AI in Australian healthcare shows big potential but is not scaling. A Q4 2025 survey of 500 health workers by Appian found 60 per cent are piloting AI or running small tests, while only 12 per cent ha...
MediMap, a medication management provider, has outlined a phased plan to restore its digital platform in New Zealand after an incident where some resident records were reportedly modified. The restora...
New Zealand completed a nationwide rollout of AI scribes in emergency departments. The system is live across all EDs and now covers about 1250 doctors and frontline staff, 250 more than initially anno...
Victoria Police has reversed a change that placed the onus on GPs to assess police recruits. In July 2025 VicPol updated its recruitment process so GPs would decide if applicants were physically and m...
HotDoc has rolled out Flexible Checkout, adding Apple Pay and Google Pay to online bookings. The change defaults the payment flow to HotDoc unless a practice or PMS partner disables it. Many clinics s...
A decade long analysis of AHPRA health impairment notifications published in the Medical Journal of Australia shows non-specialist doctors, including GPs, are more likely to be the subject of health i...
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...
Sonic Healthcare and Healius posted stronger first-half 2026 results, signalling pathology volumes are recovering after Covid lows. Sonic reported revenue of A$5.445 billion, up 17 per cent year on ye...
Pharmx Technologies and Sigma Healthcare have unveiled a multi year strategic alliance. Pharmx becomes the core technology infrastructure partner for Sigma and the Chemist Warehouse network across Aus...
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...
Heidi has unveiled a broader AI strategy that moves beyond its AI scribe. The company will introduce Heidi Evidence, an evidence based decision support layer, and has acquired Automedica to bring an A...
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...
MediMap, the digital medication management platform used in New Zealand and Australia, is offline across New Zealand after some resident records were reportedly incorrectly modified. The company says...
Queensland has observed a notable drop in infant RSV detections after a free vaccination program using Beyfortus (nirsevimab) began in April 2024. A real‑world study analysed about 21 000 RSV PCR test...
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,...
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...
Australia is strengthening its pandemic playbook by formalising the Australian Centre for Disease Control in 2026 to centralise public health advice for government. Yet the data backbone remains fragm...
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...
At the IHCA FutureCare 2026 conference, Prof Brian Pickering of Mayo Clinic urged that Irelands national EHR needs a built in cognitive layer. He warned that piling data into the system without guidin...
