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Australian Healthcare Week & Healthcare 2040 Expo!

We’re proud to be the media partner for the 15th annual Australian Healthcare
Week and the Healthcare 2040 Expo – two dynamic events co-located to bring together the
entire healthcare ecosystem under one roof. Our team will be covering digital health news
leading up to – and during Australian Healthcare Week. Catch up with the latest stories curated
below.

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The latest news from Australian Healthcare Week

NSW Health’s SDPR “changes the way healthcare is experienced”

NSW Health’s Single Digital Patient Record should not be considered just as a “technology program,” but rather a system-wide effort “changing the way in which healthcare is experienced” across the state, according to NSW Health chief executive Teresa Anderson. She said the Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR), which has begun limited roll-outs, would bring together […]

AI boom in healthcare cannot replace human connection

As artificial intelligence becomes embedded across healthcare, clinicians and digital health leaders are pointing to wider challenges around whether the technology can support better health outcomes without reducing the crucial role of human relationships in care pathways. AI that “works well” in the health sector won’t replace human-centered care – but will instead provide “the […]

Australia’s digital health vision is clear – delivery the hard part

Australia’s end-to-end digital health vision will keep progressing as technology improves, but the system is still struggling to translate ambition into scaled, usable change, according to a recent expert panel discussion. eHealth NSW chief executive Richard Taggart said one of the biggest shifts from a decade ago was that “digital health is part of the […]

Care to Coding links documentation, notes and code

NexusMD.ai has launched its new Care to Coding AI Platforms, offering a modular AI layer for hospitals and healthcare providers seeking integrated AI-powered documentation and coding support . Launching the product at Australian Healthcare Week, NexusMD.ai project lead Jenna Merry told Pulse+IT the company was currently serving in-hospital care, while tailoring an AI solution for […]

Health sector cannot ignore enviro and social costs of AI

The healthcare sector cannot focus on the clinical gains from AI without also confronting the technology’s broader costs, according to a leading researcher in the field. Speaking at Australian Healthcare Week, Healthdirect’s director of sustainability measurement and impact Rachel de Sain said that while AI offered obvious benefits across the patient pathway, she questioned whether […]

NSW ramps up focus on AI

More than 450 artificial intelligence initiatives are currently being explored across NSW Health as the system looks to use data and emerging technologies to respond to rising demand and an ageing population, according to eHealth NSW chief executive Richard Taggart. Speaking at Australian Healthcare Week, Mr Taggart said growing numbers of older patients required more […]

Health NZ AI director outlines recent gains and next steps

Health NZ is seeing an increasing demand for the use of AI as it continues to address safety, equity, legacy technology and hallucination risks, according to the clinical director of the health agency’s artificial intelligence laboratory. Speaking at Australian Healthcare Week, Cheng Kai Jin said Health NZ now considered AI “an umbrella term that covers […]

Greg Hunt: Four megatrends set to reshape healthcare

Genomics, artificial intelligence, regenerative medicine and remote healthcare are set to reshape health systems over the next two decades, former Minister of Health, Professor The Hon. Greg Hunt told Australian Healthcare Week in Sydney. Professor Hunt said the four global megatrends were already transforming healthcare and would accelerate due to demographic pressures and pressures on […]

Digital health now central to health system reform: Agency CEO

Digital health has shifted from a supporting function to a central driver of health system reform in Australia, Australian Digital Health Agency CEO Amanda Cattermole told delegates at Australian Healthcare Week in Sydney today. “Digital health has gone from being a supporting function to being central to how the system transforms,” she said. “That means […]

Community care key to meeting ageing population demand

Australia’s aged care system must shift towards community-based services and integrated care models to meet the needs of the baby boomer generation, speakers told Australian Healthcare Week in Sydney. Uniting NSW.ACT director of seniors services Saviour Buhagiar said demand pressures were already being felt across the health system. “I don’t know that it’s about preparing […]

HIM a “critical discipline” in digital health says HIMAA

The Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA) has urged health services and digital health leaders to give health information managers a stronger and more formal role in digital health systems, warning that excluding their expertise increases risks around data quality, privacy and governance. HIMAA CEO Sallyanne Wissmann is releasing a new position statement today […]

Australian Healthcare Week 2026 gets underway

follow: PULSE+IT COVERAGE We’re proud to be a media partner for the 15th annual Australian Healthcare Week and the Healthcare 2040 Expo which opens today in Sydney. The two-day event, running March 11–12, is expected to attract more than 10,000 participants and features hundreds of speakers across multiple conference streams, workshops and demonstrations focused on […]

Svitla and Cloudera partner on responsible AI

Svitla Systems and Cloudera have announced a strategic partnership aimed at helping organisations in highly regulated industries such as healthcare to build trusted data foundations for secure, production-ready AI. The collaboration is set to be formally launched at Australia Healthcare Week 2026, with both companies participating with a shared on-site presence. The companies said as […]

Transforming aged care at Australian Healthcare Week

The Ageing Transformation program at Australian Healthcare Week (March 11-12, Sydney) will investigate how aged care providers are reshaping services amid reform, workforce pressure and rising digital expectations. For digital health leaders and vendors working in aged care, the Ageing Transformation stream offer insights and learning on where investment and priorities are heading this year. […]

Global transformation stories at AHW

Australian Healthcare Week 2026 (March 11,12) has confirmed international guest speakers with Birgit Lao – Director General, Estonian Health Board and Josie Rudman – Chief Nurse, NHS England – joining the program in Sydney. Birgit Lao was appointed director of the Estonian health board in May 2022, charged with rejuvenating the organisation and leading […]

Welcome to Australian Healthcare Week 2026 Sydney March 11-12

It’s our pleasure to welcome you to the 15th annual Australian HealthcareWeek and the launch of Healthcare 2040 Expo – two dynamic events co-located to bring together the entire healthcare ecosystem under one roof. This year we are proud to showcase how innovation is becoming an evenstronger force across our health systems. Here at Australian […]

Call to empower clinicians and strengthen collaboration

Australia’s health system is undergoing a profound shift from hierarchical, facility-centred operations to connected, workforce-driven care ecosystems. As new models of care emerge, clinicians are no longer just practitioners; they are architects of transformation. The October AHW Insights paper Enabling Clinicians and Elevating Patient Outcomes: How Evolving Models of Care Are Transforming Workforce and Experience […]

Human-centred innovation in action at Mater

Hospital-in-the-Home isn’t new. But what Mater Hospital has done with it is. When Fiona Hinchliffe took over leadership of Health Integration and Community Care, she realised something powerful: HITH wasn’t failing because the model didn’t work, it was failing because of where it lived in the care pathway. So Mater flipped the model completely. Instead […]

AHW and the thought leaders – advisory board insights

Healthcare is entering one of the most complex and dynamic decades in recent memory. Workforce shortages, shifting patient expectations, climate sustainability, and the rapid advance of digital health are converging to reshape how care is designed and delivered. At the heart of this transformation are three pillars that will determine success: people, place and policy. […]

Future of AI in Health Whitepaper

Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare from reactive treatment to proactive, personalised care. The global AI healthcare market is set to reach US$868 billion by 2030, delivering US$646 billion in cost savings and US$222 billion in new revenue. For Australian healthcare, the stakes couldn’t be higher. With 85% of leaders already exploring or implementing generative AI […]

Australian Healthcare Week & Healthcare 2040 Expo!

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