23-Jun-17 InterSystems Australia will soon begin an overhaul of the Northern Territory's core clinical systems, to create a single digital medical record. Estimated cost: AUD259 mn (USD197 mn). InterSystems vied for the contract with Telstra Health, Epic and Allscripts.

22-Jun-17 India's Global Gene Corp wants data from people in under-represented regions to be more accurately represented in global DNA databases and it is starting with South Asia, where DNA sequences make up only 0.2% of global genetic databases. [image: Getty Images]

21-Jun-17 Indian health tech startup Grow Fit raised USD4.5 mn in funding from investors lead by Manipal Education & Medical Group, for its app delivering customized dietary plans and nutrition advice to customers from users behavioural and lifestyle data. [image: ET Healthworld]

17-Jun-17 Due to a rapidly aging population and fewer children, Japan is experiencing a chronic labor shortage in the nursing care industry and looking to information technology and foreign workers to fill the gap. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

15-Jun-17 The majority of Singaporeans may be unfamiliar with health technology, but they are equally open to using it says a survey, finding that 77% agree that connected care will come in handy to improve overall health. [image: The Straits Times / Philips ASEAN Pacific Cigna]