Soul Hub, a care model backed by 300 volunteers, has been using AI within its care framework since October 2024 to address health inequities faced by people experiencing homelessness. The panel on AI...
Health NZ has published a request for proposal to establish an open panel of suppliers for AI ambient scribe solutions across its clinical environments. The aim is to give clinicians access to AI enab...
On 16 and 17 June, local and international health leaders will gather in Canberra for a prevention workshop and summit focused on clarifying who owns prevention, how it is measured, and where to inves...
Mitchell Katz, chief executive of NYC Health + Hospitals, told a business panel last month that a large portion of radiologists could be replaced by AI today if regulators clear the path. NYC Health +...
Southern Cross University expert Brendan Walker-Monroe argues jailbreak testing should be standard for AI tools, including those used in healthcare, after reports that an Australian AI scribe could be...
Health Services Daily hosted a webinar on patient-side AI agents and how they are reshaping Australian consultations. The panel included Healthdirect chief executive Bettina McMahon, GP Dr Emily Kirkp...
Future Health Expo 2027 was announced as the first event of its kind, taking place in Auckland, New Zealand, from 15 to 17 April 2027. It blends a two‑day professional conference and trade show with a...
At Imprivata Connect in Sydney, Eye and Ear Hospital chief clinical informatics officer Kate Renzenbrink warned that digital health introduces new risks that are not yet well understood. She cited poo...
In Canberra, leaders from over 50 medical colleges, associations and societies gathered to address reforms to Australia’s health system. The session was led by Dr Sanjay Hettige, chair of the AMA Coun...
1800Medicare has been launched as Australia’s grand national triage service, but its future is unsettled as patient-facing AI agents move fast. The government’s system faces the risk of becoming redun...
Phillips has topped the medtech category in the European patent office’s 2025 Technology Dashboard, driven by 676 medtech patent applications filed with the EPO in 2025. The company highlights AI-rela...
RACGP president Dr Michael Wright and fellow primary care leaders joined hundreds in Canberra for a two day conference hosted by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. The event, titled Inte...
Dr Katrina Sanders, the chief medical officer of Aspen Medical, argues for governance of the AI stack in healthcare rather than evaluating AI tools in isolation. She notes that most AI systems are val...
Flinders University researchers compared an audio-visual AI scribe with an audio-only scribe in medication history tasks. In 110 structured mock interviews with five pairs of clinical pharmacists, par...
Beamtree's Global Impact Committee released a major report on precision health and its potential to cut waste and harm in healthcare. It notes that the cost of gene therapy, access and equity, workfor...
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...
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...
A large multi centre study led by Emory University shows breast arterial calcification BAC visible on routine mammograms signals higher cardiovascular risk. Researchers analysed 123 762 women aged 40–...
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...
