Digital Health Transformation

A webinar marking global Data Privacy Day warned governance hasn’t kept pace with AI adoption in health care. AI is now embedded in health tools from EHRs to coding and documentation workflows, often...

The Australian Digital Health Agency has invited software developers and implementers to test the Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide. The directory aims to provide n...

Black Book Market Research released the State of Australian Healthcare IT 2026. It assesses acute-care EMR and EHR platforms. Thirteen platforms were evaluated. Four hundred fifty four Australian hosp...

The Australian government is pushing to grow GP training, with Health Minister Mark Butler signalling more junior doctors will enter general practice training. Last year saw a major investment to add...

Consultmed has been chosen by Eucalyptus to support Juniper, the weight management program. GPs can refer patients to Juniper through Consultmed, with full integration into practice management systems...

Australia has enacted reforms to My Health Record through the Health Legislation Amendment Act 2025. The changes make uploading mandatory for pathology and diagnostic imaging reports. From October 202...

Valentia Technologies has launched OctansCare, a modular digital front door that is already live in New Zealand. Built on cloud-enabled microservices, it acts as a connectivity layer above existing Pr...

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing released plans to phase out Medicare rebate cheques by July 2028 and opened a public consultation on the changes. Under the proposal, government cheques...

Device Technologies has secured ARTG listing for Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci 5 robotic-assisted surgical system in Australia, marking a clear expansion of access to advanced minimally invasive tools...

A cyber incident hit New Zealand’s ManageMyHealth patient portal in late December 2025. Hackers calling themselves Kazu claimed the breach and posted a sample with a ransom demand. ManageMyHealth lear...

A Commonwealth Fund global survey of nearly 11,000 GPs across 10 countries, including Australia, shows burnout is high among Australian clinicians. In Australia, 32% of GPs report burnout, with admini...

A US health service study published in JAMA Network Open shows emoji use in electronic health record notes is widespread. Researchers found 372 distinct emojis across 4,162 notes created between 2020...

Black Book Market Research’s State of Australian Healthcare IT 2026 examines which acute-care EMR and EHR platforms fit Australian health systems. It draws on 454 hospital and health service staff acr...

ATAGI has updated measles vaccination guidance for infants travelling overseas. Infants aged 6–11 months who get an MMR dose before travel must have that dose repeated. They should then receive two mo...

Health NZ fixed two IT outages in separate regions. The Southern District outage lasted just over 12 hours, starting early on Tuesday and affecting hospital systems used for patient care and operation...

Alcidion Group has been selected by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust as the preferred supplier for a new electronic patient record system. The deal is subject to final negotiations and...

Heatwaves, fires and floods are raising health risks in rural, remote and First Nations communities. The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine says extreme weather has boosted demand for loc...

A satirical forecast from Professor Candid sets out what 2026 might feel like for Australian general practice. Published by Medical Republic, it doubles as a light poke at clinic frustrations while st...

Canopy Healthcare, the largest private oncology provider in New Zealand, experienced a cyber breach in July 2025. The incident involved unauthorised access to a part of their administrative systems. A...

Alcidion, an Australian digital health company, has been chosen as the preferred supplier for a new electronic patient record system at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in the UK. The...