Artificial Intelligence in Allied Health Newsletter - August 2025

Welcome back to another edition of the AI in Allied Health newsletter. It’s been (another) big month. The AI in Practice course is now live! It’s been 12 months in development and I am really proud of the breadth of content and the value it delivers. Thank you to those of you who have enrolled already, please let me know if you have any feedback as I want to make sure it delivers the best experience possible! Alongside the course, we also got the AI in Allied Health Ecosystem Map out and live, which includes tools specifically designed for allied health. My intention with the map is to reduce the confusion and overwhelm with the tool market and enable you to make informed decisions about which tools might be the right fit for you. Access information is at the bottom of this email! 

Finally, August is full of events, running workshops with some really exciting organisations as well as the Australian Hand Therapy Association conference. If you’re attending any of these events, please come and say hi! 

Industry News 

The TGA (Australia’s Medical and Therapeutic Goods Regulator) put out a caution to AI Scribe developers, warning that they are conducting a review into whether Scribes should be regulated as medical devices and putting scribe developers on notice. This follows the NHS guidelines from a few months ago and so therefore isn’t so surprising. We don’t yet know the implications of this, and the TGA review is yet to commence, so I’ll certainly be watching this space with curiosity. 

If you’d like to read more, click here.  

OpenAI released ChatGPT Agent Mode this month. Agent mode can interact with a browser and complete tasks/ jobs in their entirety, it does this using it’s own virtual browser (similar to the way Manus AI works). OpenAI describe the Agent Mode as a “unified agentic system” that brings together the capabilities of previous ChatGPT capabilities, including Operator, Deep Research and ChatGPT conversational fluency. It’s pretty exciting to have more agentic tools accessible to us, but it’s important to note ChatGPT (including agent mode) is not health data-safe, and so our clinical use cases for this technology are still limited by privacy and data management at the moment. 

Read more above it here.

July also saw updates across all major AI models- Google Gemini, Musk’s GROK and Anthropic’s Claude. Demonstrating the pace of evolution of this technology continues at breakneck speed. 

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital (in New York, USA) launched an AI-driven outpatient speech pathology program for post-stroke and brain injury patients. They partnered with Constant Therapy to provide a mobile app that uses AI to deliver personalised speech and cognitive therapy 24/7 to patients to complement their in-person sessions. The app adapts the exercises to the patient’s progress in real time. The initial pilot showed significant language improvements in more than half of the participants. 

Read more about it here.

XRHealth, a company who specialise in Virtual Reality therapy have announced a partnership with Kemtai to integrate AI computer vision motion tracking into their virtual reality physiotherapy and occupational therapy programs. The intention is that the computer vision tech can analyse patient’s movements via a standard camera and provide real-time corrective feedback during rehab exercsies. 

Read more about it here.

I’m really excited to see this therapeutic uses of AI really start to come through to market! The administrative tools are invaluable, but this stuff is powerful in moving the needle on outcomes for clinicians and clients alike, in my opinion! 

Research 

A recent study published in Cureus (Aug 2025) evaluated the accuracy of ChatGPT-4o and ChatGPT-4o mini in providing paediatric basic life support (BLS) instructions aligned with American Heart Association (AHA) 2020 guidelines. The results were sobering: only 9.6% of responses were fully complete and just 5.8% fully conformed to AHA standards. Even when partially correct, responses often omitted essential details, with only one query correctly and consistently answered across both models. 

This research shows what we know anecdotally, that while generative AI tools like ChatGPT show potential to augment learning or simulate clinical conversations, they are not yet safe for use as a standalone source of emergency healthcare guidance. Allied health professionals should educate clients and carers on the risks of relying on AI for urgent health decisions. For clinicians, this reinforces the importance of verifying AI-generated content against trusted clinical guidelines before integrating it into practice or education. 

Read the article here

WORK Journal Special Edition on AI 

I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been invited to be the guest editor for a special issue of WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, focusing on Artificial Intelligence. 

If you’re working on research, have case studies, or would like to author a thought piece about AI, I’d love to hear from you! If you’re interested in contributing a paper, please get in touch! 

Prompt of the Month 

Each month, I’ll be sharing a useful AI prompt designed to enhance your practice. This month is a simple prompt to create a tailored educational resource. 

Prompt: 

I’m a [insert discipline] writing a handout for an adult client with cognitive impairments. Can you explain [insert topic, e.g. sensory strategies, pacing, using a walker] in clear, plain language with simple examples, avoiding technical jargon? The handout should feel supportive and empowering. 

Tried this prompt? Send me an email and let me know how you found it! 

Upcoming Events 

AI in Practice: A Hands-On Guide for Allied Health 

After months of work (and lots of coffee), it’s finally here! 
AI in Practice is a self-paced, beginner-friendly course designed specifically for allied health professionals who want to use AI confidently in admin, clinical, creative and professional tasks (plus a smidge of advanced AI and icky ethical conundrums to consider). 

Self Paced Course (approx. 6-10 hours of content) 

Cost: $479 

Check it out here.

Free: The Group Chat – group supervision/ community of practice 

When: Thursday, 28th August 2025. 11am-12pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time- Sydney/ Melbourne time).  

Find your timezone here.

Where: Online via Zoom 
Cost: Free 

Sign up here.

New Free Resource: AI in Allied Health Ecosystem Map 

It’s been a busy month! The live, interactive map showcasing AI tools built specifically for allied health is available now. It’s designed to help you discover what’s out there, compare options, and stay ahead of the curve. 

Cost: Free (with registration) 

Access here.

The accompanying tool database will be coming soon too., so keep your eyes peeled! 

I’m speaking at a few exciting events over the next quarter! If you’re at AHTA or SISA, I’d love to catch up! 

Thank You for Being Part of Our Community 
If you have any questions or feedback, don’t hesitate to reply to this email, I’d love to hear from you! 

Jess