The Department of Veterans Affairs has tightened the medicinal cannabis framework in Australia. The changes take effect immediately for veterans who have not previously received prescriptions. From no...
Alcidion has secured regulatory clearance for Concept Detection, an AI assisted feature within the Miya Precision platform's Noting module. The Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods lists Concept D...
Australian weight loss platform Eucalyptus has been sold to US group Hims and Hers for about 1.6 billion US dollars. Tim Doyle, founder and chief executive, will lead Hims and Hers international opera...
An Australian study examined how AHPRA handles health impairment notifications from 2012 to 2022. It found that 1.1 per cent of doctors received a health impairment notification during this period. In...
A world-first scoping review led by researchers at the University of Adelaide finds no formal guidelines for silent trials of AI tools in health clinics. Silent trials test AI in the intended setting...
The Department of Veterans' Affairs has updated the framework for the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, affecting how medicinal cannabis is subsidised for defence force veterans. The change...
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...
Australia is moving to bake price transparency into private health care. The Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 Schedule 1 would let the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing publish informa...
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has declared zero tolerance for false and misleading advertising by NDIS providers after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) flagg...
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a 739.2 million dollar investment to boost the treatment and rehabilitation of veterans. The plan also funds administrative tasks tied to compensation clai...
Fiona Armstrong, chief executive of Liquid, outlined a bold rethink of care delivery at the international e-Mental Health Conference in Toronto. She argues health has become overly specialised and fra...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has a Fellow Support Service to help doctors after they gain a Fellowship. The program offers advice, education, supervision and mentoring...
Whiddon is a not-for-profit aged care provider with 23 residential homes across New South Wales and Southeast Queensland. It has chosen Telstra Health to supply its residential aged care software. The...
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...
In January 2026 Iran faced severe protests and a sustained crackdown that pushed medical neutrality to the limit. Across the country, hospitals became zones of danger as security services intensified...
A ten year analysis of AHPRA records from 2012 to 2022 looked at 112 677 doctors. One percent had at least one health impairment notification, equal to 1 732 cases. Substance misuse accounted for 38 p...
A Canberra GP and academic argues that strict emphasis on measurable outcomes in continuing professional development (CPD) for doctors, as pushed by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agenc...
Voluntary assisted dying is now legally available in most of Australia and the landscape is shifting toward broader national alignment. The Australian Capital Territory enacted its VAD laws in Novembe...
