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• Regulating AI in Australian Healthcare: Who Is Accountable When Algorithms Make Decisions? 25-03-2026

  Artificial intelligence is no longer experimental in Australian healthcare. AI systems are being used to summarise clinical documentation, assist with imaging interpretation, support risk stratification and optimise operational workflows. As adoption

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• Digital Health and Equity: Are We Closing or Widening the Gap? 25-03-2026

  Digital health has been framed as a solution to many of Australia’s healthcare pressures including distance, workforce shortages, rising demand and system inefficiency. Telehealth, remote monitoring, patient portals and AI-enabled triage tools

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• Cybersecurity in Healthcare: The Clinical Risks Behind the Headlines 25-03-2026

  When a hospital system goes down, the first images that come to mind are often technical: blank screens, frozen logins, IT teams working overnight. But in healthcare, cyber incidents are not just technical failures. They are clinical events. Digit

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• Discovery Life Sciences and Mindpeak Partner to Bring AI Precision to Cancer Biomarker Testing in Gl 25-03-2026

  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. and HAMBURG, Germany, March 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Inconsistent biomarker interpretation across pathologists remains one of the more stubborn challenges in clinical trial development, contributing to variability in patient stratifi

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• Continuity Biosciences and Breakthrough T1D Collaborate to Advance NICHE Cell-Therapy Platform Towa 25-03-2026

  CARY, N.C. and NEW YORK, March 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuity Biosciences and Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) advocacy organization, today announced a strategic collaboration to advance Continuity's NICHE® cell

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• Leaders urged to stomach junk food tax to save lives 25-03-2026

  More than 200,000 lives and billions of dollars in health costs could be saved if political leaders developed an appetite to tax unhealthy foods, according to fresh research. The federal government is being called upon to consider a 20 per cent ta

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• When Birth Doesn't Go to Plan: How Midwives Support Parents Through Disappointment and Grief 24-03-2026

  For many parents, pregnancy is accompanied by a mental picture of how birth will unfold. It might be a calm labour, minimal intervention, immediate skin-to-skin contact, or simply the hope of feeling involved and heard. When birth deviates from those

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• Skill Mix on the Maternity Ward: What Midwives Want Other Health Professionals to Understand 24-03-2026

  Modern maternity care is delivered by multidisciplinary teams working under pressure, within complex systems, and across shifting scopes of practice. While collaboration is essential to safe care, midwives often find that their role — and the f

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• Midwives and Moral Distress: Navigating Care When Systems Don't Align with Values 24-03-2026

  Midwifery is a profession built on advocacy, relational care, and respect for women’s autonomy. Midwives are trained to support families through pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period in ways that prioritise dignity, informed choice, and tr

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• Parkinson's action plan aims to brain growing disease 24-03-2026

  It's the world's fastest growing neurological disorder, but a landmark plan could help put Australia on the frontline in the battle against the disease. More than 200,000 Australians live with Parkinson's disease - more than breast can

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