Industry News
New Chairperson for Indigenous General Practice Registrars Network
The Indigenous General Practice Registrars Network (IGPRN) has officially endorsed Dr Aleeta Fejo as its chairperson. [ + ]
Aged Care Must be an Election Issue says Australia's Biggest Health Union
Australia’s biggest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has renewed calls for major political parties and key independents to make aged care an election issue. [ + ]
Landmark Report Shows Mental Health Reform has not Changed in 30 years
A landmark report co-authored by researchers from Sydney University's Brain and Mind Research Institute into mental health reform in Australia has found little change in the past 30 years. [ + ]
Off duty
Katie Vine is completing her Master of Sports Physiotherapy at La Trobe University while working at Canberra Hospital as an Emergency Department Primary Contact Physiotherapist.She is also an ACT Health Directorate Project Officer with the Health Workforce Australia Expanded Scope of Practice Project, investigating and implementing extended scope of physiotherapy roles. Katie was awarded the Australian Physiotherapy Association’s (APA) Award for Professional Excellence five years in a row, between 2008 and 2012. [ + ]
Automating measurement of hand hygiene compliance - The next big question for Australian hospitals
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New Information Shows Rate of Seclusion in Mental Health Facilities is Falling
For the first time, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has published information on seclusion in mental health facilities. [ + ]
Patients & Privacy
Look After Your Patient’s Electronic Health Information Effectively or Suffer the Consequences [ + ]
Taking back control
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Gold Coast University Hospital in final fit-out phase
At a cost of $1.76 billion the Gold Coast University Hospital is nearing completion, due to open to the public in September this year. Currently, contractors and staff are involved in the final fit out of furniture, fittings, IT and medical equipment. Gold Coast Health Executive Director Strategic Development Mr Michael Allsopp talks to AHHB about this stage of the project and proudly boasts the hospital will have the highest level of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and connectivity of any hospital currently under construction or operating in Australia. [ + ]
International designers in health converge at world congress in Brisbane
Professor Ian Frazer Congress patron / AC, FRA, FAA [ + ]
More Allied Health Graduates Are Taking Up Rural Jobs
More than a third of allied health students who completed a rural placement are now working in rural and remote Australia, according a new survey by Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH). [ + ]
Reducing malnutrition in aged care: how ethics can help
There is evidence that between 30 and 50 per cent of residents in Australian residential age care establishments have malnutrition or under-nutrition, writes Professor Colin Thomson. [ + ]
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards: Governance, partnering with consumers and healthcare associated infection
As of January 1 this year, all Australian hospitals and day procedure services began accreditation against ten new National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards, writes the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s Amy Winter. [ + ]
