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Time for strategic vision and leadership for health: AHHA 7/12/2016

All options should be on table as we reconsider health funding that delivers affordable care with equity of access.

Health Destination 'pharmacies of the future' achieving success 7/12/2016

An innovative, whole-of-business program transforming pharmacies into a local health destination is delivering effective healthcare services and improving consumer engagement, ...

Australia's first national health card released 7/12/2016

Australia’s Health Tracker was released 5 July 2016 by Australian Health Policy Collaboration (AHPC) at Victoria University and supported by 50 health and welfare organisations.

Funding for response to infectious diseases research: NHMRC 7/5/2016

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has announced almost $5 million in funding that commenced 1 July 2016 for the Centre of Research Excellence in Infectious ...

RACGP calls for focus on improving primary healthcare 7/5/2016

The absolute first priority for the incoming Government should be to end the extended freeze on the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS).

New historic laws to give Victorians a clearer say on end-of-life-care 7/5/2016

Victorians have a chance to shape how new historic laws will be implemented to give people greater powers to set directives about their future medical treatment, including end-of-life ...

Telemedicine set to become mainstream 6/30/2016

Though it raises a host of questions for regulators, providers, insurers and patients alike - telemedicine is here and it’s set to become mainstream, and fast!

AMA welcomes commitments to invest in mental health 6/28/2016

AMA President Dr Michael Gannon has welcomed commitments from both the major parties to invest in frontline mental health services to support suicide prevention programs.

NSW continues to drive innovation in medical research 6/28/2016

The NSW Government continues to advance medical research in NSW through investment in the 2016-17 Budget.

Everyone's responsibility to reduce dependence of antibiotics: PSA 6/28/2016

All health professionals - including pharmacists - as well as consumers have a responsibility to reduce the dependence of antibiotics in Australia, according to the peak national ...

Neural tube defects decrease since folic acid added to bread 6/28/2016

Mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid (in Australia) and iodine (in Australia and New Zealand) was introduced in 2009 to address two important public health issues.

First pharmacist-delivered vaccination provided in Victoria 6/21/2016

The first pharmacist-administered vaccination in Victoria has been welcomed as an important public health boost by the peak national body for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society ...

1 in 200 Australians seek treatment for alcohol and other drugs 6/21/2016

About 1 in 200 people in Australia sought treatment for alcohol and other drug use in 2014–15, with just over half of those (54%) reporting more than one drug of concern, according ...

Are Australian health and medical researchers destined to disappear? 6/15/2016

During 2015, I'd had personal conversations with Professor Andrew Sinclair, a professor of nutritional science and an award-winning researcher with over 300 publications spanning ...

Healthcare reforms must maximise potential of pharmacists: PSA 6/7/2016

Exploring innovative models of interprofessional care and better utilising the role of pharmacists in healthcare are cost-effective, evidence-based reforms an elected Federal Government ...

What's The Real Deal: Antidepressants or Placebo? 6/1/2016

Ongoing media debate in recent years has brought attention to the over-prescription of antidepressant medications in Australia.

National real-time medicine monitoring will save lives: PSA 5/31/2016

Hundreds of lives would be saved and hospitalisations reduced if a national real-time recording and reporting system for medicines was adopted, according to a new statement by the ...

Use of palliative care medicine services increase by 80% 5/31/2016

Over the past 5 years, Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) payments for all palliative medicine specialist services increased by almost 80%.

Top 6 Traits Every Health Professional Should Have 5/17/2016

As a health professional you’re trying to maximise your value to your patients.

Pharmacist-delivered vaccinations to boost public health in Victoria 5/17/2016

The Victorian Branches of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and Pharmacy Guild of Australia have welcomed the Victorian Government’s approval of pharmacist-delivered ...

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