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• Digital human cardiac coaches ready by 2020

  Tech startup www.12080.ai takes on a global health problem

• Bill Le Blanc resigns SA Health, joins ElectraNet

  After eleven years driving transformation at SA Health, executive director and CIO Bill Le Blanc is shifting gears, taking on the head of technology role at ElectraNet in South Australia. He starts the new role July 15.

• Apps effective depression treatment, analysis suggests

  ​The effectiveness of smartphone apps as a tool to treat depression has been proven in an Australian-led study.

• CSIRO steps up diabetic eye disease AI software trial

  ​AI software is being rolled out to 20 GP clinics in Western Australia to screen patients for diabetic retinopathy.

• 20,000 rural patients to access telehealth services

  Up to 20,000 patients living in rural areas will get access to telehealth services following a new agreement between health network Health Team Australia (HTA) and Coviu, a Data61 startup.

• HCF invests in telehealth startup to boost rural services

  Not-for-profit health fund, HFC has taken a 15 per cent stake in GP2U, a telehealth startup that allows for remote medical consultations using videoconferencing.

• Feros Care moves CRM, productivity apps to the cloud

  Aged care provider, Feros Care, has shifted its CRM and productivity apps to the cloud with the roll out of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Office 365.

• UNSW researchers aim to secure smartwatches for e-health

  Researchers at the University of New South Wales have been awarded a $322,800 grant to conduct research into boosting the security of wearable technology.

• Telstra enters e-health space

  Telstra (ASX: TLS) has launched an e-health business division called Telstra Health as it looks to connect patients with doctors via video conferencing, said group executive of retail, Gordon Ballantyne.

• Digitising healthcare: The state of e-health in Australia

  We look at several examples of how digitisation is transforming the healthcare industry.

• M2M market to top $530m

  The Australian market for machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies is expected to be worth more than $530 million by 2019, with a compound annual growth rate of 20 per cent, said researcher Ovum.
  

• Silver Chain switches on video conferencing to provide remote care

  Western Australian health provider, Silver Chain has rolled out Samsung tablets with video conferencing software to monitor patients who may be thousands of kilometres from their nearest clinic.
  

• Health, education sectors hungry for IT skills

  Employers in healthcare and education have been the hungriest for ICT skills over the past three months, according to the latest Peoplebank Salary Survey.
  

• How Healthcare CIOs Can Sell IT to Hospital Boards

  Miami Children's Hospital has invested heavily in technology -- from patient-facing mobile apps to a telehealth center with a global reach. CIO Edward Martinez says getting the hospital board to see the benefits of such technology means putting IT strategy in the context of business strategy.

• Royal District Nursing Service to trial new telehealth service

  The Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), a not-for-profit mobile nursing organisation, is planning to trial a new telehealth service on the pregnancybirthbaby.org.au website where people can make video calls directly through their Web browsers.