Current Issue 95. June 2026

Rural town photograph from the sky red earthy plains and sunset horizon

EDITORIAL: Beyond the signal, connecting care across distance

Doctor listening to patient with computer on desk

AI helping rural GPs feel less alone

Angus Whyte at the sheep and cattle station

When the screen goes blank, care must continue

Nurse seated on floor using laptop

Reshaping remote primary care

Laurie Dickson aboard a mission with Angel Flight pilot David Burston

Flying the miles that technology can’t reach

Thomas' family

Ensuring distance doesn’t mean disadvantage

Five medical student volunteers posing together for photo

From kitchen table to medical school

Nurse with elderly seated patient

Innovation is not about adding more gadgets

Woman with a Virtual Reality headset in a medical imaging room

VR helping rural patients breathe in, breathe out

Dr Anosh Shane Sivashanmugarajah

Simulating survival: preparing doctors for real-life emergencies

Young man using smart phone

One‑stop digital hub for HIV prevention in rural Australia

The workshop at Nundle, featuring HealthWISE Executive Manager of Strategy Louise Ingall, workshop facilitator Amy Smith and workshop participants. 

Older, wiser and wired

Nurse holding laptop with patient in bed

When innovation is more than a digital tool

Woman on phone

Virtual abortion care in rural Queensland

Doctor with headset on phone call with laptop in front

Closing the distance between GPs and Specialists

Mother to be seated on floor with father helping

Telehealth’s unfinished business

two people using laptops

AI addressing historical barriers for rural researchers

Woman with computer code projected over her face and wall

A new ally for rural health care

Inside a passenger flight showing the gantry and the back of seats and passengers

When the road to treatment runs through the airport

InsideOut Institute staff and others at the eClinic launch

Opening digital pathways to eating disorder care

Heplink staff taking a call

Breaking the silence on hepatitis C

Five young people members of the WA Youth Affairs Council

When connection means care for rural LGBTIQA+ youth

Registered Nurse Ashleigh Berry and Uralba Manager Katie White with MPHN Digital Health Project Officer Shivaram Ravulwar alongside the mobile telehealth equipment used for in‑room speech therapy consultations at Uralba Hostel in Gundagai.

Care that comes to the bedside

People using telehealth devices

More than turning the camera on

Farmer using the phone service

The lifeline rural melanoma patients need