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Zoom partners with Suki to bring AI assistant to telehealth calls.

Australia’s second-largest private health insurer, Bupa, has recently started offering its members three free GP telehealth consultations a year. This follows other insurers such as nib offering its members digital GP consults, for things like prescriptions and medical certificates, for a fee.

How restrictions on telemedicine are forcing doctors to choose between following the law and obeying their ethical obligations.

“It's going to be challenging,” says expert Philip Moeller, who urges people to take their time.

Women who want hormone therapy often encounter doctors who don’t want to prescribe it.

Digital technologies are transforming health care for all Australians, and this includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Electronic health interventions (eHealth) can involve features such as telehealth, instant messaging and mobile apps that support health care.

Donald Trump suggested he was open to revoking access to the abortion pill if he won the presidential race, after being asked by a reporter last Thursday if he would “revoke access” to the drug. The following day, Trump’s campaign office said he didn’t hear the question properly.

Remote consultations allow access for patients in states with severe curbs as January sees over 100,000 abortions

Telehealth has been touted as one solution to New Zealand’s ongoing health-care crisis, which is particularly stark in rural regions.