Digital Health Transformation

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...

The Australian Medical Association has published a research report focused on digital interoperability in health care. It outlines that current health IT systems are isolated and incompatible, causing...

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing is seeking feedback on a potential overhaul of GP referrals. The proposal would require standard information to accompany referrals from GPs to non GP s...

Whiddon is a not-for-profit aged care provider with 23 residential homes across New South Wales and Southeast Queensland. It has chosen Telstra Health to supply its residential aged care software. The...

With a state election looming in South Australia, 10 health advocate bodies formed the SA College Chairs Committee and signed off on a three point plan. The aims are to map unmet health needs and serv...

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...

Digital Health Week 2026 showcased Professor Peter Steele from the University of Melbourne. He framed AI as something to implement through front end Learning Health System work. LHS lets health servic...

Dedalus topped Black Book Market Research’s 2026 State of Australian Healthcare IT evaluation, taking the most top rankings across 18 strategic-fit dimensions for Australian EMR platforms. Health serv...

Health NZ has detailed the Centre for Digital Modernisation of Health. Dr Lara Hopley will be the Chief Clinical Digital Modernisation Officer and Stephen Crombie will serve as Interim Centre Director...

In Australia, mobile devices are central to health services. Clinicians use them to access records, document care and coordinate tasks across wards and facilities. When one device fails, care teams sl...

Two independent reviews are underway into a cyber breach at Manage My Health, a patient portal used in New Zealand. Cybersecurity experts say the response reveals gaps in basic practice. It took nine...

An independent review of the Sparked Program, the HL7 FHIR accelerator funded by the Australian Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, has been released. The Evaluation Report 2023-2025 was cond...

Findings from 2026 General Practice Business Viability Insights, produced by Hunter New England Centre Coast PHN, show staffing remains a core problem and administration is a heavy burden. About one t...

AI scribes reached real scale in Australian clinics during 2025. Lyrebird, the notes first mover, saw about a quarter of Australian GPs using an AI scribe by mid 2025, turning a once visionary idea in...

Zebra Technologies has announced a wave of APAC leadership appointments to speed the adoption of AI powered automation in health care and other sectors. Tom Christodoulou takes on the role of Sales Vi...

Western Australia’s East Metropolitan Health Service has gone live with Code Focus, a digital clinical coding management and workflow platform. The rollout covers EMHS services and moves away from man...

The Australian Medical Association has released a report that flags serious risks from Australia’s fragmented digital health systems. These systems are often isolated and use incompatible software, wh...

Australia is moving to a national medicines record that ties scripts to the My Health Record. Health minister Mark Butler announced two major reforms after a preventable overdose death: online telehea...