Technology

Digital health lessons across industries

24 October, 2025 by Josh Farrington* | Supplied by: Solara Health Pty Ltd

Can digital health adapt lessons from industries that have already solved challenges of safety, trust, engagement and scale?


Benefits of modern hybrid multicloud platforms in health care

17 October, 2025 by Daryush Ashjari* | Supplied by: Nutanix

A key benefit of modern hybrid multicloud platforms is that they are designed to run the containerised, modern applications upon which AI is built.


Updated guidance for telehealth and virtual care now available

13 October, 2025

Reflecting concerns around unethical practice and emerging business models focused more on profit than patient safety, the guidance for telehealth and virtual care has been updated.


Is AI better than doctors and nurses at triaging ED patients?

09 October, 2025

A study has compared emergency medicine doctors and nurses working in the ED with AI to determine which cohort is better at triaging patients in the ED.


Perich Centre for Robotics & Health Technology opens in Liverpool

12 September, 2025

Home to more than 60 clinician scientists, the purpose-built, 1300 m2 Perich Centre for Robotics & Health Technology has been opened in Liverpool by the Ingham Institute.


Patient-centric digital pathway seeks to transform short-stay surgery

03 September, 2025 | Supplied by: Personify Care

A new digital patient pathway designed to transform the short-stay surgery experience is being delivered at a New Zealand private surgical hospital.


Digital Health Festival acquired by Terrapinn

02 September, 2025

Digital Health Festival — an annual event that attracts more than 8000 attendees, 400 speakers, 350 exhibitors and 125 start-ups — has been acquired by Terrapinn.


Report: Blueprint needed for health and medical data ecosystem

02 September, 2025

A Digital Health CRC report on the state of the Australian health and medical data ecosystem has identified the need for an ambitious, long-term, unified blueprint.


Continuous remote monitoring saves scoliosis surgery costs and ICU hours

26 August, 2025 | Supplied by: Philips Electronics Australia

For scoliosis surgery patients, Royal Perth Hospital has saved costs and reduced ICU hours as part of a model that uses continuous remote monitoring technology.


Acacia 1.0: Patient Administration+ (PAS+) now "live across all NT hospitals"

25 August, 2025

On Saturday, NT Health introduced Acacia 1.0: Patient Administration+ (PAS+) at Alice Springs and Tennant Creek Hospitals, marking the "final stage of the Territory-wide rollout".


NHS hospital pilots AI in discharge summaries

19 August, 2025 | Supplied by: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

In the UK, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is piloting the use of AI in discharge summaries — part of the AI Exemplars programme.


The Commission releases three pragmatic AI guides for clinicians

18 August, 2025

To support clinicians in the day-to-day use of AI tools, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released three pragmatic guides.


Doctors at breaking point — can AI medical scribes help?

15 August, 2025 by Dr Ben Condon* | Supplied by: Heidi Health Trading Pty Ltd

A former frontline medical doctor — who, following burnout, now works as a go-to-market clinical specialist for an AI medical scribe provider — sets out how AI scribes may help.


Does routine AI assistance erode endoscopy skills?

13 August, 2025

In Poland, an observational study of more than 1400 colonoscopies has suggested that routine AI assistance may lead to loss of skills in endoscopy.


Why conformance is key to secure, connected and consumer-centred care

08 August, 2025 by Karen Booth* | Supplied by: Australian Digital Health Agency

The Agency's Chief Clinical Adviser (Nursing) sets out why it's time for secure and seamless health data exchange; and an emergency physician provides a case study.


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