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Tunstall to provide telehealth in Australia

British telehealth vendor Tunstall Healthcare just snagged a contract to provide telehealth to more than 6,000 patients in New South Wales, Australia. The government-run, four-year project will cover

Data mining looks for clues to prevention, treatment of depression

Business intelligence specialists in Australia are examining how to mine patient data and clinician notes in search of better ways to diagnose and treat depression, a condition not linked to specific

iPhone 4 woes, competition don't deter app developers

Pay attention to the news about technology and mobile devices, and you might think Apple is losing its grip on the market. Apple begrudgingly acknowledged problems with the iPhone 4's antenna --though

iSoft CEO quits following major losses

Following big corporate losses for the fiscal year that ended June 30, Gary Cohen has stepped down as CEO of Australia-based global health IT vendor iSoft Group. iSoft posted a loss of 383 million

Study: Remote monitoring cuts hospitalization, mortality for heart failure

The expected boom in remote monitoring has been somewhat restrained by the dearth of scientific studies proving that such technologies can save lives and money. Slowly, though, the body of evidence

Remote home monitoring makes nurses more efficient

Know what a jaffle iron is? We didn't either. It's the Aussie name for what we might call a sandwich press. What does that have to do with mobile healthcare? Nothing at all, except that's how one

UK, Australia EMR projects take it on the chin

The EMR-related news from overseas is not so good, as a system in Australia failed twice in four days, while a leading medical informaticist in the UK offered a sobering assessment of the National

Australian state tests home-based rehab for heart patients

Seeking to improve a dismal compliance rate for cardiac rehabilitation, the Australian state of Queensland is testing web- and mobile phone-based technologies to help patients make lifestyle changes