Articles
General practice and the unconscious gender bias
Unconscious gender bias remains a significant barrier to women's careers all over the world, and the healthcare sector is no exception. [ + ]
Improving organisational performance in health care
The dedication that doctors and hospitals pour into delivering optimal patient outcomes must be matched by the same intensity of focus on the sector and how it operates. [ + ]
Mild COVID-19 linked to changes in brain structure: study
New research reveals the damaging effects of COVID-19 and improves our understanding of how the disease spreads through the central nervous system. [ + ]
Unaffordable innovation? The rising cost of patient care
The past two years have seen Australia's medical industry undergo significant changes, with e-health and telehealth quickly becoming the norm. [ + ]
Aged care and the great reset
The aged-care sector has begun to emerge from the challenges encountered over the summer from the COVID-19 Omicron wave. [ + ]
New guide urges stronger protection for healthcare workers
A new WHO/ILO guide is encouraging countries to strengthen the protection of health workers by improving the management of occupational health. [ + ]
NWMPHN calls for urgent structural changes to primary care
Melbourne GPs and their staff are under incredible strain after two years of pandemic response, and the situation is expected to worsen over coming months, says NWMPHN. [ + ]
How to alleviate the shortage of critical care nurses
The spread of the Omicron variant and the COVID-19 pandemic overall have contributed dramatically to the shortage of nurses in the nation's hospitals. [ + ]
Risk management in emergency care with timely test results review
Severe staff shortages, a surge in Omicron cases and an ageing population have put our already-stretched emergency departments and health system under enormous pressure. [ + ]
Health care's silver lining
Health care's digital transformation was well underway when the pandemic first hit, but the crisis led to a massive increase in adoption and acceptance of technology by hospitals and healthcare facilities as well as consumers, patients and carers. [ + ]
In conversation: Christine Gee
2021 ACHS Gold Medal winner Christine Gee shares her journey from an Internal Reliever to a CEO. [ + ]
Managing anaphylaxis
Associate Professor Amanda Walker, Clinical Director at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, explains why clinicians and health services need to be consistent in managing this potentially fatal condition. [ + ]
Combating resistance
For almost two years, the gaze of the public, healthcare system and media has been fixated on a very blatant public health threat; all the while a silent pandemic, antimicrobial resistance, has quietly continued gripping the world. [ + ]
A day in the life of nurse Lisa Russell
Lisa Russell, Discharge Coordinator at Mater Private Hospital Springfield, shares her day. [ + ]
Polytherapy-based approach to fight multidrug resistance
Researchers have discovered that the use of nanoparticles, in combination with other antibiotics, could help prevent antibiotic resistance and reduce antibiotic intake. [ + ]
