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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,...
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...
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,...
Celo Health, an Auckland-based provider of a mobile messaging platform for healthcare organisations, has entered the United States market. It has set up headquarters in Seattle early in the year.
WHAT IT DOES
According to a press release, Celo Health offers a HIPAA-compliant messaging platform that enables seamless and secure collaboration among healthcare teams. It can also integrate with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
