EpiSoft today rolled out a new podcast series named Patient by Design, examining how hospital processes, workflows and systems shape patient experience and operational outcomes. The inaugural episode...
Dr Damien Brown, a specialist rural generalist with more than a decade in Central Australia and the remote north, has released Bush Doctor, a memoir that foregrounds the ongoing health inequities faci...
Health New Zealand's Shared Digital Health Record (SDHR) pulse check examined public views on health information sharing after high profile cybersecurity incidents. Feedback from consumer channels, ea...
Smileyscope VR headsets have been introduced to Portiuncula University Hospital's paediatrics ward. The immersive headset uses storytelling to distract children during procedures such as phlebotomy an...
The European Medicines Agency has launched a pilot to test a new regulatory path for breakthrough medical devices in the European Union. The aim is to speed patient access to highly innovative technol...
Eleven new endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics have opened in general practices, bringing the total number of clinics to 33. The rollout is part of the Federal Government’s 793 million dollars women...
Deloitte Asia Pacific has launched the Asia Pacific Health Institute to connect its client work, people initiatives and societal investments with regional health systems. The move accompanies a new re...
Agentic AI dominated conversations at HIMSS 2026 in Las Vegas, where vendors demonstrated systems that can reason, plan and carry out workflows inside core health IT platforms. These agents break down...
The Australian government has updated the Support at Home program to remove out-of-pocket costs for personal care such as showering, dressing and continence care. The change, effective from November 2...
A population study led by Melbourne rheumatologist Professor Rachelle Buchbinder and Finnish colleagues finds that nearly every adult over 40 shows rotator cuff abnormalities on high resolution MRI. I...
Medicinal cannabis usage in Australia declined in the second half of 2025, dropping to 2.65 million units after regulators signalled a tougher stance on problematic actors. Department of Health, Disab...
Cohealth faces renewed pressure as GP services at three Melbourne sites remain at risk. In October last year the organisation signalled it would stop GP services at Collingwood, Fitzroy and Kensington...
Accenture ANZ outlines a path to reinvent how Australia handles chronic disease, emphasising linked data, analytics and AI to support dynamic shared care planning. It notes that 49.9% of Australians h...
South East Queensland's first regional digital plan was released by the Council of Mayors SEQ under the SEQ City Deal. The 10-year roadmap highlights telehealth, remote patient monitoring, accelerated...
CareMonitor is pushing a redesign of care models around EMRs as state-wide programs gain momentum in Australia. The aim is to make EMRs the backbone of care while extending workflows beyond hospital w...
AHPRA has begun permanently publishing sexual misconduct findings on practitioners’ public registrations. In the first tranche, 107 registrations were updated, with about 50 of the cases involving doc...
A proposed $100 million Arthritis and Musculoskeletal disease research mission would be funded from existing MRFF resources. The plan argues a dedicated AMSK MRFF Mission would improve outcomes for Au...
A Melbourne paediatrician with Eastern Health describes removing a child from the public waitlist after the family failed to attend multiple appointments. The clinician details repeated outreach attem...
The 2026 State of VAD Report was released at Parliament House, with Andrew Denton of Go Gentle Australia arguing federal barriers are delaying access to voluntary assisted dying. He highlighted a Comm...
A real world study tested AI generated consultation summaries for patients using i-scribe during otolaryngology and ophthalmology visits. The research involved 249 patients and was led by Monash Healt...
