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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Telehealth to boost regional treatment options: CSIRO

    Telehealth consultations will become far more common for people in regional Australia and help reduce the gap in health outcomes between people in Indigenous communities and the rest of Australia, a new CSIRO report predicts.

  • Telehealth vendors not fazed by NBN debate

    The NBN will be a boon to Australian healthcare regardless of which political party has its way on the final technology approach for delivery, officials from health IT vendors said at a lunch in Sydney.

  • Australian startup snapshot: Tapestry

    Tapestry is a Sydney-based developer of an app that aims to connect seniors to social media. Built for tablets, the app makes it simple for seniors to receive updates and photos from Facebook and similar services.

  • ADSL broadband slows remote medical education

    Australia should invest in faster broadband for regional areas to promote telehealth and clinical education, according to the head of a non-governmental organisation that trains general practice doctors.

  • NBN to drive Australia's digital economy: Conroy

    $96.2 million over the next four years has been set aside to aid the development of an Australian digital economy by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy.

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