02-Dec-15 Tunstall Healthcare is to release an update of its Find-Me Tunstall Watch – which combines the features of a personal response system, GPS tracker and fall detector all in one – to the Australian and New Zealand markets. The watch was designed to support people with dementia, and is also suitable for people living with a disability or a chronic disease. [image: Pulse + IT]

02-Dec-15 Telstra Health has implemented an enterprise electronic medical records (EMR) system in a AUD360 mn facility in Western Australia housing two of Australia’s newest hospitals. Telstra says successful implementation of the EMR ensure that the hospitals' digital health solutions match the state-of-the-art facilities and staff. [image: IT Wire]

02-Dec-15 Can Tho City in southern Vietnam has opened a heart hospital to serve both local and regional needs. The new hospital will provide checks and treatment for patients in Can Tho City and other provinces in the Mekong Delta, which has only one other cardiac hospital, in order to reduce patient overload and help people save travel costs. [image: VNA / VNS]

02-Dec-15 Hua Xia Healthcare has declared plans to spend CNY1.2 bn (USD187 mn) acquiring a target company managing and operating eight hospitals in China. [image: ACN Newswire]

02-Dec-15 The Chinese government wants to privatize 20% of the country’s hospitals by 2020, and Memphis-based Methodist Healthcare wants to be a key component in that mission. Methodist’s strategic partnership with China-based healthcare management group Silver Mountain Capital is the company's latest move into China, in which the two organisations are developing a hospital in Shanghai. [image: Ken West]