Clinical Decision Support

Australia faces a coming surge in health demand as the population ages. The piece argues the current hospital‑driven model isn’t sustainable for the next decade or more. About 7% of people use nearly...

Australia’s health tech sector moves toward formal AI governance. Magentus became the first company to sign the inaugural Voluntary Code of Conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health sof...

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...

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...

La Trobe University researchers released the span toolkit to help healthcare professionals identify and support autistic adults at risk of suicide. The resource bundle combines screening tools, polici...

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...

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...

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 NSW government has released its first Aboriginal Cancer Strategy, aimed at lifting cancer outcomes in Aboriginal communities. The plan prioritises stronger collaboration between NSW Health and the...

The sixth antimicrobial use and resistance (AURA) report from the Australian Centre for Disease Control highlights a rise in antimicrobial resistance and emphasis on GP stewardship. It draws on data f...

A Cochrane Collaboration review pooled data from 22 randomized trials in overweight or obese adults to test whether intermittent fasting delivers better weight loss, quality of life or safety outcomes...

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...

The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study followed 5112 adults who were 18 to 30 years old at enrolment in 1985–86. It tracked cardiovascular health for a median of 34.1 year...

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...

A Dutch study examined 1085 adults with suspected food allergy who visited the allergology clinic at University Medical Centre Utrecht between 2018 and 2023. Participants were split into probable food...

Irish medtech company xWave Technologies has teamed with Lanas's iMedDoc to deliver a fully digital radiology referral workflow across Ireland. The integration embeds xWave Refer into the iMedDoc EMR...

Monash University researcher Susan Saldanha led a set of studies on reproductive coercion in general practice. Reproductive coercion is gender based violence that interferes with a person’s control ov...

World Cancer Day on 4 February 2026 spotlights the push for person centred cancer care. The campaign, led by the Union for International Cancer Control, emphasises seeing the patient as a whole person...

Two Nipah virus cases have been confirmed in West Bengal, India. Nipah is carried by fruit bats and can spread to pigs and humans. In people, symptoms start like flu but can worsen to pneumonia or bra...