Sydney-based medtech startup Navbit Sprint has won the HealthTech category at the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence for its compact tech solution making hip replacements safer and cheaper. The...
Just as a savvy startup founder would position her novel product offering against a market unmet need, confirmed with objective market data, so we in Australia’s healthcare innovation ecosystem...
Sydney-based Harrison.ai has launched a new AI model to help radiologists analyse and interpret their patients’ x-rays, proving twice as effective as major large language models. On Thursday, the...
With an ageing population, emergency departments that are busier than ever and growing workforce shortages, the Australian healthcare sector is ripe for technological disruption. The growing use of HealthTech...
Building on Australia’s sovereign development capability in the commercial BioTech, MedTech and digital health sectors will be the focus of a Health Tech Summit and dinner being held at...
Hospitals could save up to $5.4 billion a year by making better use of electronic medical records, including the My Health Record if the government fixes “important gaps”, according...
A new National Health and Medical Research Strategy will be developed by the federal government as it commits $19 million to streamline regulatory processes through a ‘National One Stop...
The federal government has extended the life of the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre to ensure its R&D program can reach translation and commercialisation stages, but has committed no...
A new biomedical incubator run by Cicada Innovations has opened in New South Wales, offering a workspace and support services for research projects, pre-revenue startups, and established businesses. The...
When Dr Sarah McDonald was 31 weeks pregnant in 2013, she spent a week in hospital ahead of undergoing a C-section. During this time, she was monitored with a...