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04-May-18 eHealth NSW's CIO Zoran Bolevich predicted a "fully digitally-enabled and integrated" healthcare system within eight years. Bolevic also expressed a desire to make the state's health system "even better, smarter and more patient centric in the future." [image: itnews]
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26-Apr-18 Australian hospital operator Healthscope has received a USD3.1 bn buyout approach from a new but high-profile domestic private equity firm and its consortium partners just four years after listing. [image: Reuters / Mick Tsikas]
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20-Apr-18 Healthcare buyouts in Asia hit a new high in 2017, with deal values from 61 transactions reaching USD7.2 bn, as companies increasingly partner with foreign players on larger deals. The deal value surpassed the long standing 2001 record. [image: SCMP]
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03-Apr-18 Google has identified three Asian countries and one other emerging market for its Tez m-payment service, having assessed Asia, Latam, Africa and the Middle East. Criteria included political appetite for digital payments, low card penetration and limited access to NFC. [image: Mobile World Live]
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Apr-18 Rising geopolitical tensions, increased protectionism and unexpectedly abrupt tightening of global financial conditions pose downside risks to growth market economies, especially in Asia, says the World Bank. Growth in the key Asian region is projected to increase in 2018 and 2019. Indonesia, Brazil and India will all pick up pace, even as China moderates.
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