Telstra's claiming an Australian first for its diabetes management online service.

Healthcare software is a hotspot for the IT industry. Microsoft's plan to acquire Sentillion underscores this fact.

Four of Australia’s peak industry groups have reached a consensus and joined with the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) to develop a standards assessment approach for medical software in Australia.

Global health IT systems vendor, InterSystems has started deploying the Australian-developed InterSystems TrakCare connected health information system in the new Santiago Military Hospital in Chile that will enable electronic clinical files for soldiers to be made available whenever they seek attention at any of the health centres across Chile that are part of the country’s Army Health Command (Cosale) Network.

Global healthcare systems vendor, InterSystems, has implemented its Australian-developed software, TrakCare, for the States of Guernsey Health and Social Services Department (HSSD). The island-wide Electronic Health and Social Care Record (EHSCR) system has just gone live, replacing the island’s SWIFT Patient Administration System after 13 years of use.

Queensland's Mater Health Services is a pace-setter when it comes to the application of IT within hospitals.

An Australian-developed healthcare information system is to be deployed at a major teaching hospital in the United Arab Emirates in a deal secured by InterSystems with the yet-to-be completed state-of-the-art Sharjah Teaching Hospital.

Australian health information IT provider, iSOFT, continues its run of new contract wins over recent weeks, securing another big win, this time $17.4 million worth of multiple contract extensions for long-term support and maintenance services with Northern Ireland’s Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.

Australian mobile marketing company, m.Net, has partnered with medical information company, MIMS, to develop a mobile version of the MIMS medicines information resource for health professionals.

Australian listed health information technology vendor, iSOFT, has scored new contract wins in Germany and Malaysia in two deals worth more than $9 million over five years.