The Australian Private Hospitals Association has apologised to Medibank for a 24 August media release that "mistakenly applied the hospital contracts status from another insurer".

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

27.08.2025

Stewardship and sustainability: environmentally minded medical products

Australia's health sector produces twice as much carbon emissions as aviation. But with product innovation, our health system may also heal the environment.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

27.08.2025

Peak body says Medibank has "a serious conflict of interest" to answer

The Australian Private Hospitals Association has said that Medibank Private "has a serious conflict of interest question to answer" over funding and owning hospitals.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

26.08.2025

Doctors at breaking point — can AI medical scribes help?

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.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

26.08.2025

Continuous remote monitoring saves scoliosis surgery costs and ICU hours

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.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

26.08.2025

Two healthcare student spotlights this National Skills Week

This National Skills Week (25–31 August), we spotlight two NSW TAFE students and graduates helping to meet the state's demand for skilled healthcare workers.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

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

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".

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

NHS hospital pilots AI in discharge summaries

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.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

Could this tracer agent allow surgeons to see and 'hear' prostate cancer?

Canadian researchers believe a preclinical evaluation of a new 'dual-mode' tracer agent shows promise to enable surgeons to both see and 'hear' prostate cancer.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

WA establishes $50m older hospitals maintenance fund

To prioritise maintenance at Western Australian older hospitals, the WA Government has established a $50 million Health Asset Maintenance Fund.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

127 further charges over alleged illegal recording device at Melbourne hospitals

Additional to six charges laid last month, Victorian detectives have laid a further 127 charges after the alleged discovery of an illegal recording device at Melbourne hospitals.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

[New Zealand] Transform from Security Awareness to a Security Culture: A Vital Shift for SMB Healthcare — Webinar

This New Zealand webinar provides a roadmap to building a robust security culture within your organisation — whether you're aiming for certification with a trusted security standard like ISO 27001, NIST or Essential Eight, or looking to significantly enhance your current defences.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

Craigieburn Community Hospital opens in Melbourne's northern suburbs

Run by Northern Health, Victoria's new Craigieburn Community Hospital in Melbourne's northern suburbs officially opened on 20 August.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

Explore the Future of Cleaning and Hygiene at ISSA Expo 2025

This 29–30 October, healthcare, aged care, and facility professionals will gather at the ISSA Cleaning & Hygiene Expo 2025, held at ICC Sydney — Australasia's leading event dedicated to cleaning and facility management solutions.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

The Commission releases three pragmatic AI guides for clinicians

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.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

$21m Rural Dentistry and Oral Health Clinical School opens in Bendigo

A $21 million dentistry school has opened in Bendigo, increasing La Trobe University's capacity to admit 150 dentistry and oral health students each year.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

Victoria's first Chief Palliative Care Adviser to oversee framework refresh

To oversee the planned refresh of its End of Life and Palliative Care Framework, Victoria has appointed Associate Professor Mark Boughey its first Chief Palliative Care Adviser.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

Does routine AI assistance erode endoscopy skills?

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

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

Alliance to lay foundations for national creative health infrastructure

Creative Health Alliance Australia launched this month, in order to lay the foundations for national creative health infrastructure.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

25.08.2025

Clinical Safety in Digital Health — Introductory eLearning course launches

The Australian Digital Health Agency and Australasian Institute of Digital Health have launched the Clinical Safety in Digital Health — Introductory eLearning course.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

12.08.2025

Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital's Northeast Building underway

Construction is underway on the new two-storey Northeast Building, the first building to be delivered on the $558 million Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital project.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

12.08.2025

Transform from Security Awareness to a Security Culture: A Vital Shift for SMB Healthcare — Webinar

This webinar provides a roadmap to building a robust security culture within your organisation — whether you're aiming for certification with a trusted security standard like ISO 27001, NIST or Essential Eight, or looking to significantly enhance your current defences.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

12.08.2025

Using social prescribing as 'a script against loneliness'

The Royal Australian College of GPs is supporting social prescribing as a health intervention that helps patients connect more and improve their overall health.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

11.08.2025

Salary agreement struck for "often overlooked" NSW hospital workers

The Health Services Union NSW has struck what it calls an "historic" two-year salary agreement for 60,000+ workers — including those the union says are "often overlooked".

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

08.08.2025

Survey opens to all of Australia's doctors in training

The 2025 Medical Training Survey has opened, giving doctors in training the chance to add to evidence already being used to improve medical training in Australia.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

08.08.2025

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

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.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

08.08.2025

MDMA-AP for PTSD clinical practice guideline — consultation open

A clinical practice guideline for the appropriate use of methylenedioxymethamphetamine-assisted psychotherapy to treat PTSD has been released for consultation.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

08.08.2025

Victorian public hospitals deliver record 212,000+ planned surgeries

For the second consecutive year, Victoria's public hospitals have delivered the most planned surgeries on record — with more than 212,000.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

08.08.2025

Clear Signals Start with MedGel® ECG Electrodes

Medline’s MedGel ECG Electrodes are designed to provide consistent signal clarity and support clinicians across a wide range of care settings, from general monitoring to high-performance diagnostic and radiology applications.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

08.08.2025

2025 HESTA Excellence Awards — winners announced

Selected from a record more than 420 nominations and 24 national finalists, the eight winners of the 2025 HESTA Excellence Awards have been announced.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

08.08.2025

Blacktown Hospital's new 30-bed inpatient unit — design first look

The NSW Government has given a first look at the designs for a new 30-bed inpatient unit at Blacktown Hospital — part of a $120 million upgrade program.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

08.08.2025

NSW moves to establish new Chief Midwife role in NSW Health

In response to the NSW Birth Trauma Inquiry, the NSW Government is establishing a new Chief Midwife role in NSW Health — with recruitment to commence shortly.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

08.08.2025

Is home washing contributing to antibiotic-resistant infection spread?

A UK study suggests home washing of healthcare worker uniforms may be unknowingly contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

08.08.2025

'Worried they're getting worse' rolls out across all NSW public hospitals

A tool aimed at better supporting parents to raise concerns about their child's condition if they feel it is getting worse is being rolled out across all NSW public hospitals.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

08.08.2025

Adelaide's $90 million Eastwood Private Hospital now open

Adelaide's Eastwood Private Hospital is now open. With 51 inpatient beds and six operating theatres, it is expected to treat more than 7000 patients each year.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

01.08.2025

Solving the hospital kitchen hygiene challenge

Among the challenges faced by kitchen managers in hospitals and other healthcare settings is maintaining exceptional hygiene standards while working within tight budget limitations.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

01.08.2025

Harrison.ai Annalise Enterprise CXR AI chest X-ray

The Harrison.ai Annalise Enterprise CXR module is intended to assist clinicians with the interpretation of radiological imaging studies.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

01.08.2025

In Conversation with Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd AO

In the role for just two months, Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd AO, is already waist-deep in plans to improve the nation's health.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

01.08.2025

LipidPlan in a box ASCVD resources

LipidPlan in a box is intended to support GPs and primary care teams in undertaking QI activities to improve the quality of care for their patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

01.08.2025

What sets Supagas apart in delivering medical gases?

From 3 am emergency deliveries to supporting families and veterinarians with complex medical equipment, Supagas's medical team goes beyond gas supply — offering a level of care that's deeply personal, and crucial in times of need.

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Peak body issues apology to Medibank &quot;for data error&quot;

Stewardship and sustainability: environmentally minded medical products

Peak body says Medibank has &quot;a serious conflict of interest&quot; to answer

Doctors at breaking point &mdash; can AI medical scribes help?

Continuous remote monitoring saves scoliosis surgery costs and ICU hours

Two healthcare student spotlights this National Skills Week

Acacia 1.0: Patient Administration+ (PAS+) now &quot;live across all NT hospitals&quot;

NHS hospital pilots AI in discharge summaries

Could this tracer agent allow surgeons to see and &#39;hear&#39; prostate cancer?

WA establishes $50m older hospitals maintenance fund

127 further charges over alleged illegal recording device at Melbourne hospitals

[New Zealand] Transform from Security Awareness to a Security Culture: A Vital Shift for SMB Healthcare &mdash; Webinar

Craigieburn Community Hospital opens in Melbourne&#39;s northern suburbs

Explore the Future of Cleaning and Hygiene at ISSA Expo 2025

The Commission releases three pragmatic AI guides for clinicians

$21m Rural Dentistry and Oral Health Clinical School opens in Bendigo

Victoria&#39;s first Chief Palliative Care Adviser to oversee framework refresh

Does routine AI assistance erode endoscopy skills?

Alliance to lay foundations for national creative health infrastructure

Clinical Safety in Digital Health &mdash; Introductory eLearning course launches

Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital&#39;s Northeast Building underway

Transform from Security Awareness to a Security Culture: A Vital Shift for SMB Healthcare &mdash; Webinar

Using social prescribing as &#39;a script against loneliness&#39;

Salary agreement struck for &quot;often overlooked&quot; NSW hospital workers

Survey opens to all of Australia&#39;s doctors in training

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

MDMA-AP for PTSD clinical practice guideline &mdash; consultation open

Victorian public hospitals deliver record 212,000+ planned surgeries

Clear Signals Start with MedGel&reg; ECG Electrodes

2025 HESTA Excellence Awards &mdash; winners announced

Blacktown Hospital&#39;s new 30-bed inpatient unit &mdash; design first look

NSW moves to establish new Chief Midwife role in NSW Health

Is home washing contributing to antibiotic-resistant infection spread?

&#39;Worried they&#39;re getting worse&#39; rolls out across all NSW public hospitals

Adelaide&#39;s $90 million Eastwood Private Hospital now open

Solving the hospital kitchen hygiene challenge

Harrison.ai&nbsp;Annalise Enterprise CXR&nbsp;AI chest X-ray

In Conversation with Australia&#39;s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd AO

LipidPlan in a box ASCVD resources

What sets Supagas apart in delivering medical gases?

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Peak body issues apology to Medibank "for data error"

Peak body says Medibank has "a serious conflict of interest" to answer

Doctors at breaking point — can AI medical scribes help?

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

Could this tracer agent allow surgeons to see and 'hear' prostate cancer?

[New Zealand] Transform from Security Awareness to a Security Culture: A Vital Shift for SMB Healthcare — Webinar

Craigieburn Community Hospital opens in Melbourne's northern suburbs

Victoria's first Chief Palliative Care Adviser to oversee framework refresh

Clinical Safety in Digital Health — Introductory eLearning course launches

Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital's Northeast Building underway

Transform from Security Awareness to a Security Culture: A Vital Shift for SMB Healthcare — Webinar

Using social prescribing as 'a script against loneliness'

Salary agreement struck for "often overlooked" NSW hospital workers

Survey opens to all of Australia's doctors in training

MDMA-AP for PTSD clinical practice guideline — consultation open

Clear Signals Start with MedGel® ECG Electrodes

2025 HESTA Excellence Awards — winners announced

Blacktown Hospital's new 30-bed inpatient unit — design first look

'Worried they're getting worse' rolls out across all NSW public hospitals

Adelaide's $90 million Eastwood Private Hospital now open

Harrison.ai Annalise Enterprise CXR AI chest X-ray

In Conversation with Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd AO