OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health in Australia
OpenAI has begun rolling out ChatGPT Health in Australia, starting with a limited number of early users. The feature will expand to more users on a waitlist soon and broadly in February. ChatGPT Healt...
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AI and Digital Health Advance in Australia 2025
In 2025, artificial intelligence became a core part of digital health in Australia. AI is now embedded in many health systems, including clinical documentation, imaging, coding, scheduling, triage, an...
Ireland’s Cardiac Registry Model Offers Australian Opportunity
Ireland replaced its static cardiac registry with a real-time, connected national system. This new registry tracks every implant and follow-up, creating a continuous patient record. It connects all ho...
Australia Needs Stable Funding for Digital Health Growth
The Australian healthcare software sector expressed concerns at the recent MSIA summit in Sydney about funding issues. Vendors feel that current government support is inconsistent and insufficient for...
Australia’s Digital Health Strategy Gains Ground
The Australian Digital Health Agency reported strong progress two years into the National Digital Health Strategy 2023-25. Nearly half of the 80 initiatives are complete, with many still underway. Key...
Australia’s Digital Health Push Connects Remote Communities
The Australian government is advancing its National Digital Health Strategy through the modernisation of My Health Record. In remote areas like Santa Teresa in the Northern Territory, digital health t...
Australia Moves Toward Seamless Health Data Sharing
The Australian government will require pathology reports to be uploaded to My Health Record by October 2025 and diagnostic imaging reports by February 2026. Medicare benefits will only be paid if prov...
Australia’s Hospital Medication Digital Gap in 2025
Australia has made progress in digital health, especially in primary care with tools like My Health Record and ePrescriptions. However, hospitals still rely heavily on paper scripts and manual process...
Australia Launches Framework to Boost Medication Safety at Care Transitions
Australia has launched a new national framework to improve medication safety during transitions of care. The goal is to reduce medication errors and hospital readmissions, which cost around $1.4 billi...
MHR needs better cybersecurity, or GPs will be blamed
The AMA has urged the Department of Health to strengthen cybersecurity standards for the My Health Record system to prevent breaches and protect patient trust. It highlights current gaps that could pl...