Digital Health

Cohealth chief executive Nicole Bartholomeusz resigned, announced via LinkedIn, triggering questions about the provider’s future. Within a day the organisation said it would close three GP clinics whi...

The federal government has begun rolling out a set of incentives for GP registrars this semester. Registrars starting community-based training can access a salary incentive of up to 30,000, paid in in...

An opinion piece by Gohar Yazdabadi, CEO of COTA NSW, argues that ageing should be treated as a design challenge rather than a cost problem. Australians are living longer, with 80s now common and many...

At Australian Healthcare Week in Sydney, Amanda Cattermole, chief executive of the Australian Digital Health Agency, said digital health has moved from a supporting role to a central driver of health...

At Australian Healthcare Week in Sydney, leaders from aged care providers, clinical services, research and digital transformation pressed for a move away from expanding residential facilities toward c...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners backs ending Medicare rebate cheques but objects to a 90 day gap-only payment delay in the proposed electronic system. The government plans to ret...

Researchers at the University of Queensland have developed the SAFE score, a five minute questionnaire designed to flag adolescents and young women at risk of endometriosis. The tool converts response...

A Health Affairs study analysed dissatisfaction, stress and burnout among primary care doctors in the United States and nine other high income countries, including Australia. The results showed that w...

At a parliamentary forum focused on ME/CFS and long covid, lawmakers, clinicians, researchers and people living with the conditions discussed reform progress and remaining gaps. The hearing highlighte...

A survey of more than 2,200 Australian women and girls found violence against women is the top health concern. The results, published in BMC Women’s Health, were shared by Monash University researcher...

Australia’s Productivity Commission argues collaborative commissioning is a repeatable model in which Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks jointly plan, design, procure and evaluate car...

UK researchers report that pairing an AI driven analysis with an electronic stethoscope can identify clinically significant valvular heart disease more quickly and cheaply. In a multi centre study, 17...

A US pediatrician reported in the New England Journal of Medicine a case where a mother refused all childhood vaccines after citing the CDC’s ongoing review of its guidance. The scene occurred at the...

The RACGP has pushed back on the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s proposed replacement for the Pay Doctor via Claimant scheme. A December consultation paper outlines a gap only payment mo...

A free webinar on patient-side AI agents is being hosted by Health Services Daily and TMR for Wednesday 25 March at 3 pm AEDT. The session features Bettina McMahon, CEO of Healthdirect; GP Dr Emily Ki...

An updated analysis from RACGP and ACRRM tracks where medical graduates begin GP training in 2025. The dataset covers 1226 GPs-in-training who commenced the Australian GP Training pathway that year. M...

A coalition of telehealth operators and insurers has released a self-published set of National Telehealth Standards. The 34 page document outlines expectations around clinical governance, patient safe...

The 2025 Digital Health Festival will be held in Melbourne on 20–21 May, gathering RACGP leaders and hundreds of health tech professionals to discuss transforming care through stronger GP digital conn...

Five Faces, a Brisbane based patient experience software firm, has rolled out Patient Journey Support as part of its Unified Patient Hub. The platform guides patients from waitlists through perioperat...

Monash University researchers partnered with nine Indonesian health leaders to create the Value-Based Digital Health Innovation Canvas (VDHIC). Funded by the Australian Government through the DFAT via...