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How agentic orchestration can help solve health care's workforce challenge
As healthcare organisations look to address workforce shortages and improve access to care, they must rethink how patient experiences are delivered altogether. [ + ]
Social media behind almost half of racism and discrimination complaints, Ahpra says
Practitioner conduct on social media accounted for 44% of notifications, particularly alleged antisemitism and Islamophobia, an Ahpra review has revealed. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
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. [ + ]
