ANZ news
Pharmacy IT solutions provider Fred IT unveiled on Tuesday a new pharmacy dispensing platform powered by artificial intelligence.
WHAT IT DOES
The company says the Fred Dispense Plus platform is an improvement from the widely used Fred Dispense Australia platform.
Among its features, the Fred AID (Artificial Intelligence Directions) tool uses AI and big data to support clinical and business...
Ascom Australia has tapped Adelaide-based Ikonix Technology to market its range of technology products for healthcare systems, including the Telligence nurse call, teleCARE IP, Real-time Location Systems for asset tracking and staff safety and mobility solutions like the Ascom Myco smart device.
WHY IT MATTERS
Through its latest partnership, Ascom is deepening its presence in South Australia. "...
Smith+Nephew has announced the launch of its latest robotics platform, along with a suite of technology solutions called Real Intelligence, in Australia and New Zealand.
WHY IT MATTERS
First launched in the US in 2020, the FDA-approved CORI Surgical System is a handheld robotics solution for unicompartmental and total knee arthroplasties. Compared to its NAVIO Surgical System, this latest...
ASX-listed Spacetalk, an Australian wearable tech developer, has introduced a fall detection feature in its LIFE smartwatches for seniors, available via a free upgrade.
HOW IT WORKS
According to a press statement, Spacetalk collects fall-associated data from the wearer, including age, height, weight, gender, fall history, medication, psychological condition and dizziness. Stored in a de-...
Australian software company MedicalDirector has introduced its latest cybersecurity solution for healthcare systems.
WHAT IT DOES
According to a press release, the MedicalDirector Shield has six key components to protect a healthcare practice's IT systems and data.
It provides an initial security assessment to spot a system's vulnerabilities to online hacks; a plug-in intrusion detection...
A team of researchers at the University of Western Australia is coming up with an artificial intelligence-based risk assessment tool to better detect plaque in heart computed tomography scans.
WHY IT MATTERS
The research team comprising AI and cardiac imaging experts was recently awarded a grant worth AU$896,606 (about $695,000) from the government's Medical Research Future Fund to develop a tool...
Australian smartphone-based medical imaging company Advanced Human Imaging disclosed last week that it received a CE Mark for the dermatology artificial intelligence component in its DermaScan SaaS platform.
WHY IT MATTERS
According to the company, the DermaScan AI can accurately classify skin conditions from a photo captured by a smartphone camera. Using a large database, it can classify 588...
Apple has made available in Australia its electrocardiogram app for Series 4, 5 and 6 of its Apple Watch. An irregular rhythm notification feature that checks atrial fibrillation was also included in the Apple Watch Series 3 and later versions.
WHAT IT DOES
An Apple Watch with the A-Fib feature uses an optical heart sensor to occasionally check a user's heart rhythm. It alerts the user with a...
InteliCare was recently awarded an AU$100,000 grant (around $77,000) from the New South Wales Smart Sensing Network to enhance its machine learning capability. It received the grant along with partners Macquarie University and the University of Sydney.
The listed aged care technology developer will be working on a one-year project with NSSN and the Computer Science units of both universities....
Australian legal tech startup creates COVID-19 diagnosis tool
Rulestar has used its automation platform to turn a static flowchart about COVID-19 diagnosis into an online tool.
The startup, whose platform is used to automate complex legal documents, said the new diagnosis tool will help exhausted medical workers in expediting decision-making and raising the quality of their decisions.
"We looked...
