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20-Nov-17 Seeking to overturn the traditional hospital-led medical record-keeping system, Seoul-based startup MediBloc has set out to create a new patient-centered health database platform using blockchain technology, where the patient, rather than hospitals, owns his or her own medical records. [image: Park Hyun-koo / The Korea Herald]
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20-Nov-17 Volpara Solutions of New Zealand has received regulatory clearance for its quantitative breast imaging tools in Japan and Taiwan, as Class II medical devices. 5 million women in Japan are screened for breast cancer using mammography each year. [image: Volpara Solutions]
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Health IT and eHealth are two of the most promising areas of Digital Health in the Asia-Pacific region, a Global Growth Markets survey has found. Countries that showed the strongest support include two of the largest, where current penetration levels are relatively low: China and Indonesia.
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08-Nov-17 According to a Microsoft survey, 77% of leaders in Asia-Pacific’s healthcare industry believe they need to transform to a digital business to enable future growth, yet only 25% said they have a full digital strategy in place. [image: Digital News Asia]
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06-Nov-17 The Australian government has allocated AUD374 mn (USD285 mn) over two years in its 2017-18 Budget, for the nationwide rollout of an opt-out model of My Health Record and to ensure every Australian can be part of it. [image: Open Gov]
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