Industry News
NACCHO Expresses Concerns on COAG Reform Council Closure
The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) has expressed concern that the COAG Reform Council responsible for monitoring progress towards close the gap targets will close on 30 June. [ + ]
COAG Report Card Shows More Effort Required to Close the Gap
The COAG Reform Council’s final report card shows that governments need to strengthen efforts to improve health outcomes for Indigenous Australians. [ + ]
Sustainable perioperative practices - Reducing, reusing or recycling
Dr Pat Nicholson PhD, RN, RM, has been involved in perioperative nursing for more than 30 years. Dr Nicholson discusses the evidence behind reducing, reusing or recycling in the perioperative setting. [ + ]
A Gum Disease Treatment is Improving Vascular health in Aboriginal Australians
A first of its kind study among Aboriginal Australians has found a simple non-surgical gum disease treatment markedly reduces the thickness of the wall of the arteries, a risk factor for heart disease. [ + ]
Exploring Healthcare Variation in Australia Released Today
The management of common health conditions varies considerably depending upon where people live, according to the paper Exploring Healthcare Variation in Australia released by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). [ + ]
Sanofi Paster Vaxigrants Winners Announced
Sanofi Pasteur has awarded $100,000 in Vaxigrants sponsorships to five healthcare organisations to help increase local community immunisation rates and awareness about the benefits of vaccination. [ + ]
Leading Dementia Experts Commit to Dementia Research
[caption id="attachment_8246" align="alignright" width="133"] Professor Warwick Anderson[/caption] [ + ]
Aged care IT council launches vision for aged care
After nearly two years in the making the Aged Care Industry IT Council’s (ACIITC) Information and communications technology vision for the industry was recently launched by Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrews. The event was very well attended with close to 90 representatives from industry, bureaucracy and federal parliamentarians. [ + ]
Australian Dental Association Concerned about 2014 Skilled Occupation List
The Australian Dental Association (ADA) says the impending release of the 2014 Skilled Occupation List (List) will bring despair to many newly graduating dentists. The ADA says despite its repeated calls to take corrective action, reports indicate that dentists remaon in the list for 2014, which means dentists with overseas qualifications can enter Australia and limit jobs from graduates from Australian universities. [ + ]
LASA Calls on Government to Reduce Burden on Homecare Providers
[caption id="attachment_8379" align="alignright" width="133"] LASA CEO Patrick Reid[/caption] [ + ]
Primary Health Practitioners to Be Trained in e-Mental Health Therapies
[caption id="attachment_6263" align="alignright" width="157"] Minister for Health Peter Dutton[/caption] [ + ]
NHMRC's Research Excellence Awards Announced
[caption id="attachment_8246" align="alignright" width="133"] Professor Warwick Anderson[/caption] [ + ]
COAG report into Healthcare in Australia Delivers Positive and Negative News
The COAG Reform Council’s final report on healthcare reform, Healthcare in Australia 2012—13: Five years of performance, shows that over five years governments have delivered positive results for Australians, but a number of areas of concern are clearly emerging. [ + ]
Discovery of Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer
The discovery of biomarkers for prostate cancer in seminal fluid (semen) could help improve diagnosis and management of this most common cancer in men. [ + ]
Australian-first Translational Pharmaceutical Science Laboratory to be Built in Melbourne
[caption id="attachment_7936" align="alignright" width="162"] Dr Michelle McIntosh will use the new facility for her Inhaled Oxytocin project. Image from Monash University[/caption] A landmark grant will be used to build a world-class and Australian-first translational pharmaceutical science laboratory at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Melbourne. Directly supporting capacity building, skills growth and education development, the new Translational Research Lab has been made possible by a $1.2 million grant from the Helen Macherson Smith Trust (HMSTrust), $1.1 million of in-kind contributions from industry partners PerkinElmer and Shimadzu and a further $350,000 contribution from the McCallMcBain Foundation to build state of the art facilities at the precinct. [ + ]