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The Australian Digital Health Agency reports the 1800MEDICARE app, formerly My Health, has been downloaded more than one million times. The agency did not specify a timeframe, but chief digital office...

A study from Eastern Health and the Central Adelaide Local Health Network evaluated a dedicated digital referral pathway for endoscopy. Since its October 2023 launch the system has processed 14,588 re...

More than one million Australians have downloaded the 1800MEDICARE app, marking a milestone for the national digital health program. The Australian Digital Health Agency says the uptake shows strong d...

An open letter to Treasurer Dr Chalmers argues prevention in Australia is a fiscal problem and should be treated as infrastructure. It advocates creating the Australian Preventative Health Agency to a...

The Australian Digital Health Agency says the National Healthcare Interoperability Plan is 75 per cent complete after the latest quarterly update. The plan is a multi‑year drive to secure health infor...

Agentic AI dominated conversations at HIMSS 2026 in Las Vegas, where vendors demonstrated systems that can reason, plan and carry out workflows inside core health IT platforms. These agents break down...

Sparked is pushing forward FHIR data standards as part of its rollout, led by CSIRO’s Australian eHealth Research Centre. The initiative, supported by the Department of Health Disability and Ageing, t...

AI scribes are under scrutiny as the Therapeutic Goods Administration begins a formal review of around 200 ambient scribes marketed for use in clinics. A large share of these tools are not listed on t...

Telstra Health has been unusually quiet while undergoing a major structural transformation. In the second half of 2024 the group cut about 300 jobs and began a strategic review signalling a shift towa...

During Australian Healthcare Week in Sydney, leaders outlined how Australia’s end-to-end digital health vision is evolving, but turning ambition into scalable, usable change remains a challenge. eHeal...

At the Informa Connect Virtual Care conference in Sydney, Eucalyptus senior legal counsel and head of public policy Lyndon Goddard urged industry self-accreditation for online telehealth to embed nati...

Amazon Connect Health has run a pilot with UC San Diego Health that shows AI front end agents can verify patient identity, schedule appointments, deliver patient insights, document in the EMR and code...

DoHDA released the Health Provider Compliance Priorities for 2026, naming five focus areas and placing telehealth at the top of the list. The five areas are Telehealth; Care and management plans; Clai...

Australia is wrestling with how precision health will reshape digital care. The piece explains that moving to a personalised agenda will expose gaps in how Australia handles complex data flows and lar...

The Australian Digital Health Agency, in partnership with La Trobe University, has launched Digital Health Foundations for Nursing and Midwifery: Competency Preparation for Placement, a free online co...

In a discussion with an AI strategist, the future path for doctors in AI-driven medicine was laid out. The key point is that diagnosis could shift from episodic clinic visits to patterns learned from...

The Department of Health Disability and Ageing opened a February consultation on modernising the GP to hospital based specialist referral ecosystem. The RACGP published terms for indefinite referrals...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has taken a cautious stance on indefinite referrals as the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing weighs modernising the referral system. The...

The Federal Government has released a consultation paper examining whether current referral rules still fit modern healthcare and is exploring options to extend default referral validity periods. The...