Best Practice has integrated Lyrebird Health’s AI scribe into the BP Premier free tier. The move gives general practices access to AI assisted note taking without extra costs, aiming to support clinic...
Pharmx Technologies and Sigma Healthcare have unveiled a multi year strategic alliance. Pharmx becomes the core technology infrastructure partner for Sigma and the Chemist Warehouse network across Aus...
Researchers compared primary care in six rich nations and found it under unprecedented strain. The countries are the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zeala...
Streamliners has announced an integration with Heidi Health to bring HealthPathways local clinical guidance into Heidi's AI powered clinician assistant. The move comes as Heidi expands into decision s...
Primary Health Care Nurses Day highlights the role of nurses who help people stay well before illness worsens. Denise Lyons, a nurse practitioner and president of the Australian Primary Care Nurses As...
Heidi has unveiled a broader AI strategy that moves beyond its AI scribe. The company will introduce Heidi Evidence, an evidence based decision support layer, and has acquired Automedica to bring an A...
Rural telehealth in Australia promised better access with new tech and broader internet. In Utopia, Northern Territory, a real test is under way. Urapuntja Health Service Aboriginal Corporation runs c...
BPAC Clinical Solutions launched CareSuite, a hub for its decision support tools for general practices across New Zealand. The first release is the Brain Injury Screening Tool, or BIST, developed with...
The second interim evaluation of urgent care clinics in Australia shows nine success measures based on data from June 2023 to August 2025. It follows the first interim evaluation from March 2025. UCCs...
Australia is strengthening its pandemic playbook by formalising the Australian Centre for Disease Control in 2026 to centralise public health advice for government. Yet the data backbone remains fragm...
Sonic Healthcare and Healius reported solid first-half 2026 results. Sonic posted revenue of A$5,445m, up 17% year on year, with underlying EBITDA of A$907m, up 10%. It delivered NPAT of A$262m and ba...
Australian health provider Aspen Medical has joined forces with US medtech NIRSense to support frontline trauma care for Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Aspen will donate 12 prototype NIRSense tissue oximetry...
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...
Western Australia is expanding its Enhanced Access Community Pharmacy Pilot (EACPP) with 40 additional pharmacists who will train to diagnose and treat simple conditions. The move comes after the gove...
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...
The Improving Choice and Transparency for Private Health Consumers Bill sets out plans to publish GP fees and bulk-billing rates by default on the Medical Costs Finder. The data would come from Medica...
South Australia held a pre election debate on health policy that brought together the Labor government and the Liberal opposition. The event was organised by AMA SA ahead of the March state election a...
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...
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing is seeking feedback on a potential overhaul of GP referrals. The proposal would require standard information to accompany referrals from GPs to non GP s...
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...
