Risk Management

A portable CRISPR-based multi-pathogen STI diagnostic device has been developed by researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. It can detect DNA and RNA from four sexually t...

Four Corners highlighted a troubling pattern in Australian health care. A Melbourne gynaecologist, Simon Gordon, performed surgeries that removed ovaries and uteruses in dozens of young women who did...

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has stepped up warnings about fake GLP-1 weight loss products. Recent tests on imports show many items marketed as GLP-1 receptor agonists or analogues conta...

On a long-haul flight a doctor faced a critically ill patient with an oxygen sat of 73% and a GCS of 11. Dr Jillann Farmer shares practical lessons from the event, stressing that you don’t have to be...

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...

A prominent Australian dermatologist and CEO of Xestro argues that the Therapeutic Goods Administration should shape a practical path for AI in healthcare via a Clinician-in-the-Loop exemption. Regula...

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...

Victoria Police has reversed a controversial recruitment change and will again have the final say on whether applicants are fit for frontline duty. The force says it will strengthen the physical and m...

The Therapeutic Goods Administration is tightening access to vitamin B6 in Australia. From 1 June 2027, oral products with a daily dose between 50 mg and 200 mg will move to the Pharmacist Only Medici...

Tasmania is considering a pilot to test paramedics as prescribers. The proposal sits within a government push to upskill the rural health workforce, but AMA Tasmania objects. They have branded paramed...

MediMap, the digital medication management platform used in New Zealand and Australia, is offline across New Zealand after some resident records were reportedly incorrectly modified. The company says...

US telehealth group Hims & Hers has completed the purchase of Australia’s Eucalyptus for USD 1.15 billion, bringing 775,000 customers under its umbrella. Eucalyptus operates online clinics including P...

The government is moving to mandate price disclosure for medical specialists. The Medical Costs Finder (MCF), launched in 2022 by the Morrison Government, aimed to help Australians compare costs for c...

The US administration launched RealFood.gov to publish Robert F Kennedy Jr’s dietary guidelines and to power public questions about real food with Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot. Grok is presented as a t...

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...

A world-first scoping review led by researchers at the University of Adelaide finds no formal guidelines for silent trials of AI tools in health clinics. Silent trials test AI in the intended setting...

South Australia is seeing a political split over expanding pharmacy prescribing. The Labour government backs the move as a way to improve access to care, while the Liberal opposition says they are not...

Queensland is revisiting the idea of adding physician assistants to the public health system. A leaked 2024 business case proposed lifting the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service PA workforce f...

Across Australia, artificial intelligence is changing how patients seek health information and how clinicians work. AI tools now draft notes and management plans in the background, meaning more guidan...

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...