Interoperability

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...

Australian digital health matured in 2026 with two big capital events that move the sector from pilots to core infrastructure. In February 2026, Hims & Hers agreed to buy Eucalyptus for $1.15 billion,...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners welcomed reforms to the Workforce Incentive Program Rural Advanced Skills stream. The changes set a GP’s total FTE as solely the service they prov...

The Western NSW Local Health District is operating that Virtual Support service across 35 rural hospitals and health facilities, using remote monitoring software to track real-time data from emergency...

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is pushing for a registration endorsement that would let pharmacists work to the full extent of their training. Guild president Professor Trent Twomey told delegates at...

Health NZ's clinical director of the AI Laboratory, Dr Cheng Kai Jin, told Australian Healthcare Week that AI now spans risk scoring, machine vision and generative tools. Governance is central, with o...

The International AI Summit will be held in Dublin on 14 October 2026 as part of Ireland’s presidency of the European Union. The event is expected to attract more than 1,000 attendees including invest...

The HSE and University of Galway’s HIVE Lab kicked off a national rollout of the All-Islands Health Virtual Care Programme, extending to 12 offshore islands. Over the next two years, a universal digit...

At the Healthcare 2040 Expo in Sydney, health AI experts pressed governments to prioritise governance and data foundations rather than just new tools. A MIT Media Lab study cited by speakers suggested...

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...

From July, adults in Victoria can obtain the oral contraceptive pill from about 850 participating pharmacies without a GP script. Pharmacist consultations will be free, and patients still cover the me...

The federal government has expanded access to health information in My Health Record under the Sharing by Default reforms. Patients can view limb x-ray reports as soon as they are uploaded. This week...

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...

A Canadian subcohort of the CHILD Cohort Study followed infants to age five to examine how early-life exposure to dog allergen affects asthma risk and lung function. In a sample exceeding 1,000 childr...

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...

From July, Victorians aged 18 and over can obtain the oral contraceptive pill from 850 participating pharmacies without a prescription or direct GP input, under the Chemist Care Now program. The polic...

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 Australian policy group, the Australian Institute of Health Executives, published a white paper arguing that emergency department funding must reflect patient complexity rather than throughput. EDs...