Interoperability

Beamtree's Global Impact Committee released a major report on precision health and its potential to cut waste and harm in healthcare. It notes that the cost of gene therapy, access and equity, workfor...

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has asked the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission to suspend each board director and consider removing them, a move aimed at restoring gove...

On 20 March 2026 Australia formed the National Clinical Governance Committee for Digital Health to guide officials on balancing access to new technologies with clinical safety. The Australian Digital...

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has started its fifth Extraordinary General Meeting in six months to vote on removing President Jennifer Martin from both the presidency and the board chai...

Dr Chris Irwin, who has stood as a RACGP presidential candidate and now leads the Australian Society of General Practice, is urging Victorian GPs to engage in policy advocacy ahead of the state electi...

Two key Australian health groups pushed back on how to modernise GP to non-GP referrals in a government consultation. The Australian Medical Association argues against extending the default validity b...

GP burnout is reframed as a system problem rather than an individual failing. The piece follows Dr Sarah as she experiences a typical busy morning, then contrasts it with a neighbourhood health hub mo...

Fax machines remain common in Australian general practice, with a plan to phase them out and replace them with improved devices. The NHS in the UK and Australian general practice are described as the...

On 17 March 2026 Telstra Health introduced Smart Connect inside MedicalDirector Clinical, a pathology eRequesting feature that replaces paper requests with a fully digital workflow. Healius Pathology...

The Australian Digital Health Agency has created a national governance body for digital health, abbreviated as NCGC-DH, to raise clinical oversight of digital health tools. The committee will guide th...

The WA government used the WA Digital Health Summit to confirm progress on AI-assisted clinical scribes in the WA Health system. Lisa O’Malley, speaking for the Medical Research Minister, said pilots...

Telstra Health has introduced Smart Connect, a pathology eRequesting capability within MedicalDirector Clinical to replace paper-based pathology requests with a fully digital workflow. The first integ...

The 2024 RACGP Red Book, the first update in eight years, has been identified as missing four preconception care elements by researchers from the University of Queensland. The gaps include male precon...

The Health Minister announced a nationwide pharmacist-led prescribing trial that will subsidise pharmacists to the same PBS-eligible level as GPs for oral contraceptives and some antibiotics from Janu...

Gold Coast Health has signed a deal with Alcidion to roll out Miya Precision across its three hospitals and community health network. The end to end remote patient monitoring solution will link with G...

The 2026 RACGP Hackathon kicked off in Sydney, bringing 51 participants across seven teams together for a three day sprint to address a primary care challenge. GPs collaborate with tech experts and en...

Australia will run a 12 month trial from January 2027 that lets concession card holders access pharmacy prescribed contraceptives and allows qualified pharmacists to treat uncomplicated UTIs without a...

The federal government will fund a nationwide pharmacist contraceptives trial. Federal health minister Mark Butler announced at the Australasian Pharmacy Professionals conference on the Gold Coast tha...

The South Australian branch of the Australian Medical Association, AMA SA, has outlined reforms to attract international medical graduates and strengthen the health system ahead of the state election....

Digital care journeys are split into two camps, a view supported by Dr Joshua Liu, the cofounder and CEO of SeamlessMD. Since 2020 health systems have divided into an EHR first approach that seeks a s...