A coalition of telehealth operators and insurers has released a self-published set of National Telehealth Standards. The 34 page document outlines expectations around clinical governance, patient safe...
The 2025 Digital Health Festival will be held in Melbourne on 20–21 May, gathering RACGP leaders and hundreds of health tech professionals to discuss transforming care through stronger GP digital conn...
Five Faces, a Brisbane based patient experience software firm, has rolled out Patient Journey Support as part of its Unified Patient Hub. The platform guides patients from waitlists through perioperat...
Monash University researchers partnered with nine Indonesian health leaders to create the Value-Based Digital Health Innovation Canvas (VDHIC). Funded by the Australian Government through the DFAT via...
Carepatron, a New Zealand health tech, secured NZ$250,000 from the Maori Development Fund to accelerate its AI Clinical Support Co-Pilot, a tool embedded in practice management software to speed up ad...
Medtech Global has launched Medtech AI in New Zealand. The platform integrates with Medtech Evolution, the practice management system, to deliver context aware patient summaries and automated clinical...
Healthpoint and Whakarongorau Aotearoa in New Zealand signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalise a long-running collaboration that guides how they help whānau find the right care at the right t...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is emphasising frontline GP advocacy through its GP Advocate Network, which now includes 151 members across Australia. Dr Jennie Wright, a...
A major Australian study examined more than 330,000 aged care residents across about 3,000 facilities from 2013 to 2019. It shows GP continuity matters. Only 17.3% kept their usual GP after moving in,...
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...
Australia faces a coming surge in health demand as the population ages. The piece argues the current hospital‑driven model isn’t sustainable for the next decade or more. About 7% of people use nearly...
A nationwide retrospective study led by the ROSA Research Group analysed health outcomes for older residents in long term care across almost 3,000 Australian facilities from 2013 to 2019. The dataset...
The Australian Digital Health Agency has renamed and upgraded its developer portal to the Digital Health Implementer Hub. The change aims to speed up compliance with national digital health systems an...
The piece argues that the real limit on product led platforms is the underlying architecture. Roadmaps push ahead, but the core platform often lags. In health tech, platforms must handle data moving a...
Best Practice is the dominant GP software platform in Australia. Founders Lorraine and Frank Pyefinch own 51% and Sonic owns 49%. They say they are not in sale talks, but interest is strong. Best Prac...
Sparked is Australia’s push to speed up FHIR based health information exchange. It brings together a diverse mix of health system players and has moved the standards from theory to practical output. T...
Australia launched the Medical Technology Devices and Diagnostics Industry Capability Report at WHX Dubai 2026. Austrade and the Medical Technology Association of Australia led the release. The ICR gi...
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...
