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Is AI better than doctors and nurses at triaging ED patients?
A study has compared emergency medicine doctors and nurses working in the ED with AI to determine which cohort is better at triaging patients in the ED. [ + ]
A Day in the Life of a mobile optometrist
Linda Nguyen is the owner and founder of mobile optometrist practice Care Optometry and was a finalist in the 2025 HESTA Excellence Awards. Here's a day in her life. [ + ]
Pharmacy's role in a healthier, greener future
Hospital pharmacy, like all areas of health care, has a responsibility to care for both people and the planet. [ + ]
In Conversation with Australian College of Nursing CEO, Dr Kathryn Zeitz
Hospital + Healthcare speaks with Australian College of Nursing CEO Dr Kathryn Zeitz about where we're at, and need to go, with nurses' scope of practice. [ + ]
Report: Cardiovascular diseases remain the world's leading cause of disease burden
Today is World Heart Day and the latest Global Burden of Disease Study (released last week) shows cardiovascular diseases remain the world's leading cause of disease burden. [ + ]
Australia's colonoscopy access gap widens, report reveals
There is a growing disparity in colonoscopy rates according to where people live and their socioeconomic status, data in a new report suggests. [ + ]
Hospital-acquired infections: key developments in prevention and control
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a central, but mostly preventable, concern in health care — here's some key HAI prevention and control developments. [ + ]
High-end heritage: expanded St Vincent's Private Hospital, Fitzroy
Completed this year, the $180 million St Vincent's Private Hospital, Fitzroy expansion includes a boutique hotel aesthetic and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings. [ + ]
Australia will soon have its own 'centre for disease control'. Let's not repeat the chaos of the US
Australia is a step closer to having its own national agency to inform and co-ordinate public health responses — a permanent Australian Centre for Disease Control. [ + ]
Report: Sepsis more prevalent, deadly and costly than previously understood
Ahead of World Sepsis Day on 13 September, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care released its Sepsis Epidemiology Report. [ + ]
Report: Blueprint needed for health and medical data ecosystem
A Digital Health CRC report on the state of the Australian health and medical data ecosystem has identified the need for an ambitious, long-term, unified blueprint. [ + ]
Could this bone marrow map redefine understandings of blood cancer?
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month; could a new, WEHI-developed bone marrow map reshape our understandings of how incurable blood cancer grows and spreads? [ + ]
A Day in the Life of a men's health pharmacist
Brad Butt splits his time between being that busy 'chemist' checking prescriptions among other tasks and working within his passion project, Mens Health Downunder. [ + ]
Stewardship and sustainability: environmentally minded medical products
Australia's health sector produces twice as much carbon emissions as aviation. But with product innovation, our health system may also heal the environment. [ + ]
Could this tracer agent allow surgeons to see and 'hear' prostate cancer?
Canadian researchers believe a preclinical evaluation of a new 'dual-mode' tracer agent shows promise to enable surgeons to both see and 'hear' prostate cancer. [ + ]
