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...
Australia has launched the Digital Health Train the Trainer Toolkit to help universities embed digital health into health degrees. The initiative is a collaboration between the Australian Digital Heal...
The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association published a position statement in Heart Lung Circulation. Telehealth is describ...
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...
Researchers compared primary care in six rich nations and found it under unprecedented strain. The countries are the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zeala...
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...
Primary Health Care Nurses Day highlights the role of nurses who help people stay well before illness worsens. Denise Lyons, a nurse practitioner and president of the Australian Primary Care Nurses As...
Rural telehealth in Australia promised better access with new tech and broader internet. In Utopia, Northern Territory, a real test is under way. Urapuntja Health Service Aboriginal Corporation runs c...
The CareZen virtual care pod began a rollout in Tenterfield, a rural town in New South Wales, giving residents access to bulk-billed psychology sessions delivered by HealthBright. The pod provides a p...
BPAC Clinical Solutions launched CareSuite, a hub for its decision support tools for general practices across New Zealand. The first release is the Brain Injury Screening Tool, or BIST, developed with...
A large randomised trial across 20 Australian clinics tested whether text message reminders to parents could boost timely vaccination for young children. About 9,993 parents were enrolled and roughly...
Australia's health services sector was the most targeted by cyber threats in the second half of 2025. Nozomi Networks Labs OT & IoT Security Report shows healthcare led the country in targeted alerts,...
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...
Australian weight loss platform Eucalyptus has been sold to US group Hims and Hers for about 1.6 billion US dollars. Tim Doyle, founder and chief executive, will lead Hims and Hers international opera...
US telehealth group Hims & Hers has completed the purchase of Australia’s Eucalyptus for USD 1.15 billion, bringing 775,000 customers under its umbrella. Eucalyptus operates online clinics including P...
Australian founded digital health group Eucalyptus is being bought by US health and wellness platform Hims and Hers Health for up to USD 1.15 billion, equivalent to about AUD 1.6 billion. About USD 24...
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...
In New Zealand, retirement villages are placing digital tools at the centre of operations. The Senior Trust Retirement Village Income Generator reports that villages are increasingly investing in digi...
The New Zealand College of General Practitioners released the Your Work Counts study, analysing 566 NZ GPs. It shows 56% of a GP’s time is spent in patient consultations, while 31% is non-contact clin...
