6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (861+ words) Clinicians and scientists should work alongside large language models rather than seek to replace human expertise, say the authors of a new Lancet Viewpoint that argues collaboration is the safest path to accelerating discovery. Clinical researchers should embrace a new…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (500+ words) Unlike these AI radiologists, which really are. When it comes to the ever-increasing incursions of AI technology into healthcare, your Back Page scrawler often feels as if he's watching a slow-moving train wreck. How can one not feel a sense…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (194+ words) AI receptionist Karen gets all passive-aggressive, it has emerged. Karen is the name of the latest AI-powered tool and has been designed specifically for Australian general practices. AI expert Professor Candid told The Medical Republic: "Karen was trained with thousands…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (11+ words) How did AI scribes slip through the TGA loophole? Medical Republic...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (446+ words) Oh cool! Very reassuring. Today's dose of disheartening news is coming to you (once again) from AI researchers, who showed a mixture of real and fake radiographic images to doctors and found that 60% didn't notice the deepfaked scans. In the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1585+ words) Doctors and government departments responsible for building out our healthcare system can't hope to change at the speed of AI, so what can they do? In discussion last week with Marc Paradis, a New York-based healthcare'data and'AI'strategist,'who has spent…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1026+ words) Heidi is going left field again, this time into a dedicated standalone lapel mic transcription device. The device is tiny, but the ambition isn't. In a left-field major strategic play, Australian health AI company Heidi has launched its first piece…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1118+ words) Two reports highlight the risks AI could have on data privacy and security. The proportion of workers using organisation-approved AI has jumped from 18% to 67%, outpacing cross-industry averages. Artificial intelligence data leaks, particularly from healthcare organisations, are emerging as a growing…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1766+ words) It's been a big week so we'll cover some ground: how the medical profession is failing to understand the impact of AI, whether Hot Doc misled its client practices, and why telehealth standards developed by the private sector aren't a…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (918+ words) The launch of Chat GPT Health and Claude for Healthcare in January 2026 marks a watershed moment. Purpose-built commercial AI health assistants have become the primary way millions of consumers make healthcare decisions. Over 40 million people globally now ask Chat GPT…...