The Health Service Executive and the Department of Health in Ireland have launched the Sharing the Vision Digital Mental Health Strategy 2026-2030. It frames digital technology as a key lever to stren...
La Trobe University has appointed Phil Laufenberg as its first Pro Vice-Chancellor AI and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. This is the first role of its kind in the Australian university sector....
Medtech Global has launched Medtech AI in New Zealand. The platform integrates with Medtech Evolution, the practice management system, to deliver context aware patient summaries and automated clinical...
AI has moved from theory to practice. The journey includes Turing's ideas and the test that bears his name. In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov at chess, marking a milestone in machine re...
AI in Australian healthcare shows big potential but is not scaling. A Q4 2025 survey of 500 health workers by Appian found 60 per cent are piloting AI or running small tests, while only 12 per cent ha...
A new AI based tool, the BRAIx risk score, uses breast scan images to estimate a woman's risk of developing breast cancer over the next four years. The Lancet Digital Health published the study detail...
New Zealand completed a nationwide rollout of AI scribes in emergency departments. The system is live across all EDs and now covers about 1250 doctors and frontline staff, 250 more than initially anno...
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...
Dr Paul Eleftheriou from Nous Group is moving to Medibank as chief medical officer (customer). He will finish at Nous on 13 March and start at Medibank on 31 March, taking over from Dr Christopher Rob...
Australia’s Royal Commission into Aged Care highlighted a broken system. A new study analysed 33 agetech companies selling AI for aged care across Australia, East Asia, Europe and North America. These...
At the National Health Summit 2026 a panel highlighted that clinicians must keep decision making at the point of care as AI tools grow in use. The final decision stays with clinicians, and they need t...
The ARC Hub for HealthTech was launched at the University of Galway with a funding package of €34.3 million. The hub aims to speed up the commercialisation of patient‑focused research and to advance c...
Australia launched the Medical Technology Devices and Diagnostics Industry Capability Report at WHX Dubai 2026. Austrade and the Medical Technology Association of Australia led the release. The ICR gi...
Professor Toby Walsh told the National Press Club that Australia must ramp up AI investment and tighten rules. Walsh, a Scientia Professor of AI at UNSW Sydney and chief scientist at the UNSW AI Insti...
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...
Australia’s health software scene faces a new wave of AI driven disruption. Major platform players have seen sharp drops in valuation in recent months, even as revenue and profits stay steady. Xero fe...
Best Practice has integrated Lyrebird Health’s AI scribe into the BP Premier free tier. The move gives general practices access to AI assisted note taking without extra costs, aiming to support clinic...
Streamliners has announced an integration with Heidi Health to bring HealthPathways local clinical guidance into Heidi's AI powered clinician assistant. The move comes as Heidi expands into decision s...
