The 2021 Australian eHealth year in review was, as expected, dominated by news relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there were a host of topics of interest in the first quarter of the year, including online appointment booking systems, the embrace of telehealth and remote monitoring, progress in real-time prescription monitoring, and a number of big-ticked announcements with electronic medical record implementations.
Some of the more interesting software, apps and new players in the market that caught our eye this year included:
UK telehealth provider Doctor Care Anywhere listed on the Australian stock exchange, raising a substantial $102 million despite not even having a customer in the country. Later in the year it bought Hobart-headquartered virtual GP and mental health service GP2U Telehealth for $11 million.
As a doctor founded, patient-focused company, Doctor Care Anywhere plc (ASX:DOC) believe that happy doctors mean happy patients. It’s a virtuous circle and one that we’ve built a great team to help keep going.