20-Jan-17 Allianz announced it has partnered with telehealth startup Doctors on Demand to provide video consultation services as a value added provision for its policyholders in Australia. Policyholders will have access to complimentary video consultation and can request prescription services through the value added offering. [image: Insurance Business / iStock]

10-Jan-17 Over 80 per cent of Australians are comfortable with AI being used to diagnose common medical problems and interpret test results. However, people also acknowledge some of the limitations of AI technology and identified privacy concerns over patient records and medical confidentiality and the lack of human intuition as issues. [image: i-stock / Which-50]

22-Nov-16 Queensland health professionals concerned about people relying on questionable physical and mental health information they have dug up on the internet have banded together to kill off "Dr Google". As part of a project called Words for Wellbeing, hailed as an Australian-first, they will be prescribe books, websites and apps along with medicines. [image: ABC]

21-Nov-16 Construction of the AUD630 mn (USD471 mn) new Bendigo Hospital in Australia has been finished one month ahead of schedule. When it opens in 2017, it will have capacity for 372 inpatient beds, 72 same-day beds, 11 operating theatres, an integrated cancer centre, a new 25-bed maternity unit and an 80-bed mental health unit. [image: Bendigo Hospital Project]

09-Nov-16 InterSystems and Bumrungrad International Hospital have announced a plan to implement InterSystems' unified healthcare information system and interoperability solution, to enable Bumrungrad to become a fully digital hospital. The system will provide a web-based, secure electronic medical record to support medical staff in their clinical decision-making and provide the opportunity to strengthen patient safety and successful outcomes. [image: InterSystems]