The Australian College of Nursing Foundation has launched the Cynthea Wellings PhD Scholarship – Advancing nursing research and building Australia’s digital health capabilities. The top-up provides $9...
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...
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...
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 Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) announced a series of events and initiatives in March and May that focus on gender equality, men’s health and digital health in primary ca...
A Melbourne general paediatrician uses the moment of Catherine O’Hara’s death to reflect on humour as a real tool in hospital life. Dr York Xiong Leong, who works with Eastern Health and teaches at Mo...
The Health Service Executive expands its partnership with Togetherall to offer free online, peer-to-peer mental health support for youths aged 16 to 30 across Ireland. The move builds on Togetherall’s...
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...
Ireland hosts a vibrant medtech and digital health scene with more than 550 companies, over 84 000 jobs and exports above €100 billion each year. Yet there is a gap: domestic adoption within the Healt...
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...
The Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program has lifted the national bulk-billing rate to 81.4% for the period November to January. In total, 3412 Medicare bulk-billing practices are registered, with 1...
Australia’s health department released bulk billing data covering November 2024 to January 2026. The national GP non-referred bulk billing rate averaged 81.4%, up 3.8 percentage points on the Septembe...
Interoperability is no longer a buzzword. In Australia, the health system remains a patchwork of clinics using different software. This creates gaps when care is handed off between GPs, specialists an...
Electronic prescribing is gaining traction in Australia as a practical option for general practices and patients. The message is that ePrescriptions are not mandatory, but they offer clear benefits in...
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...
Google and GS1 have partnered to let smartphone cameras scan GS1 DataMatrix barcodes on medicine packs using Google Lens. This creates instant access to trusted product information, including electron...
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...
The Pharmacy Guild was the largest health related donor to Australian political parties in 2024–25, spending $600,170. The money flowed ahead of the May federal election. Labor received most of the Gu...
