My Health Record

ACRM has issued a practice standard for digitally connected rural and remote communities in Australia. The document sets out six focus areas for designing and implementing digital health tools in rura...

On 20 March 2026 Australia formed the National Clinical Governance Committee for Digital Health to guide officials on balancing access to new technologies with clinical safety. The Australian Digital...

AI is already moving into routine care, but a WA Digital Health Summit panel warned that without stronger governance and system reform it could entrench inequities. Speakers including Sumit Sinha-Roy...

Clintel Systems has unveiled CareRight EMR, a fully integrated electronic medical record and patient administration platform built for hospitals, specialist services and complex care settings. The clo...

The Australian Digital Health Agency has created a national governance body for digital health, abbreviated as NCGC-DH, to raise clinical oversight of digital health tools. The committee will guide th...

The federal government will fund a nationwide pharmacist contraceptives trial. Federal health minister Mark Butler announced at the Australasian Pharmacy Professionals conference on the Gold Coast tha...

ChatGPT and other generative AI tools are increasingly part of patient conversations in Australian health care. At Australian Healthcare Week, the Healthcare 2040 Expo in Sydney showcased how some pat...

Australian digital health matured in 2026 with two big capital events that move the sector from pilots to core infrastructure. In February 2026, Hims & Hers agreed to buy Eucalyptus for $1.15 billion,...

March 2026 brings changes to My Health Record that let patients see limb X-ray results the moment they are uploaded. Other imaging tests such as CT, MRI, PET, ultrasound and torso scans become viewabl...

At Australian Healthcare Week in Sydney, Amanda Cattermole, chief executive of the Australian Digital Health Agency, said digital health has moved from a supporting role to a central driver of health...

The federal government has expanded access to health information in My Health Record under the Sharing by Default reforms. Patients can view limb x-ray reports as soon as they are uploaded. This week...

A coalition of telehealth operators and insurers has released a self-published set of National Telehealth Standards. The 34 page document outlines expectations around clinical governance, patient safe...

Best Practice is the dominant GP software platform in Australia. Founders Lorraine and Frank Pyefinch own 51% and Sonic owns 49%. They say they are not in sale talks, but interest is strong. Best Prac...

A prominent Australian dermatologist and CEO of Xestro argues that the Therapeutic Goods Administration should shape a practical path for AI in healthcare via a Clinician-in-the-Loop exemption. Regula...

Sonic Healthcare and Healius posted stronger first-half 2026 results, signalling pathology volumes are recovering after Covid lows. Sonic reported revenue of A$5.445 billion, up 17 per cent year on ye...

The second interim evaluation of urgent care clinics in Australia shows nine success measures based on data from June 2023 to August 2025. It follows the first interim evaluation from March 2025. UCCs...

Sonic Healthcare and Healius reported solid first-half 2026 results. Sonic posted revenue of A$5,445m, up 17% year on year, with underlying EBITDA of A$907m, up 10%. It delivered NPAT of A$262m and ba...

A Queensland Supreme Court ruling favoured ophthalmologist Dr David Kitchen in his lawsuit against former Professional Services Review director Professor Julie Quinlivan. The judge found Quinlivan lia...

Across Australia, artificial intelligence is changing how patients seek health information and how clinicians work. AI tools now draft notes and management plans in the background, meaning more guidan...

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing is seeking feedback on a potential overhaul of GP referrals. The proposal would require standard information to accompany referrals from GPs to non GP s...