NSW Health is progressing with its single digital patient record (SDPR) project. Staff across the state's 17 local health districts are now being trained to support the rollout. Nearly 200 staff have...
Rahma Health, an evidence-based health information platform for the Arabic-speaking community, has won three Telstra Best of Business Awards including Business of the Year 2025. It is Australia’s only...
The Australian government and industry leaders recognise that AI could add up to $235 billion to the economy if the country invests more in data and talent. A new report highlights that Australia is n...
The Australian Federal Government provided a $1.5 million funding boost to cohealth, a community health provider in Victoria. This funding keeps three GP clinics open until July 2026, preventing their...
Complaints to the National Health Practitioner Ombudsman (NHPO) increased by 42% last year, reaching 980. Most complaints were about AHPRA’s registration process and notification handling. The rise wa...
A new analysis from Ochre Health shows female GPs in Australia earn about 6.5% less per hour than male GPs. The study looked at data from 511 GPs across five states during 2024. It found male GPs bill...
Victoria is expanding its drug testing program across the state, including at major music festivals. The government sees this as a way to reduce drug-related harm and save lives. The first testing sit...
The Australian government’s ban on silica in engineered stone benchtops aims to reduce silicosis among workers. Despite this, new research shows asthma rates are still high in the industry. A study fr...
The Australian healthcare system is shifting towards greater patient access to their health data. Recent updates require pathology and imaging results to be uploaded to the My Health Record system imm...
The Australian government-funded Allergy Assist platform has expanded from rural and remote doctors to all GPs nationwide. The platform allows GPs to submit de-identified allergy cases and get special...
Tallaght University Hospital launched a virtual ICU tour to help patients and families understand the ICU environment. The tour aims to reduce anxiety and confusion for those recovering from critical...
The South Australian health system is changing how it handles lower back pain. A study showed that many people go to emergency departments because community care isn’t accessible or effective. Most ba...
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) launched the PURPLE Translational Platform to improve pancreatic cancer research in Australia. The platform connects patients, clinicians, and researchers to...
Heidi AI, an Australian-founded AI scribe, is being rolled out across all emergency departments in New Zealand’s public health system. The rollout follows successful pilots, including one at Hawke’s B...
Personify Care and the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE) have launched iCOPE 2.0, an upgraded digital screening platform for perinatal mental health. COPE is Australia's leading organisation in ea...
The use of GLP-1 receptor agonists (RAs) in type 2 diabetes (T2D) is gaining recognition in Australia. The government has approved semaglutide for reducing kidney decline and cardiovascular death in a...
At Web Summit, the focus was on data sharing in healthcare. Speakers emphasised that data is key to connecting systems, people and countries. Healthcare has traditionally kept data locked away, but no...
The government’s latest Medicare data shows GP bulk billing rates in Australia have remained relatively stable over the past year. The September 2025 quarter saw a bulk billing rate of 77.6%, slightly...
Australia and Canada are facing similar issues with scope creep in primary care. In Australia, GPs are concerned about community pharmacists gaining prescribing rights. Canada is seeing nurse practiti...
The Australian government has deployed AI-powered GP-Bots, called Medi Compliance Units (MCUs), to enforce bulk billing. These bots are produced in a secret federal facility and are designed to follow...
