Artificial Intelligence

The revolution changing the face of healthcare delivery

Australia’s nursing trailblazers celebrated

9 July 2025

Clinician researcher Professor Michelle Barakat-Johnson who pioneered the launch of Australia’s first hybrid model of specialist wound care—the Wound Care Command Centre, at the Royal Prince Alfred Virtual Hospital – is a finalist in the Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers. It is Australia’s only award specifically recognising nurses who are transforming the nation’s health […]

Large-scale AI integration between Annalise.ai & Parkway in Singapore

9 July 2025

AI-powered clinical radiology solution provider Annalise.ai has announced the deployment of its chest x-ray technology across the Parkway Radiology network in Singapore. Annalise.ai is Harrison.ai’s radiology AI solution, and in a statement the company said its Enterprise CXR solution – which can identify up to 124 findings on chest X-rays in seconds and allow radiologists […]

Health Commissioner urges move away from “legacy thinking,” embraces tech

9 July 2025

New Zealand’s health system is being held back by “legacy thinking and legacy systems,” and its leaders are currently looking abroad to help it become “unstuck”, according to Health NZ Commissioner Lester Levy. Speaking at this month’s Medical Technology Association of New Zealand Health Tech Week conference in Auckland, Professor Levy said “digital and technology […]

Reeboot AI mental health platform endorsed in WA

8 July 2025

Reeboot AI is the first artificial intelligence mental health assistant to get a tick of approval under the WA Government’s Artificial Intelligence Assurance Framework. Australian clinical AI company GreyMind AI today announced that its mental health platform is the first in the state to receive the endorsement. Developed by psychologists and AI engineers, Reeboot AI […]

Open AI launches Australia blueprint as Albanese signals AI upskilling

8 July 2025

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has launched its AI Economic Blueprint for Australia the same week Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signalled a boost to AI and technology workforce upskilling. The AI in Australia Economic Blueprint, published by OpenAI in collaboration with Mandala Partners, predicts AI will contribute $115 billion a year to the Australian economy […]

Gold Coast Health ramps up automation with UiPath

7 July 2025

Gold Coast Health is using UiPath agentic automation technology to deliver real-time patient care, which could help set a new benchmark for healthcare delivery in Australia. The UiPath technology is reducing processing times for critical patient referrals and care, while also addressing workforce shortages and system reforms in the healthcare industry by connecting the unconnectable. […]

How AI is transforming healthcare behind the scenes

4 July 2025

A lot of attention is given to AI’s potential in clinical settings, moving us toward real-time, hyper-personalised care plans powered by advanced diagnostics, predictive analytics, and even AI-assisted robotic surgery. Right now, though, its most significant day-to-day impact in healthcare is going to be behind the scenes, in the back office. The industry continues to face mounting […]

Medsafe + Pharmac to harness AI, as expert panel announced

4 July 2025

The New Zealand Government has this week greenlighted the use of artificial intelligence for medicine regulation, while also announcing an AI expert advisory panel to guide responsible AI use in public service. In announcing the expanded abilities for Medsafe and Pharmac around AI, Associate Health Minister David Seymour said he had empowered the two agencies […]

Ireland’s first hospital-based centre for AI and digital health

3 July 2025

The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital has become the first hospital in Ireland to establish a dedicated on-site Centre for AI and Digital Health. The new hub, which will be based at the Pillar Centre for Transformative Healthcare, will develop AI-driven solutions to address clinical problems across the hospital. “AI has the power to transform how […]

BlinkLab trials moving ahead

30 June 2025

BlinkLab a digital health company developing AI-powered smartphone-based diagnostic technology for autism and ADHD, has achieved a major regulatory milestone. It has received Institutional Review Board (IRB) ethics approval from the WIRB-Copernicus Group (WCG) for commencing the main phase of its United States FDA 510(k) clinical trial. BlinkLab’s strategy is to bring “accessible, scalable autism […]

Silverchain pilots first virtual assistant with Talius

27 June 2025

In an Australian-first for home care, Silverchain, together with Talius, has commenced a pilot for the AI-powered conversational virtual assistant, CuriousThing. Developed specifically for Australia’s in-home care sector, the virtual assistant will make proactive outbound calls to confirm, reschedule or postpone visits from Silverchain’s care teams. Silverchain says it marks a key milestone in its longstanding […]

Medilit advances AI scribe precision

27 June 2025

Med-tech startup and medical scribe Medilit is finding success with its proprietary AI models. Co-founder Naeim Abedi says “Unlike other AI scribes that use one model to process all speciality documentations, we have fine-tuned AI models for specific specialities. This has led to achieving a high accuracy rate by properly capturing the unique terminology, workflows, […]

Harnessing GenAI for good in professional health education

26 June 2025

Students in health-related fields are benefiting from generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), but concerns have arisen about critical thinking ability and reduced peer interaction. A systematic review led by researchers from Monash University’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FPPS) surveyed the prevalence of GenAI use across six learning types in health profession education and found […]

AI breakthrough for blood vessel calcification screening

23 June 2025

Artificial intelligence may be used to help detect hidden calcium in arteries, saving lives with earlier intervention in heart disease. Early signs of heart diseases are easily missed. However, a person’s heart attack risk can be indicated by the level of calcium built up in the blood vessel walls. A team from Edith Cowan University’s […]

DHCRC launches new gateway to digital health education

23 June 2025

The Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC) today launched an overarching platform aimed at helping prospective students navigate the wide array of digital health education offerings across Australian universities. The Australian Digital Health Course Directory is designed to consolidate information on a broad range of digital health courses, in order to support ongoing development of […]

AI tool developed to ensure correct chemo dosing

20 June 2025

University of Melbourne and Western Health researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence tool to prevent cancer patients from receiving incorrect doses of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is typically dosed by calculating the patient’s body surface area using their height and weight, but researchers said this method was “highly inaccurate” as it doesn’t factor in body composition. […]

Multilingual chatbot to support triage

19 June 2025

A multilingual chatbot could lead to better triage assessments at hospitals in multicultural areas and better outcomes for linguistically diverse patients across Australia. In areas like south-western Sydney more than half of the local population – or 55% according to the South Western Sydney Local Health District – speaks a language other than English at home. Dr […]

Monash Health seeks AI-supported clinical coding solution

18 June 2025

Monash Health is seeking to implement an integrated clinical coding workflow solution that leverages innovative technologies – in particular artificial intelligence – to improve coding accuracy, streamline audits and improve overall efficiency. By implementing this solution, Monash Health seeks to: OPPORTUNITY In its Advanced Tender Notice, Monash Health outlines clinical coding as “a process by […]

AI will help deliver equitable maternal care

16 June 2025

The Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC) has announced a collaborative research project with ASX-listed HeraMED and RMIT University focused on improving maternal health outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) women through AI-enabled predictive care. Under the project, AI models to assess the risk of pre-term delivery linked to socio-economic factors, HeraMED’s proprietary HeraCARE […]

Advances in LLM safety

12 June 2025

Artificial intelligence research and deployment company OpenAI has launched HealthBench, a new standard specifically to measure AI outputs in healthcare. The open-source benchmark measures the performance and safety of large language models in healthcare. Built in partnership with 262 physicians who have practised in 60 countries, HealthBench includes 5,000 realistic health conversations, each with a […]

AI, analytics top investment priority for healthcare

11 June 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics are the top-ranked healthcare IT investment priorities for healthcare organisations in 2025 according to global research analysts KLAS. For their report on the most current trends impacting healthcare IT in 2025, KLAS interviewed 174 healthcare organisations in 39 countries and territories (excluding the US) about their IT investment priorities, including their […]

Avant’s new AI solution helps book appointments

11 June 2025

Avant Practice Solutions has previewed Xaida, a new artificial-intelligence (AI) medical receptionist that can handle inbound calls and help patients to book appointments. The Avant team gave a live demonstration of Xaida’s abilities at the Digital Health Festival. With advancements in agentic-AI, the digital assistant can handle a wide range of inbound calls as well as […]

Patients support AI in healthcare – but prefer doctors’ decisions

11 June 2025

An international peer-reviewed survey that included Australia has found 57 per cent of people are supportive of the use of AI in healthcare facilities – however those attitudes varied significantly based on social demographics and how familiar people were with the technology. People also preferred explainable AI systems and doctor-led decision-making, which the study’s authors […]

Lyrebird raises $12m, signals international expansion

11 June 2025

Lyrebird Health this week announced it has secured $12 million in its first venture round, as it looks to expand into the UK and Middle East. Lyrebird is the most widely used AI scribe by general practitioners in Australia, and its co-founder Kai Van Lieshout said raising the first venture round was a testament to […]

HIMAA launches guideline for AI adoption

10 June 2025

The Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA) has released the Australian Clinical Coding AI Adoption Guideline to support the responsible integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into clinical coding practice across Australia. Commenting on the development of the guideline earlier this year, HIMAA CEO Sallyanne Wissmann said: “It is intended to guide the development and implementation […]

AI-powered head start on skin cancer diagnosis with PanDerm

10 June 2025

Detection of melanoma and other skin diseases will be faster and more accurate with a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool that analyses multiple imaging types simultaneously. Developed by an international team of researchers led by Monash University and featured in Nature Medicine, PanDerm is one of the first AI models built specifically to assist with […]

Urgent digital reform needed in Vietnamese healthcare

10 June 2025

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister H.E Le Thanh Long has stressed the urgent need to reform the health sector, in a speech to the Healthcare Innovation Forum 2025 (HIF) in Hanoi. Hosted by IT services provider FPT and Pharma Group, HIF 2025 featured key innovations in science, technology, and AI and their role in advancing healthcare […]

New AI pen to detect Parkinson’s

3 June 2025

A pen loaded with magnetic ink can be used to help detect early onset Parkinson’s disease. Neural network assisted data analysis in the device can identify differences in the handwriting of people with and without the disease and could potentially allow for earlier diagnoses. Parkinson’s disease is estimated to affect nearly 10 million people around […]

La Trobe advances medical AI innovation with supercomputer

2 June 2025

The supercomputer behind Australia’s first artificial intelligence-powered medical innovation centre has officially been switched on. La Trobe University’s deployment of NVIDIA DGX H200 systems are the first to be commissioned at a university in Australia, giving scientists the ability to push the boundaries of AI-driven medical and biotech research. The supercomputer’s arrival follows the launch […]

Sparked making headway on accelerator

28 May 2025

The Sparked AU FHIR Accelerator was lauded this week as a “true demonstration of collaboration”. Addressing the Sparked online symposium this week, First Assistant Secretary, Medicare Benefits and Digital Health at the Department of Health and Aged Care Daniel McCabe said Sparked represented “how we bring technology together with people that need to use it, […]

Engage with us early on AI, says TGA

27 May 2025

Suppliers of AI technologies in healthcare should identify early on whether they need TGA approval, while users should look for proof that AI’s “benefits outweigh the risks,” according to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)’s Tracey Duffy. Speaking at the Digital Health Festival in Melbourne earlier this month, Ms Duffy – TGA’s First Assistant Secretary of […]

Future Health Index survey 2025 – perceptions of AI-enabled healthcare

22 May 2025

Doctors and nurses will be key to increasing patients’ trust in AI, the latest findings of the Future Health Index survey suggest. The survey of 1,926 healthcare professionals and 16,144 patients across 16 countries, revealed that while 79 per cent of healthcare professionals were optimistic that AI could improve patient outcomes, only 59 per cent […]

Clinics “build their own” virtual services with TytoCare

21 May 2025

Healthcare clinics across New Zealand and Australia are being offered the ability to build their own virtual services using TytoCare’s complete virtual clinic solution – featuring a specialised digital medical examination device and online portal. The TytoCare device is a handheld, AI-enabled remote examination tool that allows patients and healthcare assistants to capture clinical-grade readings […]

Better detection of dementia using AI

20 May 2025

Researchers from the National Centre for Healthy Ageing (NCHA) have utilised artificial intelligence to develop a new method to improve dementia detection in hospitals. NCHA is a partnership between Monash University and Peninsula Health, and their study involved more than 1,000 individuals aged 60 and above in Frankston-Mornington Peninsula. Currently, dementia is recorded in hospitals […]

Australia’s cancer challenge: Can AI unlock precise and personalised treatment at scale?

16 May 2025

A thousand years ago, the Persian physician Avicenna transformed medicine with his Canon of Medicine. He painstakingly compiled and organised centuries of knowledge into a unified, structured resource, empowering physicians with comprehensible and actionable insights. Today, medicine stands at a similar turning point. The challenge now isn’t a lack of information, but an excess of […]

AI to make the world more accessible

16 May 2025

A new free course was launched on Global Accessibility Awareness Day last Thursday to help the disability community learn about the benefits and practical applications of artificial intelligence. The course AI Skills 4 Accessibility is led by accessibility experts and designed for all skill levels, One of the course contributors, Head of Digital Inclusion at […]

Billions invested as Saudi Arabia announces a new AI zone

15 May 2025

Saudi Arabia’s mission to be a global leader in artificial intelligence received a $5 billion boost this week with the announcement of a joint investment with Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS is partnering with HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia’s newly created company responsible for driving AI innovation across the Kingdom to build a groundbreaking “AI Zone” in […]

Use of AI guidelines released

15 May 2025

Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform Jack Chambers has launched ‘Guidelines for the Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Service’. The Guidelines have been developed to actively empower public servants to use AI in the delivery of services. By firmly placing the human in the process, these guidelines aim to enhance […]

Oneview sets new standard for AI trust with latest ISO certification

14 May 2025

Oneview Healthcare has this week announced its achievement of ISO 42001 certification, becoming one of the first companies on the ASX and in the connected care sector to reach the certification for its Artificial Intelligence Management System (AIMS). ISO/IEC 42001 is a management system standard focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI), and is intended to provide […]

Scripto startup puts therapists and patients ahead of paperwork

11 May 2025

Scripto founder and occupational therapist Julian Corvin will make her entrepreneurial debut in the startup arena at Digital Health Festival 2025 this week, saying she wants her technology to be liberating for other OTs. Scripto is her innovative solution to support allied health professionals to meet their documentation obligations and reporting standards for the National […]

ANU study to benefit treatment of genetic disease

2 May 2025

Scientists at Australian National University have used powerful AI technology to analyse genetic variations at an unprecedented scale. Researchers say it could lead to prioritising treatments and improving patient outcomes as genetic diseases are better diagnosed and treated. In a step forward for personalised medicine, they uncovered a hidden pattern which  revealed why less critical genes, […]

Opinion: Where public health ends and personalised medicine begins

24 April 2025

The coming reckoning for AI in Australia, New Zealand healthcare The convergence of AI, public health, and personalised medicine isn’t coming, it is by all accounts, already here. But healthcare systems in Australia and New Zealand are not prepared for the questions it raises, nor the strategic and tactical overhaul it demands. We have long […]

Visage AI Accelerator boosted by UCSF partnership

23 April 2025

Melbourne-based health imaging company Pro Medicus Limited has announced its wholly owned US subsidiary Visage Imaging has signed a multi-year research collaboration agreement with University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Visage Imaging Global CTO Malte Westerhoff said the agreement would provide a framework for collaboration aimed at “facilitating development and commercialisation leveraging the Visage AI […]

AI agents set to enhance whānau-centred primary healthcare

22 April 2025

The emergence of AI agents in healthcare will offer more personalised consults for patients, as well as more appropriate services for culturally diverse clients, according to THINK Hauora Principal Medical Advisor Dr Nader Fattah. THINK Hauora is a not-for-profit charitable trust that provides primary healthcare services across New Zealand’s MidCentral districts of Manawatū, Ōtaki, Tararua […]

Entrepreneur awarded for AI-powered co-therapist innovation

16 April 2025

Australian psychologist and entrepreneur Marika Conomos has been honoured with six major awards across two global stages — in Sydney and London — recognising her work in ethical AI, mental health accessibility, and tech-for-good innovation. Ms Conomos is founder and CEO of UpLift AI, an AI-powered “co-therapist” for patients. She recently made history at the […]

PHN launches AI scribe pilot

16 April 2025

The Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) has launched an initiative to integrate and test AI-powered scribing in general practices. The first phase of the AI-Enabled General Practice Initiative is the Ambient Scribe Pilot which introduces ambient scribe technology to selected general practices to assess its impact on clinician workload, […]

Nabu.ai appoints Tim Kelsey as non-executive director and chair

15 April 2025

Emerging digital health platform Nabu.ai has announced the appointment of Tim Kelsey as its non-executive director and inaugural chair in a move the company said would be “invaluable to the company’s growth and mission.” The Nabu.ai platform is designed to simplify the management of medical records, appointments, and communication and aims to give patients, carers […]

AI brings both opportunities and perils, says Coiera

15 April 2025

The rapid uptake of artificial intelligence technology in healthcare settings presents “extraordinary” opportunities for improving health outcomes – but vigilance around the perils of AI is also vital, according to global and Australian AI leader Professor Enrico Coiera. Professor Coiera is director of the Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation at Macquarie […]

Royal Perth Hospital improves rostering with AI-powered platform

14 April 2025

Royal Perth Hospital has partnered with solution provider RosterLab to implement an AI-driven rostering platform for its Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In a statement, New Zealand-based RosterLab said the partnership marked “a significant step towards strengthening workforce flexibility, supporting clinical teams, and enhancing continuity of care” in two of the […]

Stroke care making advances with AI, portable imaging

10 April 2025

Two leading digital health companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to make further advances in rapid stroke diagnosis and save lives. Nicolab, a provider of digital telehealth solutions for advancing stroke workflow, and Wellumio, a medical device company specialising in portable imaging technology, will work together to provide real-time decision support for clinicians. Wellumio’s […]

Northern Health partners with Code Focus

10 April 2025

Northern Health will employ the AI-assisted coding technology of Code Focus in a new partnership to replace its legacy system. The healthcare service says by adopting Code Focus’s fully integrated Code and Group Module, Northern Health will streamline operations and enhance coding accuracy— ultimately freeing up critical resources for HIM professionals to focus on their […]

European Union launches action plan on AI

10 April 2025

The AI Continent Action Plan has been launched by the European Union, with the objective to become a global leader in artificial intelligence. As set out by President von der Leyen at the AI Action Summit in February 2025 in Paris, the ambitious initiative is set to ‘transform Europe’s strong traditional industries and its exceptional […]

Zedmed integrates Heidi AI for clinicians

9 April 2025

Zedmed has integrated Heidi AI into its practice management software, making it available to practitioners from today. Announcing the collaboration, Zedmed said it would enable clinicians to engage with patients while Heidi’s AI created and formatted progress notes straight into Zedmed. Zedmed chief operating officer Adrian Bordignon said: “Integrating Heidi into our software will bring enormous […]

Ministry of Health explores culturally safe and equitable AI in healthcare

7 April 2025

Ensuring AI tools are culturally appropriate and equitably adopted across New Zealand is the aim of a work programme being led by the Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora (MoH). Speaking at Collaborative Aotearoa’s Ngā Hononga Ora Conference in Wellington, MoH chief advisor precision health James Oughton said ensuring AI tools used in healthcare were […]

All-of-practice AI uptake embraced by patients, says leading GP

7 April 2025

The adoption of AI scribes by all doctors at a GP practice north of Wellington has received a universal thumbs up from patients, according to one of the country’s leading GPs. Dr Bryan Betty is chair of GPNZ and a specialist GP at Porirua Union and Community Health Service. He featured on a panel discussing […]

Feature: Do infectious diseases cause dementia?

4 April 2025

Working out the relationship between infectious diseases and dementia is a bit like the chicken and the egg problem. But artificial intelligence may help researchers decide which comes first. For decades, the medical profession has viewed dementia as a progressive cognitive decline that typically affects older adults. While there have been advances in diagnosing it […]

European Medicines Agency qualifies first AI tool to diagnose inflammatory liver disease

3 April 2025

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued the first Qualification Opinion (QO) on an innovative development methodology based on artificial intelligence (AI). The tool, called AIM-NASH, helps pathologists to analyse liver biopsy scans and identify the severity of metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis (MASH), formerly known as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), among participants in clinical trials. The […]

Patients over paperwork as specialists adopt AI

1 April 2025

Specialist doctors across Australia and New Zealand have embraced artificial intelligence with enthusiasm since Medow Health AI launched its AI co-pilot in mid-2024. The company says more than 60,000 consultations were facilitated by its co-pilot in the last quarter – a figure expected to nearly double within three months. Medow Health AI “designed by specialists […]

Push forward with AI capability plan, says AIIA

26 March 2025

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) called for the National AI Capability Plan to be completed before the end of this year so that it can be funded in the next budget round. Responding to the Federal Budget 2025 yesterday, AIIA acknowledged the Government’s continued focus on cost-of-living support and investment in infrastructure. However, the […]

Volpara highlights impact of AI-driven breast health solutions

26 March 2025

Volpara Health, a global leader in AI-powered breast health solutions, has announced its model has been validated for the BOADICEA risk model. The milestone for the New Zealand-based company means VolparaDensity is now integrated into two different breast cancer risk models—Tyrer-Cuzick and BOADICEA (sometimes referred to as IBIS or CanRisk, respectively). Volpara Health uses AI-powered […]

AI-powered test to detect silicosis sooner

24 March 2025

A new diagnostic tool developed by physicians and scientists from UNSW Sydney that analyses a person’s breath for signs of silicosis has the potential to detect the disease earlier rather than wait for irreversible lung damage to appear. In a study published in the Journal of Breath Research by Professor William Alexander Donald and Conjoint Professor Deborah Yates, the researchers describe […]

AI detecting endometrial cancer with nearly 100% accuracy

18 March 2025

One of Australia’s most common gynaecological cancers could be detected sooner and more accurately using a specialised Artificial Intelligence (AI) model. Researchers from Charles Darwin University, the University of Calgary, Australian Catholic University and the Daffodil International University in Bangladesh developed an AI model which can detect endometrial cancer with 99.26 per cent accuracy. Endometrial […]

Otago University's Dr Steve Gallagher and Dr Tania Moerenhout.

AI and ethics key to Otago University’s Digital Health programme

13 March 2025

Digital health leaders at Otago University say that with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technological advances, there’s never been a better time to focus on digital health. Otago University’s current Digital Health programme started four years ago as a collaboration between the Dunedin School of Medicine (DSM) and the Department of Information […]

Close up of doctor working on tablet and laptop with human brain anatomy display on screen.

Aus-made AI model aims to improve epilepsy seizure detection

12 March 2025

A new AI model architecture called Kolmogorov-Arnold Network-EEG (KAN-EEG) has been developed by Australian researchers with the aim of improving seizure detection in epilepsy patients. Peer-reviewed findings published in Royal Society Open Science show researchers from the University of Sydney developed KAN-EEG as a specialised model designed to detect seizures accurately using datasets from three […]

felt Experience & Empathy Lab's artificially intelligent digital companion "Viv" (centre)

AI chatbots as therapists “not there yet”

11 March 2025

Use of AI tools in place of therapists for treating depression and anxiety hold promise, but lean heavily on cognitive behavioural therapy – which is not suitable for everyone, a leading expert in the field says. University of NSW Sydney Professor Jill Newby is a founder of the Centre of Research Excellence in Depression Treatment […]

AI discharge evaluation leads to shorter stays

10 March 2025

AI evaluation of patients due for discharge at Adelaide’s Lyell McEwin Hospital has led to lower likelihood of re-admissions, new research has found. Developed by researchers from the University of Adelaide, the Adelaide Score integrates vital signs and laboratory tests to predict the likelihood of a hospital discharge. The system was trialled at Lyell McEwin […]

EU announces largest AI investment in history

6 March 2025

A new EU initiative is mobilising €200 billion of investment in artificial intelligence, including a new European fund of €20 billion for AI gigafactories. The InvestAI fund will finance four AI gigafactories across the EU. The gigafactories will specialise in training large, complex AI models. The facilities will have 100,000 last-generation AI chips, around four […]

Experts say future of telehealth includes social media, AI and video

6 March 2025

New Zealand’s telehealth experts have weighed in on what the future of virtual healthcare could look like, as they discussed interim findings of a study on telehealth uptake in New Zealand. The discussion comes as Health Minister Simeon Brown announced a “game-changing” 24/7 digital healthcare service to be launched in July. The recent study in […]

Modern Medicine Laboratory: Diverse Team of Multi-Ethnic Young Scientists Analysing Test Samples. Advanced Lab with High-Tech Equipment, Microbiology Researchers Design, Develop Drugs, Doing Research

LLM tool allows faster scientific discovery

5 March 2025

An Australian team led by Monash University researchers has developed a generative AI tool that mimics scientists, with the aim of assisting and fast-tracking the process of scientific discovery. The team’s peer-reviewed findings have been published in Nature Machine Intelligence, with the tool named LLM4SD – Large Language Model 4 Scientific Discovery. The free-of-charge and […]

Heidi Health secures US$16.6m in funding

4 March 2025

Australian-founded AI scribe company ‍Heidi Health has raised US$16.6M in its latest funding round. The Series A follow-on investment is led by Headline, with participation from Local Globe, Anthology (Menlo Ventures and Anthropic) and existing investors Blackbird, HESTA, Possible Ventures and Archangel Ventures. Heidi Health CEO and co-founder Dr Thomas Kelly said the funding would […]

Shot of a Scientists in Sterile Suits Working with Computers, Analyzing Data form Modern Industrial Machinery in the Laboratory. Product Manufacturing Process: Pharmaceutics, Semiconductors, Biotechnology.

AI projects among $422m NHRMC grants

3 March 2025

Projects harnessing artificial intelligence are among more than 200 recipients sharing over $422 million in funding from this year’s National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Investigator Grants scheme. Announcing the latest round of grants, Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler said 229 high-performing chief investigators and their teams would undertake researcher-led projects […]

AI adding value for Uniting aged care workers

28 February 2025

Uniting NSW.ACT has introduced a digital “co-pilot” to assist more than 7,500 aged care workers with administrative tasks, giving them more time back to support clients. Using voice-to-text, on site and without resorting to logging in at a kiosk, employees can ask questions about more than 440 policies and procedures. Uniting Chief Digital Information […]

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Health Research Council offers $5m for AI in Healthcare

26 February 2025

The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) has issued a request for proposals for research on how artificial intelligence can be leveraged to improve health outcomes in New Zealand. It is part of an initiative aiming to invest in health research centred on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a “potentially transformative technology,” […]

All-star Digital Health Week panel talk future of digital health

26 February 2025

Predictions on what digital health will look like in 10 years had to be scaled down to shorter timeframes when an all-star panel met to discuss the future of digital health at Sydney’s Westmead Applied Research Centre as part of this month’s Digital Health Week conference. Digital Health Week was held across multiple university campuses […]

Opinion: Adopting AI for Clinical Coding

21 February 2025

My opinion piece in Pulse+IT in October last year challenging the assumption that clinical coding is an easy picking for AI garnered a lot of interest. As referenced in that article, a national taskforce established by the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA) consisting of professional association, government representatives, researchers, public sector, private sector, […]

The concept of diagnosis and treatment using X-rays.

Digital detection and AI offer better breast cancer screening

21 February 2025

Digital innovations including artificial intelligence could increase early diagnosis of breast cancer in New Zealand, according to new research. The peer reviewed study, titled Challenges and opportunities for Aotearoa-New Zealand’s breast screening programme, looks at potential uses of AI in assessing cancer risks – and improving the accuracy of mammography diagnosis through digital breast tomosynthesis […]

Opinion: Connected care deserves our commitment

14 February 2025

Undoubtedly we’ve all taken interest in the Trump administration’s announcement of a $500 billion investment into securing America’s dominance in artificial intelligence (AI). Flanked by the who’s who of big tech, the announcement came a day after President Trump repealed Joe Biden’s orders to address and safeguard against risks in AI. It signalled many things, […]

Trinity College establishes AI Accountability Lab

13 February 2025

Trinity College Dublin has established an AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) in an effort to advance research into AI accountability. In a statement, the college said the AIAL will examine the broader impacts of AI technologies and “hold powerful entities accountable for technological harms, advocating for policies rooted in evidence”. Research will specifically address potential corporate […]

Irish AI health platform acquired by US health technology company

13 February 2025

The Irish start-up AI health platform Cambrean has been acquired by US health technology company Nucleus Genomics, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition follows the successful close of a recent funding round by Nucleus Genomics which generated close to €14 million, bringing its total funding to nearly €31 million. Last year, Nucleus announced the launch […]

Future of Work: Health sector exemplifies benefits of AI

12 February 2025

Automated decision making and artificial intelligence offer significant benefits for healthcare workers and patients according to a new parliamentary report. The Future of Work report from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education, and Training focuses on the rapid development and uptake of automated decision making and machine learning techniques in the workplace, […]

Testing AI with AI in clinical practice

10 February 2025

A pioneering human-centred artificial intelligence tool has been used by researchers to analyse how well AI works in hospitals. Flinders University researchers used PROLIFERATE_AI to assess the cardiacRAPIDx AI tool; designed to help emergency doctors quickly and accurately diagnose cardiac conditions by rapidly analysing clinical and biochemical data. “AI is becoming more common in healthcare, […]

Cork spin-out gets FDA designation for AI neonatal brain monitor

6 February 2025

AI-driven neonatal brain monitoring technology developed by Irish neurotech start-up, CergenX, has received Breakthrough Device Designation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which will accelerate the development and review of the device. The designation will give Cergenx enhanced collaboration opportunities with FDA experts, along with prioritised regulatory review and the potential for a […]

Retinal imaging doorway for disease detection

5 February 2025

New AI-powered research has created the most detailed maps of the retina ever produced, paving the way for routine eyecare as a disease screening tool. Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) have used the maps to link retinal thinning to a range of diseases as well as identifying new […]

Digital health leader joins AI board

4 February 2025

One of Western Australia’s virtual healthcare leaders Adam Lloyd has been appointed to join the state’s new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Board. The Board is charged with creating a framework for ethical, safe, and inclusive AI use. Mr Lloyd is the area director Community and Virtual Care, East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS). The EMHS Health […]

AI tool predicts ulcerative colitis treatment success in emergency care

3 February 2025

A 28-year study on the serious inflammatory bowel disease, acute severe ulcerative colitis (UC) has led to the development of an innovative artificial intelligence tool called the Risk of Rescue (ROR) score. QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute says the tool can quickly predict whether the standard treatment—intravenous steroids—will work for patients with acute severe UC, […]

AI in Primary Care group launches second survey

31 January 2025

New Zealand’s AI in Primary Care Working Group has launched its second survey of general practices, aiming to attract more than 300 responses. Collaborative Aotearoa CEO and chair of the AI in Primary Care group, Jess Morgan-French said the nine question survey was aimed at New Zealand healthcare staff working in primary and community care […]

Primary health nurses to use AI in heart failure study

30 January 2025

Australian primary health care nurses will take part in a world-first study led by the University of Notre Dame that adopts artificial intelligence (AI) to detect heart failure. The $1.9 million study funded through the Medical Research Future Fund is focused on optimising the detection of heart failure, a deadly and disabling, chronic condition that […]

Precision medicine and a revolution in respiratory care

30 January 2025

A groundbreaking precision medicine system developed by Australian biotech trailblazer Diag-Nose.io is set to transform the management of chronic respiratory diseases worldwide after closing its seed round this week. Originally established at the Stanford ENT Innovation Program and now based in Melbourne, Diag-Nose.io is pioneering advancements in respiratory healthcare by focusing on the “unified airway”; […]

Harrison.ai bolstered by government backing

29 January 2025

Harrison.ai has received $32m government backing to keep its operations based in Sydney while advancing its unique range of radiology and pathology diagnostic support tools. The equity investment from the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation’s (NRFC) will also help the company expand globally. Harrison.ai has pioneered Australian Al technology that transforms how diseases like cancer are […]

DeepSeek offers potentially cheaper, more accessible AI in healthcare

29 January 2025

DeepSeek’s launch of a low-cost AI chatbot could make AI in healthcare more accessible with lower costs, according to an Australian expert in the field. Chinese company DeepSeek this week announced it had developed an AI Chatbot to rival ChatGPT, and reportedly developed it using fewer, and less-advanced chips than its US rival. Professor Geoff […]

Artificial intelligence diagnosing lung diseases

29 January 2025

Researchers from Charles Darwin University (CDU), United International University, and Australian Catholic University (ACU) have developed and trained an AI model to analyse lung ultrasound videos and diagnose respiratory diseases. The model examined each video frame to find important features of the lungs and assessed the order of the video frames to understand the patterns […]

Pathologists’ guide to artificial intelligence

28 January 2025

The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) has released new guidelines for using artificial intelligence (AI) in pathology including a checklist for AI tools. The guidelines are intended to mitigate clinical risks and ensure the best clinical care when using artificial intelligence (AI) in pathology. They set out what is expected across a series […]

Consultmed announces partnership with KeyReply for voice AI technology

22 January 2025

Consultmed, an Australian digital health firm specialising in referral management and workflow automation, has announced a strategic partnership with Singapore-based KeyReply to improve patient care and operational efficiency through advanced voice AI technology. Hosted on Microsoft Azure, Consultmed’s platform is a cloud-based referral management and workflow solution offering digital referrals, virtual triage, Advice & Guidance™, […]

Scribes pave the way for AI acceptance in healthcare

22 January 2025

The use of AI scribes by GPs has the potential to pave the way for wider public acceptance of AI in healthcare, according to a report into the use of AI scribes in Australian primary care settings. The AI Medical Scribes in Primary Care report was published by Tobias strategic design consultancy and authored by […]

AI shaping the future of breast cancer risk prediction

16 January 2025

A new publication by a national collective of researchers has highlighted the potential for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in identifying women with increased breast cancer risk. The piece, published in Trends in Cancer, explores how AI can help clinicians to better identify features on a mammogram that indicate a high risk of developing breast cancer. […]

Security vulnerabilities pose biggest risk for AI in healthcare – report

16 January 2025

A new report looking into AI-preparedness across Asia-Pacific has found fewer than 10 per cent of respondents in the healthcare sector are “AI ready,” while a quarter had “basic” AI-preparedness. The report from Deloitte Access Economics and the Deloitte Asia Pacific AI Institute, AI at a Crossroads: Building trust as the path to scale surveyed […]

Wound care boosted by artificial intelligence

15 January 2025

Amplar Home Health patients will soon benefit from AI-powered wound care using iPads and smartphones. Amplar has announced it will incorporate the Net Health Tissue Analytics platform, an application it says can transform iPads and smartphones into “sophisticated imaging platforms” that allow clinicians to use artificial intelligence and computer vision for advanced wound assessment. Clinicians […]

AI capability plan welcomed by digital health peak

14 January 2025

The Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) has welcomed the announcement of the National AI Capability Plan calling it a significant step towards enhancing Australia’s AI capabilities and promoting economic and productivity growth. AIDH CEO Anja Nikolic said the plan must prioritise investment in the capability of the health workforce. The plan, announced by Minister […]

Researchers call out ethics of AI choosing embryos

14 January 2025

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in fertility treatment raises significant ethical concerns that need to be addressed, Monash University researchers have found. While machine learning tools may improve the selection of human embryos for transfer, improving the chances of a successful pregnancy and reducing the time and cost of treatments, there are myriad worries including […]

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