Re-testing for Antibiotic Allergies
15 July, 2015 by Sharon SmithPeople who have grown up believing they have an allergy to antibiotics will now be able to be safely tested and reassessed, with the opening of Victoria’s Austin Hospital antibiotic de-labelling clinic.
Tech in Health Update: Managing Patient Files
08 July, 2015 by Sharon SmithVMO to Hospital Documentation Cabrini Health in Melbourne has signed up with secure cloud provider Argus to transmit clinical documents and correspondence between visiting medical officers' (VMOs) practice software and automatically upload them to the hospitals' web-based patient administration system.
Is Private Health Cover Working in Australia?
06 July, 2015 by Sharon SmithAustralia’s largest private health insurer Medibank Private has ended its contract with ACT private hospital group Calvary Health Care following months of negotiation.
Sleep Awareness Week Seeks Survey Participants
06 July, 2015 by Sharon SmithMore than two million Australian adults - over 10% of the population - suffer from a sleep disorder, clinical insomnia or sleep apnea. Sleep disorders cost the Australian economy more than $5.1 billion per year. The reduction in life quality caused by sleep disorders has a further cost equivalent of $31.4 billion a year.
Australia Invests in Primary Healthcare Nurses
06 July, 2015 by Sharon SmithThe numbers of nurses working in rural and remote settings will increase as part of a partnership between the Federal Government and Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA).
The forgotten Australian women doctors of the Great War
24 April, 2015 by Sharon SmithImage: Australian troops in France in the first world war – and one of Australia’s women medics, possibly Dr Laura Foster. Heather Sheard The War Office regrets it cannot utilise the services of women doctors – Sydney Morning Herald, May 10, 1915. From the outbreak of the first world war until late 1916, military officialdom throughout the British Empire denied women doctors the right to enlist with the Allied medical corps. Nevertheless, more than 20 Australian women doctors acted as surgeons and medical officers in military base and field hospitals in Belgium, France, Serbia, England, Egypt, Malta and across Europe between 1914 and 1919.
New Regions to Deliver the Australian General Practice Training Program
09 April, 2015 by Petrina SmithGeneral Practice Registras Australia (GPRA) supports the plan to establish a new profession-led General Practice Training Advisory Committee to provide advice to the government on GP training policy and delivery. The advisory committee will include representatives from GPRA, RACGP, ACRRM, GPSA as well as an independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander GP.
Survey to Improve Nutritional Advice for Patients
30 March, 2015 by Petrina SmithHow much confidence GPs have in providing nutritional advice to patients is the subject of research by Griffith University’s Dr Lauren Ball.
International Universities Combine to form PharmAlliance
16 March, 2015 by Petrina SmithThree international universities, including Melbourne's Monash University are combining resources to create the PharmAlliance partnership.
Young Doctors Encouraged to Go Rural
12 March, 2015 by Petrina SmithA new national Go Rural campaign targeting young doctors will be launched this week, promoting the benefits of rural practice.
Early Exposure to Palliative Care Benefits Medical Students
11 March, 2015 by Petrina SmithA survey of medical students has found that those who were exposed to training in palliative care early in their studies benefited greatly from the experience.
