ANZ news
$2M funding for carers of CALD people with dementia
Independent non-profit National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) has received federal grant funding for its project enabling digital support for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) people with dementia.
It obtained A$2.9 million ($1.8 million) from the Medical Research Future Fund for its five-year project, which will trial the iSupport...
A virtual reality training program has been developed to help paramedics and ambulance officers prepare for unplanned out-of-hospital births.
The training program called NEONATE features a 30 to 40-minute VR simulation of neonatal care scenarios during birth emergencies. These include temperature management, respiratory distress, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and one-minute Apgar score...
Alcidion unveils genAI apps
ASX-listed health IT provider Alcidion has announced new generative AI-based solutions developed in collaboration with Google Cloud.
Alcidion has utilised Google Cloud's Gemini on Vertex AI to develop a new AI-powered scribe and patient record summary application.
Based on a media release, the new scribe feature can capture and transcribe dialogue into the Noting...
Medibank now owns telehealth platform Medinet
ASX-listed private health insurer Medibank has completely acquired telehealth company Medinet.
The company initially made a A$10 million ($6 million) investment in the latter in 2022.
"The team at Medinet has some incredible capabilities in health system interoperability which will be pivotal to the connected experiences that we know will have a big...
Australian startup Heidi Health has raised another $16.6 million in Series A funding from a round led by Headline. The follow-on investing round was also joined by Local Globe, Anthology (Menlo Ventures and Anthropic), as well as existing investors Blackbird, HESTA, Possible Ventures and Archangel Ventures.
Formerly Oscer, Heidi relaunched in 2024 with a customisable AI-powered clinical...
HCF now offers remote heart monitoring with Ramsay
Health insurer HCF has started offering remote heart monitoring service for patients dealing with heart failure.
It recently tied up with Ramsay Connect, Ramsay Health Care's community, home, and remote care joint venture with Remedy Healthcare, to offer two million HCF members access to the Virtual Heart Failure Service.
The service hooks...
Harrison.ai has received A$32 million ($20 million) in equity investment from the Australian federal government's National Reconstruction Fund Corporation.
WHAT IT'S FOR
The multi-million dollar investment, which forms part of Harrison.ai's Series C funding round, will help the medical AI company secure a wide base of hospitals and health facilities in Australia while also seeking expansion...
Healthengine allows direct booking from Google
Primary care booking platform Healthengine has added a new booking pathway in partnership with Google.
The Reserve with Google feature allows patients to book appointments directly from a practice's Google Business profile upon search.
"This can help to boost online visibility, reduce drop-offs and increase appointment volumes," Healthengine said...
Western Sydney Diabetes has rolled out a mobile diabetes management application from Taiwan as part of its patient engagement digitisation.
A centre led by the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD), WSD has established an automated patient engagement programme with Health2Sync. It features the Health2Sync app which provides personalised lifestyle suggestions on managing blood sugar levels...
Monash University has recently established a new centre for co-designing and developing assistive technology with people with disabilities, focusing on emerging technologies such as AI and robotics.
The Monash Assistive Technology and Society (MATS) Centre, which started in 2023, is led by assistive technology researchers and social scientists from the university's Faculties of Information...
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