Australia

1st Group's MyHealth1st web and mobile health booking platform
By  Adam Ang 10:44 pm January 25, 2022
Telehealth solutions provider Visionflex has signed a deal to merge with ASX-listed online health booking platform 1st Group.  WHAT THEY DO  The telehealth company designs, manufactures, and distributes a range of clinical telehealth devices and software that facilitate remote patient examinations.  On the other hand, 1st Group operates the MyHealth1st booking platform where patients can find,...
Desktop view of the integrated telehealth and RPM solution by Coviu and Propell Health
By  Adam Ang 11:29 pm January 20, 2022
Telehealth firm Coviu, in partnership with medical devices distributor Propell Health, has developed an integrated telehealth and remote patient monitoring application for the management of COVID-19 patients. WHAT IT DOES According to a media release, the app is able to display health data from bluetooth-enabled medical devices, such as pulse oximeters, blood pressure monitors, and digital...
Two elderly persons using a tablet computer
By  Adam Ang 02:11 am January 13, 2022
A digital brain assessment tool by ASX-listed neuroscience tech company Cogstate is coming to Taiwan and Hong Kong.  On Thursday, the Cogstate announced that CogMate, the global multilingual version of its NouKNOW digital tool for self-assessment of brain performance, will be distributed by pharmaceutical firm Eisai in the two Asian markets. WHAT IT DOES Accessible via web and mobile devices,...
A demonstration of the right heart catheter training module on the Vantari VR platform
By  Adam Ang 01:36 am December 13, 2021
A virtual reality-based right heart catheter training programme will soon come to Vantari VR's platform.  The Australian VR startup has partnered with Dr Martin Brown, a cardiologist and associate clinical professor at Macquarie University, who first developed the training course with Janssen Pharmaceuticals in 2017. The training programme has since been approved by the Cardiac Society of...
Coviu's upcoming digital tool for telehealth wound care
By  Adam Ang 02:37 am December 7, 2021
Telehealth firm Coviu has disclosed that it will work on a project to create a new digital toolkit for telehealth wound care. It will work in tandem with the government research agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the Western NSW Primary Health Network, university partners The University of Sydney and The University of Technology Sydney, and insurance firm...
 Harrison.ai's flagship product Annalise CXR
By  Adam Ang 02:05 am December 2, 2021
Healthcare AI startup Harrison.ai has raised A$129 million ($97 million) in a Series B funding round and teamed up with listed medical diagnostics provider Sonic Healthcare to create new AI tools in pathology. WHAT IT DOES Founded in 2018, Harrison.ai is known for its flagship product Annalise CXR, an AI-based clinical decision support tool that reads chest x-rays. The device detects 124 findings...
Young people pointing fingers at a laptop
By  Adam Ang 02:03 am December 2, 2021
Researchers from the University of Southern Queensland are coming up with a new digital mental health platform for children and adolescents. The project was made possible through A$5 million funding from the government's Medical Research Future Fund.  Called Momentum, the online tool is being developed in tandem with young people, parents, and mental health professionals from Kids Helpline, West...
Screenshot of the Packapill mobile app
By  Adam Ang 01:36 am November 25, 2021
Packapill, a recently launched medications delivery platform in Australia, has partnered with Western Australia-headquartered Western Diagnostics Pathology of Healius Limited to offer teleconsultation services.  WHAT IT DOES The Perth-based medical tech startup provides on-demand delivery of both pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical products directly from its network of over 200 local pharmacies...
A baby in bed
By  Adam Ang 05:19 am November 18, 2021
Engineers from the University of South Australia and Iraq-based Middle Technical University have developed an imaging system to diagnose jaundice in newborn babies. WHAT IT DOES The said tool can detect newborn jaundice within a second, automatically turning on a blue LED phototherapy to treat it and then sending a diagnosis to carers. Treatment is triggered once it detects that the level of a...
A patient at home using a pulse oximeter
By  Adam Ang 03:49 am November 12, 2021
Personify Care enables pulse oximeter integration with patient management platform Personify Care has integrated blood oxygen saturation data from iHealth's wireless pulse oximeters into its patient management software to support remote COVID-19 patient monitoring.  The company noted in a statement that the remote monitoring of blood oxygen saturation levels is a key requirement to enable virtual...