A burgeoning market for healthcare peripherals and increasing smartphone processing power will result in the number of patients monitored by mobile networks to rise to three million by 2016, according to a UK market report.

Australian-listed enterprise software solutions provider, TechnologyOne (ASX:TNE) has released OneHealth - its first preconfigured enterprise solution for hospitals and healthcare providers - and has already secured new customers with a combined contracts value of $4 million.

Rising rates of chronic disease are pushing healthcare providers into seeking better and more-cost-effective ways of delivering care, with telemonitoring technology showing great promise, but yet to be widely implemented, according to a global market survey.

The Melbourne-based Metro Spinal Clinic is using IBM predictive analytics software for tracking and recording data that will allow clinicians to more accurately track and manage patient pain.

The Victorian Government is seemingly frenetic at the moment as it pursues its goal of establishing Victoria as Australia’s technology hub, trotting out announcement after announcement about new initiatives, or investment in the state, by ICT companies. And, New South Wales is up there too, competing vigorously with its Victorian rival and, for that matter, every other state or territory.

A tele-health project launched by the Victorian Government today has the potential to deliver medical diagnosis to patients in regional areas of Victoria without the need for them to travel to Melbourne or other major centres to access specialist healthcare.

The local branch of US giant communications and networking services provider, Cisco ANZ, has started to publish an online blog dedicated to the health industry in Australia and New Zealand and the associated technology.

Software and services giant CSC announced overnight that it had signed an agreement to buy troubled healthcare solutions provider (and a key supplier to CSC) iSoft for $0.17 a share. The cash offer is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval.

CommVault is aiming to address issues faced by healthcare providers with the latest release of its Simpana 9 software.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida will use Intelledox software to help with contract management.