NSW Health apologised to junior medical officers at Nepean Hospital after an internal email appeared to blame fatigue on doctors and warned those struggling with rosters should consider leaving the pr...
Mecwacare has begun a LenexaCARE pilot at its Trescowthick Centre in Prahran, testing a fabric-based mattress sensor to turn standard beds into real-time monitors. The system provides continuous press...
Dr Amandeep Hansra, chief clinical advisor at the Australian Digital Health Agency, addressed Digital Health Festival 2026 to discuss care arriving through the patient. She forecast a shift toward con...
Daniel McCabe, the DoHDA’s senior public servant overseeing Medicare benefits and digital health, will shift to the Technology Assessment and Access Division in coming weeks. The change appears to be...
Eucalyptus, a telehealth provider, was acquired by Hims & Hers for $1.6 billion in February 2026. This deal stands as the largest digital health M&A globally for the quarter, underscoring a wave of co...
The Australian Digital Health Agency has released the National Framework for Digital Health Standards, a blueprint to coordinate digital standards across health settings. The document standardises ter...
General practice nurses could take a bigger role in sleep care within GP clinics, after a Flinders University led review analysed 85 studies on nurse-delivered chronic disease care. The researchers co...
The ANZ digital health workforce census is closing on May 31. Led by the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health at The University of Melbourne, the census surveys clinicians, informaticians, data...
The eight medtech startups have been named as finalists for the 2026 Future Health Summit Innovation Award, part of the 13th edition of the event held in Dublin. The shortlist spans AI-powered referra...
GenHEART is a 10-year, multi-trial plan led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute to tackle rising obesity and heart health risks in children. Four trials have been designated: GenPRESSURE, Gen...
The Australian Digital Health Agency announced the National Framework for Digital Health Standards at the Digital Health Festival in Melbourne. Chief digital officer Peter O’Halloran outlined a three‑...
Telstra Health shows Corus care intelligence ecosystem, a cloud‑native, standards‑based platform designed to connect care across settings. Corus iX acts as a data spine built on Smile OmniVera HDP and...
Australia's health technology leadership marked a milestone as the Australian Digital Health Agency launched the National Framework for Digital Health Standards during the Digital Health Festival. The...
Enkindle Consulting released Part 2 of the 2026 Home Care Provider Outlook Survey, focusing on the Support at Home transition experience after go-live. Findings from more than 300 Australian aged care...
On World Family Doctor Day the Royal Australian College of GPs celebrated the enduring GP–patient relationship and urged that AI and digital tools strengthen care rather than replace it. It said techn...
The diphtheria outbreak in Australia has intensified across four states, with 133 cases reported in the Northern Territory, 79 in Western Australia, 6 in South Australia and 2 in Queensland so far in...
A patient with a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan discovers they are entitled to five Medicare-subsidised allied health visits, but finding and tracking that entitlement is painful. The plan was c...
The piece argues that AI in healthcare cannot replace clinicians because the role is too complex to automate. It notes that people assume AI can handle straightforward tasks, but real-world care invol...
CareMonitor has added AI driven capabilities to its digital healthcare platform to improve coordination across hospital, home and community care. The update embeds AI powered operational and workflow...
Alcidion has agreed to acquire the Kyra flow products from Telstra Health, including Kyra Patient Flow Manager, Kyra Queue Manager and Kyra IQ. The deal expands Alcidion’s footprint to more than 30 ad...
