Telehealth

Healthdirect Australia conducted a trial of an AI driven virtual triage and care referral engine from Infermedica to act as a digital front door for care. The system assesses patient symptoms, triages...

In January 2026 the AI health assistants ChatGPT Health and Claude for Healthcare launched. These tools are purpose built to guide health decisions and are becoming the main way many people start thei...

The Australian health system is facing a shift in how governance is defined and applied. Traditional clinical governance, built for hospitals and face-to-face care, struggles to cover safety and quali...

Electronic prescribing is gaining traction in Australia as a practical option for general practices and patients. The message is that ePrescriptions are not mandatory, but they offer clear benefits in...

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine has lodged its 2026 pre budget submission, urging the government to fund more rural generalist training places. It asks for 36 million dollars over...

Whakarongorau Aotearoa in New Zealand will develop an AI concierge triage and navigation platform to improve access to mental health and addictions support nationwide. The project will receive matchin...

The 2025 National Registrar Survey shows the RACGP training program reaching historic highs in Australia. About 1225 registrars responded to the confidential survey, conducted for the Department of He...

Western Australia is expanding its general practice training with a record 251 registrars starting the Australian General Practice Training program. The cohort is 28.1% larger than last year’s 194 reg...

The Department of Veterans Affairs in Australia released detailed plans on how a substantial funding package will be spent to improve veterans’ health care. In the recent Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal...

The Australian government announced a five-year GP training contract worth more than 1 billion dollars. Training will stay under the RACGP and ACRRM, with a split of 71 to RACGP and 29 to ACRRM, spe...

In January 2026 Iran faced severe protests and a sustained crackdown that pushed medical neutrality to the limit. Across the country, hospitals became zones of danger as security services intensified...

Australian eating disorder advocates are pressing for tighter controls on new generation weight loss medicines. Online only telehealth clinics such as Juniper and Mosh, which operate outside the Medic...

Victoria's government announced that the Virtual Emergency Department will begin offering one-off ADHD prescription refills, including Schedule 8 stimulants, from September. The change aims to reduce...

EQL has rolled out its digital musculoskeletal disorder platform, Phio, to more than 12 000 teachers across 147 Sydney Catholic Schools. The move targets early, digital-first access to tailored care a...

Victoria will allow virtual emergency department clinicians to issue ADHD medication scripts for patients who already have a diagnosis and a current treatment plan. The script can cover 30 days to six...

Monash University researcher Susan Saldanha led a set of studies on reproductive coercion in general practice. Reproductive coercion is gender based violence that interferes with a person’s control ov...

The Victorian Government plans ADHD care through telehealth via the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department. It would let patients receive up to six months of stimulant medication without a GP or psych...

A large survey of more than 2,000 primary healthcare nurses by the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association reveals that 29 per cent of general practice nurses do not regularly or often work...

Voluntary assisted dying is now legally available in most of Australia and the landscape is shifting toward broader national alignment. The Australian Capital Territory enacted its VAD laws in Novembe...

Australia's health and care systems now rely on virtual care, telehealth and tech-enabled services. Traditional clinical governance has guided safety and quality in hospitals and clinics, but it misse...