The healthcare industry is the fifth largest contributor to planetary pollution, and adapting digital health technologies like telehealth, electronic health records, usage of artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things would help to reduce carbon emissions in the sector., according to a new research report.



Compliance and recovery services provider Profectus Group has signed an agreement to bring accounts payable and auditing solutions Xelix to Australia.

Australians are being urged to learn how to spot a scam this national Scams Awareness Week after combined losses of over $2 billion reported last year to Scamwatch, the government and the financial sector.

Medical insurer Medibank Group has increased its estimate of the number of customers who could be affected by the theft of data from its networks, saying the attacker(s) accessed data of some 9.7 million current and former subscribers.

Telecommunications provider Singtel Optus has denied that data which was leaked during a massive breach of its network is in any responsible for a cafe owner losing about $10,000 from his ANZ bank account.

US flash storage provider Pure Storage today announced the appointment of Amy Rushall as Area Vice President for Australia & New Zealand (ANZ).

And as always there's plenty more today, so for all the news please visit www.itwire.com.

Stan Beer, newsletter editor, iTWire



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