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Zebra Technologies' Smarter, More Connected Hospitals report suggests the sector needs to pay more attention to IT.

Adelaide-based health informatics company Alcidion has secured a 60-month, $1.75 million contract with the Northern Territory Department of Health for the provision of best practice emergency department order sets at two of the territory's hospitals.

Anatomical pathology systems provider Leica Biosystems has developed a first of their kind pair of iOS apps to make life easier for its customers. The apps were developed in house, in Melbourne.

Smartphones are playing a part in propelling Australia to new levels in mobile health care but a new study has found that the adoption of m-health is fraught with obstacles and challenges and continues to be “skewed” towards consumer ended offerings.

Global equity crowdfunding platform, OurCrowd, has raised $1.5 million for Australian mobile health technology provider Global Kinetics to expand into the North American market with its KinetiGraph solution for assisting clinicians with the treatment of Parkinsons disease.

Telstra’s vision for a more connected healthcare system has launched today as Telstra Health, with the Company aiming to become Australia’s “leading provider of integrated eHealth solutions".

Samsung has launched a Health and Medical Equipment group in its Australian business which it says will help improve the quality of patient care with innovative diagnostic solutions.

A new hospital on the Sunshine Coast is using desktop virtualisation technology - but the biggest benefit probably isn't the one you'd expect.

Australia is up there with other Asia Pacific countries in continuing a steady increase in IT investment in the healthcare sector. China is the fastest growing IT spender, with a new market report showing an expected APAC region annual growth rate in IT spending on healthcare of 8%.

Australian developer and supplier of specialist oncology electronic medical record and clinical information systems, charmhealth, has appointed a former Microsoft senior manager as Chief Executive.

Greater adoption of the global GS1 System of supply chain standards and the National Product Catalogue (NPC) has the potential to significantly improve data quality and bring about savings of anywhere between $30 million and $100 million a year for Australia’s healthcare industry, according to a newly published report.

Healthcare and education have been the key drivers of ICT hiring over the last 3 months, according to a newly published survey of the salaries and skills demand in each of Australia's major markets.

Budgetary and performance challenges facing the healthcare industry will present a “large opportunity” for ICT vendors this year, according to market analysts, with health infomatics identified as a major investment priority for the next few years.

Spectralink is adding a panic button and fall detection to its Wi-Fi handsets aimed at the healthcare sector.

A group of vendors is running a series of seminars for organisations delivering community aged care.

Sydney Adventist Hospital has added to its mobile fleet with the purchase of 47 Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1 tablet PCs.

NoMachine gives scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center dependable access to HPC, data analysis resources

Event keynote showcases the power of technology, working together at TEDxMaastricht 2012

Dutch mental health center, Riagg Rijnmond, cures IT budget woes with NoMachine and Linux-based virtual desktops

Checklist Gives Hospital CIOs, Data Center Managers a Benchmark for Comparing Remote Data Center Management Tools