ANZ news
New Zealand-listed primary care provider Green Cross Health has taken a quarter equity stake in digital pharmacy PillDrop.
WHAT THEY DO
Green Cross Health operates over 300 pharmacies under the Unichem and Life brands, medical centres under The Doctors name, and community health services under Total Care Health and Access Community Health.
PillDrop is a full-service online pharmacy that sorts...
Vexev, an Australian medical technology startup, has emerged from stealth to introduce what they are claiming as the world's first tomographic ultrasound robot.
Founded in 2018, Vexev is on a mission to introduce innovative imaging diagnostic tools. The startup received its first investments from one of Australia's biggest venture capitalists, Blackbird Ventures.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
According to a...
Sydney-based Humanforce, a provider of smart workforce management solutions, has come up with a platform for managing and communicating vaccine policies for organisations.
WHAT IT DOES
The automated workforce management solution allows employers to create custom vaccine requirements that are automatically communicated to their employees. The system also allows the upload and collection of...
Nuance Communications, a US-based developer of conversational AI tools for healthcare, has made available its AI-enabled radiology solutions – PowerScribe One reporting platform and mPower Clinical Analytics – in Australia and New Zealand.
WHAT THEY DO
PowerScribe One, a platform that combines conversational and cognitive AI and real-time communications, uses context-aware natural language...
Sydney-based firms Synapse Medical Services, an automated clinical coding tool provider, and EBM Analytics, a clinical research consultant, have recently collaborated to integrate their technologies.
WHAT THEY DO
Aside from clinical coding, Synapse also offers a transcription service and an app-based online medical billing system. It also runs the healthcare training organisation, Australian...
New Zealand-based Rfider links COVID-19 test with digital health pass for travel
New Zealand software firm Rfider has enabled a COVID-19 test in Singapore to connect with a digital health pass for international travel.
In a statement, the company said it has been chosen by Invitrocue, a Singapore-based bioanalytic solutions provider, to empower its saliva-based antigen and PCR-based COVID-19...
Australian healthcare technology company Beamtree has entered into a binding agreement to fully acquire Potential(x), a health and human data analytics firm based in Surry Hills, New South Wales.
Valued at A$19.6 million ($14 million), the deal will see Beamtree paying Potential(x) A$4 million in cash and providing a total of 30 million shares. The shares will comprise 12.7 million ordinary...
Australian digital health backer ANDHealth scores $14M in government funding
ANDHealth, a digital health commercialisation organisation in Australia, has secured A$19.75 million ($14.3 million) in government funding to support its programme for small and medium enterprises. It received the funding under the federal government's Medical Research Future Fund – Early Stage Translation and...
Australian healthcare technology company Beamtree, formerly known as Pacific Knowledge Systems, has announced the acquisition of healthcare analytics firm Ainsoff for A$1 million ($725,000).
The company also announced the appointment of international health service leader Dr Mark Britnell as chair of its new advisory board.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
According to a press release, the company will absorb...
The University of South Australia has published a study where an AI-powered computer vision system that has the same accuracy as an ECG machine was used to remotely monitor premature babies' vital signs. The platform can also detect their faces while lying in hospital beds.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
According to a press statement, the university's researchers developed the "baby detector" software using a...
