Heart risk for people with schizophrenia
08 February, 2017Australians with schizophrenia die 25 years earlier than others due to poor heart health.
Breakthrough in motor neurone disease research gives hope
07 February, 2017 by Florienne Loder*When a person is diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), it's a race against time.
Inequality in Aboriginal child ICU admissions for invasive infections
01 February, 2017Intensive care unit (ICU) admission rates for life-threatening infections in Indigenous children are several times higher than those of non-Indigenous children, and twice as many Indigenous children per population succumb to these severe infections despite life support.
Death clocks — take with a pinch of salt
01 February, 2017The good news is that we are all living longer. The bad news is that we will all die … but when?
$450,000 palliative care boost for Cape York communities
18 January, 2017St Vincent's Health Australia (SVHA) has committed $450,000 to bring culturally appropriate palliative care services to five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) of Cape York as part of an MOU with Northern Peninsula Area Family and Community Services (NPAFACS) and Apunipima Cape York Health Council (Apunipima).
Victoria's model for assisted dying laws may get up
13 December, 2016Victoria stands a chance of becoming the first Australian jurisdiction in 20 years, and the first ever Australian state, to have an assisted dying law.
Choking: the second highest cause of preventable death in aged care
13 December, 2016Alarmingly, 40% of health professionals surveyed by speech pathologist Bernadette Dutton at an aged-care forum incorrectly believed that toast was suitable for those on a 'soft' food texture diet.
Nearly a third of med students suffer depression
12 December, 2016"There's work stresses, there's the pressure to succeed, a lot of us are type-A personalities by nature, that's often what draws us to the profession, we're perfectionists." — Dr Dov Degen
Night-time heart attacks and survival in kids
08 November, 2016 by Corin Kelly
Do Nights, Weekends Affect Survival After Paediatric Cardiac Arrest in Hospital?
Promising drug for preventing pre-term births
08 November, 2016 by Corin KellyResearchers from the University of Adelaide have successfully tested a drug that is showing some early promise in efforts to prevent pre-term birth.
Putting patients at ease with smart and effective technology
02 November, 2016 by Corin KellyIf you find yourself in the emergency room as a patient, things have probably not gone your way in recent times. Chances are you would prefer to be anywhere else and so when it comes time to be admitted, the more effortless that process is, the better. This is where the Brother TD-2000 series label printers can assist in patient care, by streamlining admissions - especially when it comes to Patient ID printing. In addition to speed, it also allows for higher reliability and can improve patient safety by utilising smarter and safer patient ID techniques and barcode medical administration system integration.
Airway management is different in kids
01 November, 2016 by Corin Kelly
For paediatric patients with serious head injuries, appropriate and timely airway management is critical for improved survival and outcomes. Yet managing a child's airway can be challenging in both the pre-hospital and hospital setting, in part because many providers lack experience with paediatric patients — only about 10 percent of emergency calls involve kids and of those, just 1 percent are serious injuries. A child's smaller size and the anatomical differences between children and adults also make managing the airway more difficult.
Ethics and Aged Care
01 November, 2016 by AHHBIn this AHHB exclusive, Professor of Law at the University of Wollongong unpacks the issues facing an Australia with an increasingly ageing population. The number of people aged 65 or older has more than tripled over the last fifty years and was 3.4 million in 2014, while the number of people aged 85 and over increased nine fold to 456,600. The Australian Bureau of Statistics predicts that there will be 9.6 million people aged 65 and over and 1.9 million people aged 85 and over by 2064.
Harm Free Health Care at RACMA
31 October, 2016 by Corin KellyThe Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) would like to thank colleagues, sponsors and exhibitors for being part of the 2016 conference that was held in Brisbane. Over 300 delegates – the highest number ever – came together to participate in an event that showcased a program full of high-calibre international and Australian speakers who focused on the theme Harm Free Health Care.
Reducing Healthcare Wastage with Data Analytics
28 October, 2016 by AHHBHealthcare providers are unknowingly pouring funds down the drain – and that’s because they can’t keep track of all the spillage. That’s where analytics plugs the gaps.
