Ai In Healthcare

Heidi has unveiled a broader AI strategy that moves beyond its AI scribe. The company will introduce Heidi Evidence, an evidence based decision support layer, and has acquired Automedica to bring an A...

Alcidion has secured regulatory clearance for Concept Detection, an AI assisted feature within the Miya Precision platform's Noting module. The Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods lists Concept D...

Uniting NSW & ACT has moved Buddy, a generative AI assistant, into production across 1,000 community care workers. The tool reduces admin work and speeds up documentation, with post-visit notes droppi...

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...

The US administration launched RealFood.gov to publish Robert F Kennedy Jr’s dietary guidelines and to power public questions about real food with Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot. Grok is presented as a t...

At the IHCA FutureCare 2026 conference, Prof Brian Pickering of Mayo Clinic urged that Irelands national EHR needs a built in cognitive layer. He warned that piling data into the system without guidin...

The ARC Hub for ICT has officially launched at Technological University Dublin. The hub aims to speed up turning cutting edge ICT and AI research into real world solutions that deliver economic and so...

An international team led by the University of Melbourne has shown that everyday earbuds can monitor brain activity. They used earbud sensors to measure cochlear responses tied to cognitive load. A we...

Dr Rod Jacobs, president of the Australia and New Zealand Hernia Society, calls on GPs to stop routinely ordering groin ultrasounds. He notes many scans are unnecessary or misinterpreted and push pati...

A world-first scoping review led by researchers at the University of Adelaide finds no formal guidelines for silent trials of AI tools in health clinics. Silent trials test AI in the intended setting...

Diabetes Australia will invest $2 million in AI driven diabetes research through the Diabetes Australia Research Trust. The funding backs 19 projects across basic science, clinical care, health system...

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...

AIBUILD has launched emotion-aware companion robots for older adults living at home. The mobile, autonomous units stay in the home and learn what normal looks like for each person. They use camera-bas...

Health NZ has issued a Request for Information to explore how AI image reading could support breast screening. This marks an initial validation of available capabilities and approaches for AI in readi...

Australia is seeing patient side AI enter healthcare. ChatGPT Health has a soft launch here. Anthropic plans Claude Health to launch within a month. Patients use these tools to ask questions and gathe...

The Mill Enterprise Hub in Drogheda has launched a three year growth, leadership and sustainability programme for 16 ambitious SMEs across the North East. The BASSE North East initiative is funded wit...

In January 2026 the AI health assistants ChatGPT Health and Claude for Healthcare launched. These tools are purpose built to guide health decisions and are becoming the main way many people start thei...

Healthdirect Australia conducted a trial of an AI driven virtual triage and care referral engine from Infermedica to act as a digital front door for care. The system assesses patient symptoms, triages...

The Australian health system is facing a shift in how governance is defined and applied. Traditional clinical governance, built for hospitals and face-to-face care, struggles to cover safety and quali...

HBF, a Perth-based not-for-profit health insurer, launched HBF Ventures, a $25 million corporate venture capital fund. The aim is to back early and growth‑stage health tech that can improve system per...