Industry News
Missing surgeries will take some time to work through: APHA
The latest APRA data shows 11,000 anticipated admissions were missing from private hospitals in the last quarter of 2021. [ + ]
Landmark clinical practice guidelines for children with CMT
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is the most common childhood inherited nerve disorder. Yet until now, there have been no guidelines to help patients manage their condition. [ + ]
Peninsula Villages' Central Coast project wins MBA award
Peninsula Villages' 114-bed ageing-in-place development, Pozieres House built by Grindley Construction, has won a 2021 Master Builders Association Excellence in Construction Award. [ + ]
Breast cancer: how often does overdiagnosis occur?
A new study suggests that overdiagnosis, or the finding of tumours that may never have progressed or caused harm in a woman's lifetime, occurs in about 15% of screen-detected cancers. [ + ]
COVID-19 antiviral available on the PBS
Australians at risk of progressing to severe COVID-19 disease will now be eligible to access an oral antiviral treatment through the PBS. [ + ]
New rare blood disease treatment on PBS
Ultomiris (ravulizumab) will be listed for the first time for patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. [ + ]
Digital Health CRC appoints Kate Munnings as new Chair
The Digital Health CRC has appointed Kate Munnings as its new Chair following the retirement of Michael Walsh. [ + ]
Winners announced for 2022 HESTA Impact Awards
The founder of a global exercise approach for people with Parkinson's disease and a specialist housing and healthcare medical practice team are the 2022 winners for the HESTA Impact Awards. [ + ]
Isolated, confused and depressed: the pandemic's toll on people with dementia and their carers
The COVID pandemic has had a huge impact on people living with dementia and their family carers around the world. Our study found people with dementia experienced worse symptoms after the pandemic began. [ + ]
Liver cancer: non-invasive treatment trial to begin soon
A new non-invasive treatment for inoperable early-stage liver cancer is set to be trialled across Australia this year. [ + ]
Health remains most breached sector; human errors rise by 43%
Health care remains the most breached sector, reporting around 18% of all notified data breaches from July to December 2021. [ + ]
Global trial to investigate fractional COVID-19 boosters
Up to 3300 healthy adults across Australia, Indonesia and Mongolia will be invited to take part in a global trial investigating the impact of administering reduced COVID-19 booster shots. [ + ]
$22m for health research projects
Six Australian health and medical researchers are set to receive goverment funding of around $22 million. [ + ]
Music for stem cells: how soundwaves could help regrow bones
Researchers have used soundwaves to turn stem cells into bone cells, in a tissue engineering advance that could help regrow bones. [ + ]
Mobile health unit to support regional miners, medical providers
A new mobile health unit will help with the early detection of mine dust lung diseases. [ + ]
