Health Data

A large Danish registry study followed 876 805 women aged 45 and over for a median 14.3 years, tracking systemic menopausal hormone therapy prescriptions and deaths. About 11.9% filled at least one MH...

Grahame Grieve, the HL7 leader and creator of FHIR, spoke on PULSE the Podcast about the central role of data sharing in modern health technology. He argues the FHIR community must stay open and trust...

Health New Zealand experienced another IT disruption affecting access to clinical documents in the South Island. On Monday February 16, Health Connect South showed a short term service issue, promptin...

Roxanne Suwas, a Perth based practice owner and mentor, argues that calling GP visits free hides the true cost of running general practice. General practices aren’t government funded like hospitals. T...

The Australian Medical Association has published a research report focused on digital interoperability in health care. It outlines that current health IT systems are isolated and incompatible, causing...

A Queensland Supreme Court ruling favoured ophthalmologist Dr David Kitchen in his lawsuit against former Professional Services Review director Professor Julie Quinlivan. The judge found Quinlivan lia...

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...

InterSystems has won four Global 2026 Best in KLAS awards. The hits cover acute care EHR in France, Asia and Oceania and shared care records in Europe. InterSystems TrakCare leads in three markets for...

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...

Digital Health Week 2026 will be held in Auckland on November 18–19 at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau. The flagship conference is co-led by Health Informatics New Zealand and the Digital Health...

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...

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...

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...

Australia is testing its urgent care clinics with a target of 137 UCCs. An interim evaluation, nearly a year old, sits alongside a final report due in 2026. The interim findings show each UCC presenta...

Whakarongorau Aotearoa in New Zealand will develop an AI concierge triage and navigation platform to improve access to mental health and addictions support nationwide. The project will receive matchin...

Dedalus topped Black Book Market Research’s 2026 State of Australian Healthcare IT evaluation, taking the most top rankings across 18 strategic-fit dimensions for Australian EMR platforms. Health serv...

In Australia, mobile devices are central to health services. Clinicians use them to access records, document care and coordinate tasks across wards and facilities. When one device fails, care teams sl...

A large real world study in the United States analysed longitudinal medical claims from 2017 to 2024 to compare adults with atopic dermatitis who started a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor with those star...

Two independent reviews are underway into a cyber breach at Manage My Health, a patient portal used in New Zealand. Cybersecurity experts say the response reveals gaps in basic practice. It took nine...