ANZ news

By  Adam Ang 12:38 am February 23, 2022
While a number of businesses were scrambling to protect themselves from the profound changes caused by the global pandemic, New Zealand's Orion Health was just in the process of releasing a timely solution that would help support overwhelmed health systems. WHAT IT'S ABOUT The health IT provider had to delist from the bourses of Australia and New Zealand in March 2019 and restructure its business...
Desktop view of the Health Teams telehealth platform
By  Adam Ang 02:41 am February 14, 2022
ASX-listed ResApp Health has inked a two-year deal with Health Teams, a digital aged care platform, to launch its mobile diagnostic app on the latter's telehealth platform. ResAppDx is an app-based acute respiratory diagnostic test that uses machine learning to analyse cough sounds and diagnose respiratory diseases. Approved for use in Australia and Europe, the app can be integrated with...
LiveUp website by aged care service provider Independent Living Assessment
By  Adam Ang 01:36 am February 10, 2022
Independent Living Assessment, a non-profit provider of aged care services in Western Australia, is launching its digital platform providing healthy ageing services.  Established in January 2020, the organisation is backed by Indigo Australasia, formerly known as Independent Living Centre WA, which delivers support to people with disability, seniors, carers, health professionals, and the aged...
 Brands under telehealth company Eucalyptus
By  Adam Ang 12:43 am January 28, 2022
Sydney-based telehealth company Eucalyptus has raised A$60 million ($42 million) in a Series C round led by Airbnb and Canva's early investor, BOND. The financing round also drew participation from its previous investors, Blackbird, NewView, W23, Airtree, OneVentures, and Athletic Ventures.  Eucalyptus operates a telehealth platform housing five units: men's health-focused Pilot, women's...
1st Group's MyHealth1st web and mobile health booking platform
By  Adam Ang 10:44 pm January 25, 2022
Telehealth solutions provider Visionflex has signed a deal to merge with ASX-listed online health booking platform 1st Group.  WHAT THEY DO  The telehealth company designs, manufactures, and distributes a range of clinical telehealth devices and software that facilitate remote patient examinations.  On the other hand, 1st Group operates the MyHealth1st booking platform where patients can find,...
Desktop view of the integrated telehealth and RPM solution by Coviu and Propell Health
By  Adam Ang 11:29 pm January 20, 2022
Telehealth firm Coviu, in partnership with medical devices distributor Propell Health, has developed an integrated telehealth and remote patient monitoring application for the management of COVID-19 patients. WHAT IT DOES According to a media release, the app is able to display health data from bluetooth-enabled medical devices, such as pulse oximeters, blood pressure monitors, and digital...
Two elderly persons using a tablet computer
By  Adam Ang 02:11 am January 13, 2022
A digital brain assessment tool by ASX-listed neuroscience tech company Cogstate is coming to Taiwan and Hong Kong.  On Thursday, the Cogstate announced that CogMate, the global multilingual version of its NouKNOW digital tool for self-assessment of brain performance, will be distributed by pharmaceutical firm Eisai in the two Asian markets. WHAT IT DOES Accessible via web and mobile devices,...
A clinician reading a mass message sent via the Broadcast feature of the Celo Health app
By  Adam Ang 11:41 pm January 11, 2022
Celo Health, an Auckland-based provider of a mobile messaging platform for healthcare organisations, has entered the United States market. It has set up headquarters in Seattle early in the year. WHAT IT DOES According to a press release, Celo Health offers a HIPAA-compliant messaging platform that enables seamless and secure collaboration among healthcare teams. It can also integrate with...
A demonstration of the right heart catheter training module on the Vantari VR platform
By  Adam Ang 01:36 am December 13, 2021
A virtual reality-based right heart catheter training programme will soon come to Vantari VR's platform.  The Australian VR startup has partnered with Dr Martin Brown, a cardiologist and associate clinical professor at Macquarie University, who first developed the training course with Janssen Pharmaceuticals in 2017. The training programme has since been approved by the Cardiac Society of...
Coviu's upcoming digital tool for telehealth wound care
By  Adam Ang 02:37 am December 7, 2021
Telehealth firm Coviu has disclosed that it will work on a project to create a new digital toolkit for telehealth wound care. It will work in tandem with the government research agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the Western NSW Primary Health Network, university partners The University of Sydney and The University of Technology Sydney, and insurance firm...