ANZ news
Venture Startups International, an Australian startup operating under the name Updoc, has raised its first external capital. It received A$20 million ($13.2 million) in investment from ASX-listed capital investor Bailador.
WHAT IT DOES
Established in 2021, Updoc offers a range of telehealth services, including virtual consultations, online prescriptions, specialist referrals, pathology...
Telstra Health is set to fully acquire pharmacy IT solutions provider Fred IT Group.
The company, which has been holding 50% interest in Fred IT since 2013, disclosed in a media release that it will be purchasing the remaining half of equity from the Victoria branch of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and Paul Naismith, Fred IT co-founder and CEO.
Upon the close of the transaction, Naismith will...
Medtech offers API integration for real-time radiology reporting
Auckland-headquartered Medtech Global has recently worked with Zed Technologies and private diagnostics imaging company Horizon Radiology to enable real-time radiology reporting for general practitioners.
They have established real-time API connection through the Zed medical image-sharing platform so diagnostics providers can...
MediSecure, a provider of a digital prescription platform, is the latest in Australia to fall victim to a major ransomware attack by unidentified actors.
On Thursday, 16 May, the company reported a cyber attack "impacting the personal and health information of individuals" in its system. The company's website and phone lines have since gone offline.
"While we continue to gather more information...
A mobile application used to assess sports-related head and brain injuries is now being tested for detecting and monitoring neurological disorders.
BrainEye's mobile test is now being studied in clinical trials at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. It digitises the traditional eye movement test, which is done in 60 seconds through a mobile device, and then collects and measures over 20 ocular...
A new online platform has launched offering what could be the most comprehensive digital health mental health programme for young people in Australia – without relying on the convenience of artificial intelligence.
Backed by the Australian government's Medical Research Future Fund, Momentum provides free access to treatments, tools, and techniques for addressing common mental health problems to...
Consultmed to replatform to InterSystems' IRIS for Health
Consultmed is moving its referral management software to InterSystems IRIS for Health data platform.
The move comes as the health IT provider looks to "do integrations at scale." Hosted on Microsoft Azure, Consultmed enables referral management, virtual triage, Advice & Guidance, secure messaging, digital patient forms, requests for...
A project building a specialised medical drone at the University of Sydney has received A$3.6 million ($2.3 million) in funding.
Backed by a strategic partnership between the university and health sector-focused ASAC Consultancy, the Wildu Aero Project is developing a hydrogen-fuelled vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for carrying medical cargo.
What sets this...
Funding worth A$6.5 million ($4 million) has been awarded to four genomics-focused research projects led by researchers from the University of Melbourne.
These include a project that will establish a patient dataset of inherited retinal diseases; a rapid multi-omic liquid biopsy blood test using whole genome sequencing; research using next-generation sequencing to develop new solutions to...
Melbourne-based startup Kismet has received $8.2 million in seed funding from a round led by tech investors Prosus Ventures and Airtree Ventures.
WHAT IT DOES
Founded in 2023, Kismet has built a community engagement ecosystem that digitally connects care receivers, caregivers, health insurance, and healthcare providers in the in-home, disabled and aged segments worldwide.
Its web and mobile-...
