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.

07-Jun-17 In 2016 Google announced it had trained image recognition algorithms to detect diabetes-related eye disease roughly as well as human experts. Work has now begun on integrating the technology into a chain of eye hospitals in India. [image: Cole Wilson / Wired]

05-Jun-17 Mexico City is advancing its strategy of digitising health services with a new program that carries out home check-ups to detect illness, follows up on pregnant women, and reviews the vaccination of children. [image: Global Health Intelligence]

30-May-17 Singapore’s Ministry of Health has ambitious plans for transforming the healthcare system by leveraging technologies such as predictive analytics for identifying readmission risks, personalised information based on life journey points, artificial intelligence and robotics-assisted home care. [image: IHiS Facebook Page]

24-May-17 The Rehab-Care & Orthopedic Guangzhou event in Apr-17 showcased a variety of rehabilitation equipment and took place just after China’s State Council issued new guidelines relating to the sector, estimated to be worth RMB70 bn (USD10 bn) by 2020. [image: HKMB]