ANZ news
New Zealand health tech developer Webtools Health has spun off its cloud-based connected care platform Centrik after receiving extra seed funding now totalling NZ$1.75 million ($1.2 million).
WHAT IT DOES
Connecting the health ecosystem, Centrik is a digital platform comprising different modules. PatientEx, its latest module, enables consumers to register, access records, and communicate and...
Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia have developed shoe insole technology that helps people with foot sensory loss maintain their balance.
WHAT IT DOES
The insole uses bionic technology called Augmented Vibrotexture, a hybrid design combining vibration and geometric texture, to provide sensory stimuli to the soles of the feet. It delivers feedback along major sensory nerves...
In Australia, researchers have developed a tool that determines a person's risk of contracting COVID-19 and complications from vaccines.
Non-profit Immunisation Coalition collaborated with the University of Queensland, Flinders University, La Trobe University, and the Queensland University of Technology to create the COVID-19 Risk Calculator (CoRiCal) tool.
WHAT IT DOES
Users just have to...
Australian consumer health app Healthengine has partnered with digital pharmacy Chemist2U to offer prescription medicine delivery on its platform.
In a media release, Healthengine said prescription delivery provides convenience and time savings to time-poor people who prefer online purchasing. Its more than 3.6 million users can now upload their digital or paper scripts via a website or mobile...
Genie Solutions, a medical practice management software provider in Australia, has been acquired by the Citadel Group.
This comes as the company has shelved its initial public offering plan and instead cut a deal with the enterprise software firm, according to a news report.
WHY IT MATTERS
Founded in 1995, Genie Solutions offers two practice management software. One is Genie, a desktop product...
Medical technology firm Artrya has been cleared by the Australian government to commercialise an AI tool that diagnoses coronary heart disease. It has partnered with Perth-based radiology practice Envision Medical Imaging to market the product by early next year.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The AI tool,Salix, has been developed through the collaboration of researchers from the University of Western Australia...
US-based healthcare IT firms Royal Philips and Teladoc Health have joined hands to deliver virtual care solutions in Australia and New Zealand.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The two global healthcare IT firms will combine their virtual care offerings to offer hospitals and health systems a scalable end-to-end virtual care service that allows them to conduct remote patient monitoring across health facilities...
The Australian government has unveiled a new mobile application that helps parents support their children's mental health and wellbeing.
WHAT IT DOES
The Raising Healthy Children app by federal government-backed Raising Children Network provides parents with children aged 12 and below with information on their child's health, development and wellbeing. It guides parents, carers and professionals...
HeartLab raises $2M to bring AI heart software to US
New Zealand startup HeartLab has bagged NZ$3.5 million ($2.4 million) from a funding round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Founders Fund.
The company seeks to deploy its fresh funds to further penetrate the $1.5 billion AI tools market in the US with its AI-powered heart scanning and reporting platform called Pulse. It also plans to...
Sonic Imaging, one of Australia's largest diagnostic imaging providers, has partnered with annalise.ai to deploy the latters' artificial intelligence-powered chest x-ray platform across its 100 radiology clinics.
WHAT IT DOES
Founded in 2019, annalise.ai is a joint venture of two Australian healthcare companies, Harrison.ai and I–MED Radiology Network.
The AI company is the developer of the...
