HotDoc faces vendor lock-in after PE buy
HotDoc is an Australian GP bookings and telehealth platform. In 2025 it rolled out a telehealth on demand option using external GPs on clinic booking pages. The move drew pushback from many practices...
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AI shifts patient data control in Australian health
AI is moving fast. ChatGPT Health and Claude Health are already changing how patients interact with their data. In Australia, the Australian Digital Health Agency guides policy through the National Di...
Australia EMR shift hinges on interoperability
Black Book Market Research’s State of Australian Healthcare IT 2026 examines which acute-care EMR and EHR platforms fit Australian health systems. It draws on 454 hospital and health service staff acr...
Alcidion wins seven-year UHSussex EPR deal
Alcidion Group has been selected by University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust as the preferred supplier for a new electronic patient record system. The deal is subject to final negotiations and...
Australia trims admin burnout with centralised billing
The Commonwealth Fund released the 2025 Causes and Impacts of Burnout Among Primary Care Physicians in 10 Countries. It surveyed around 11 000 general practitioners across Australia, Canada, France, G...
Victoria expands pharmacist prescribing
Victoria expanded its Community Pharmacist Program to let pharmacists prescribe and dispense two hormonal contraceptives and an impetigo treatment. The change builds on a rollout that began last year,...
GP checks back Thriving Kids rollout
Parliamentary committees released their final report backing the Thriving Kids program, a $2 billion initiative set to start on 1 July 2026. The plan moves eligible children from the National Disabili...
NZ health reforms: co-ordination up, GP access down
New Zealand’s Pae Ora reforms began in 2022, reshaping the health system by replacing 20 district health boards with Health New Zealand and creating a Māori Health Authority to embed Treaty-based gove...
AI in Australian General Practice and Guardrails
Artificial intelligence tools are moving from pilot projects to day-to-day practice in Australian primary care. OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Health, a platform that lets patients upload medical records...
Health chiefs push for stronger hospital PHN collaboration
The Productivity Commission has released the final version of Delivering quality care more efficiently. It calls for stronger formal coordination between hospitals and Primary Health Networks. It want...
Heatwaves push rural health funding into focus
Heatwaves, fires and floods are raising health risks in rural, remote and First Nations communities. The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine says extreme weather has boosted demand for loc...
Medicare data matching expands PBS compliance
The Department of Health Disability and Ageing maintains a public register of data matching activities. It confirms a 36 month PBS claims campaign started in December 2025. The effort compares pharmac...
ManageMyHealth breach hits 125k patients
ManageMyHealth, a trans-Tasman patient portal, was hacked by the ransomware gang Kazu on 30 December 2025. Roughly 125,000 of its 1.8 million users were affected. The breach involved patient documents...
Candid predicts chaotic 2026 for Australian GPs
A satirical forecast from Professor Candid sets out what 2026 might feel like for Australian general practice. Published by Medical Republic, it doubles as a light poke at clinic frustrations while st...
Gold Coast Launches Fast-Track Paediatric Support Platform
Gold Coast Health launched DevPaed Connect, a shared-care model for children with developmental, learning or behavioural issues. The platform was developed with GPs and a tech partner, Foxo, to enable...
Australia Moves Toward Interoperable Medical Imaging System
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) has released a report on improving access to diagnostic images in Australia. The report highlights ongoing issues with fragmented...
Data Challenges in Australian Healthtech AI
The article highlights that AI in healthtech faces major data challenges. To work effectively, AI needs access to diverse, high-quality data from multiple sources like EMRs, labs, and patient inputs....
Australia’s Digital Health Focus in 2025
The Australian healthtech sector focused on digital infrastructure, security, workforce, regulation, and innovation in 2025. The government introduced the Health Connect Australia Strategy to improve...
AI and Digital Health Advance in Australia 2025
In 2025, artificial intelligence became a core part of digital health in Australia. AI is now embedded in many health systems, including clinical documentation, imaging, coding, scheduling, triage, an...
Australia’s Aged Care Embraces Digital Overhaul 2025
Australia’s aged care sector prepared for major reforms in 2025 with the introduction of the new Aged Care Act and Support at Home program. The legislation came into force on November 1, replacing leg...