entreprenurses”
The Fine Art of Nursing and What it Means to Care
26th May 2021
Zara Lord, Registered nurse and founder of uPaged.com talks to Nightlife host, Philip Clark, and RNs Liam Caswell and Sarah Morse.
Deep Dive into Digital Health: MedTech Startup Panel
29th March 2021
Join uPaged CEO and founder Zara Lord over your lunch break, along with a stellar line-up of MedTech innovators, for a panel discussion on startups in Digital Health – Thursday 25 March at 12:30 pm.
How Amazon, Uber and Hinge Inspired the Future of Healthcare Talent Sourcing
Entrepreneurs Hour with UNE SMART Region Incubator
TechReady Women Alumni Chats
House of Representatives
As Seen In QANTAS magazine
uPaged Secures Boosting Female Founders Grant
Solving Contingent Nursing Workforce Problems
Startups & Operators
Finding Opportunity In Disaster
The rise of on-demand nursing during COVID
HCF Catalyst
Top 3: Australian nursepreneurs
Millennials make their mark during COVID crisis
A fast-track to health tech success with HCF
COVID-19 and the impact on nursing
On-demand nursing offers more flexibility and income
Pop quiz Monday with Zara Lord
Business tips from real world experience
Investible games Sydney 2019
Nursing – public or private hospital?
uPaged shortlisted as finalist in local awards
Supporting the families of patients in the ICU
Meet the founder
Avoid burnout: self-care strategies for nurses
Nursing the healthcare industry
RN launches disruptor to agency nurse model
FinTech Five for Friday: Company of the Week
Top 5: Female Healthtech Founders
