Executive Officer: Pippa Dorricott
AI for healthcare has benefits too big to ignore
The Australian Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAAiH) has around 150 national and international partners and stakeholders in academia, government, consumer, clinical, industry organisations and peak bodies.
Founded by Professor Enrico Coiera and based at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, the Alliance has been working with partners and stakeholders to support and accelerate the adoption of AI-enabled healthcare in Australia since 2018.
The Alliance has attracted global and local partners capable of developing leading research, technologies and resources alongside the industry leaders delivering them and the health services implementing them.
About the Alliance
AI plays a crucial role in improving healthcare, impacting everything from diagnostic interpretation of medical imaging to personalised therapeutics. Creating a smart, adaptive sector that can apply major AI advances is key to sustainable quality healthcare in Australia.
To effectively translate AI advances into real-world health services is a significant challenge. The Alliance recognises that this creates a critical research frontier for implementation science in healthcare AI.
AI presents significant benefits but is a major disrupter, presenting opportunities and threats across all industries. The Alliance has outlined the opportunities for Australian governments to help industry exploit AI, and support healthcare services to be effective adopters of AI, with their Roadmaps published 2021 and 2023. The Roadmaps recognise that adoption of AI is complex and requires a multisectoral policy approach.
Our expertise
Our partners are engaged across consumer and clinical services in both primary and tertiary care. Our expertise spans:
- artificial intelligence
- clinical medicine
- commercialisation
- complex project management
- consumer perspectives
- data science
- digital health
- governance
- healthcare services
- implementation science
- regulation and policy.
National policy roadmap for AI in healthcare:
- Download ‘Don’t walk. Run. The third national policy roadmap for AI in healthcare’ – published 22 July 2026.
- Download ‘A national policy roadmap for AI in healthcare’ – published November 2023.
Read news stories related to our national policy roadmaps for AI in healthcare.
After third roadmap released, in July 2026:
- Enrico Coiera explores AI roadmap on PULSE the Podcast, Pulse+IT (subscription required to access this article)
- Australia’s healthcare AI roadmap, the PM’s announcement, and the race for healthcare’s front door, with Professor Enrico Coiera, PULSE the Podcast
- Australian healthcare system is unprepared for AI disruption: new report, Croakey Health Media
- Australia urged ‘Don’t walk – Run’ to accelerate AI in healthcare, Pulse+IT (subscription required to access this article)
- Australia risks becoming ‘hostage to geopolitics’ over healthcare AI, Health Services Daily
- AI is here but aged care playing catch up, Australian Ageing Agenda
- Roadmap proposes AI ‘front door’ to healthcare, Macquarie University
After second roadmap released, in November 2023:
- Decoding the revolution of AI powered healthcare
- Meeting your professional obligations when using Artificial Intelligence in healthcare
- Opinion: Advancing artificial intelligence in healthcare in Australia
- CSIRO report highlights ‘extraordinary era’ or AI in healthcare
- Watch AIHI webinar series – Setting the national policy agenda for AI in healthcare
- Roadmap recommendations for safe, ethical, sustainable and personalised AI in healthcare
- AI.Care 2023: Roadmap for a national policy agenda for AI in healthcare
- Watch study Australia masterclass – Advancements and risks: AI in healthcare