Kiwi start-up SHI Global wins contract to supply health IT platform in Queensland

Kiwi start-up SHI Global wins contract to supply health IT platform in Queensland
Fiona Rotherham
By Fiona Rotherham July 14 (BusinessDesk) - Health IT start-up SHI Global has won a contract to team up with Queensland health authorities for a $28.1 million state-funded project to fight chronic diseases over the next four years. The Auckland-based software business will provide the IT platform for the health programmes that will operate on the ground in local communities. The Queensland Health for Life project will tackle obesity and other risk factors that cost the state an estimated A$11.6 billion annually in hospital expenses and lo...