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New ACMA SMS rules now in force — could patients be missing vital updates?
With the SMS Sender ID Register having commenced this month, the GM of a multichannel messaging company sets out why some patients may be missing vital messages. [ + ]
A Day in the Life of a social worker specialising in FASD
Prue Walker is a social worker specialising in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. [ + ]
Why cyber resilience is now a patient safety KPI
Healthcare organisations have long treated cyber risk as a technology issue. That approach no longer reflects reality. [ + ]
Training suite simulates hospital, aged care and community health settings
Using advanced manikins and spanning 500 m2, the suite features clinical labs with 14 hospital beds and training for students in low- to high-risk clinical scenarios. [ + ]
Home care safeguards when disasters hit
Home care presents unique challenges for emergency planning. An in-home care provider's CEO outlines how technology, local knowledge and proactive care can help. [ + ]
Tapping into the labour mobility market to fill ongoing workforce gaps
Health and aged care is under pressure to deliver high-quality care with short-staffed teams. Here's how international talent mobility may be able to help. [ + ]
Australian hospital workers' mobile phones carry deadly superbugs — study reveals
DNA samples from 95 mobiles of Aust and UAE hospital workers found, on average, 3.62 out of 10 species of bacteria associated with the highest global mortality rates. [ + ]
A shift in clinical practice: optimal antibiotics for golden staph bloodstream infections
A global clinical trial involving more than 150 hospitals has challenged the position of flucloxacillin as the default treatment for MSSA and PSSA infections. [ + ]
The rise of non-clinical, community-led safe spaces: how lived experience is reshaping suicide prevention
With the emergence of the non-clinical, community-led safe spaces model, Australia's approach to suicide prevention is changing. [ + ]
Australian health care's burnout prescription
Claire de Carteret, Managing Director, APAC at Gallup, sets out how effective, supportive management may help address burnout and psychosocial hazards in hospitals. [ + ]
Unlocking the potential of our nursing workforce
Australian College of Nursing Acting CEO Dr Zachary Byfield outlines how nurses and current nursing initiatives can ease Australia's healthcare pressures. [ + ]
Six key pillars of frailty prevention and management
Developed and endorsed by 77 healthcare experts and six consumers with lived experience, UQ researchers have published a national frailty framework. [ + ]
How better people management systems can help aged care organisations thrive
Investing in a single, cloud-based human capital management platform can, this author argues, help boost efficiency, visibility and employee experience in aged care. [ + ]
Outdated, overused and ineffective — time to end mandatory double-checking?
Double-checking medications requires two nurses to verify a dose before administration. Widely viewed as a critical safeguard, the evidence tells a different story. [ + ]
Chemical-free cleaning: the future of infection control in health care
For hospitals and healthcare facilities, cleaning is a patient-safety issue with evolving health, safety, sustainability and environmental standards. [ + ]
