Hospital Equipment & Supplies Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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After-hours services boom fails to reduce emergency dept presentations 9/19/2017

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) recently presented new evidence that the boom in urgent after-hours home visit services is doing little to reduce ...

Private hospitals ready to answer AMA call for more training places 9/12/2017

Australia's private hospital sector stands ready to answer the Australian Medical Association's call for more training places for early career doctors, with the sector already ...

Medical technology investment to improve lives 9/12/2017

The Australian Government will fund three medical breakthroughs to help people with severe disabilities walk again and support thousands of Australians facing crippling chronic back ...

Call to protect patients' rights in public hospitals 9/5/2017

A significant jump in public hospitals targeting vulnerable patients in emergency departments to sign over their private health insurance is further evidence action must be taken to ...

Government support for codeine transition welcomed by pharmacists 9/5/2017

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) have welcomed the Government's decision to provide funding to support pharmacists around the ...

Evidence shows that drug testing pilot won't work 8/29/2017

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) is urging the Federal Government to abandon plans to drug test welfare recipients, claiming it will be ineffective and will place ...

A note of caution amidst a 'revolution' in hepatitis C treatment 8/22/2017

As new treatments for hepatitis C reshape the landscape, new data from UNSW underscore the need to address issues including discrimination, stigma and engaging marginalised communities. ...

Aussie patients further out of pocket when seeing their GP: RACGP 8/22/2017

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners says new figures released by the Department of Health recently paint a mixed picture for general practice and for Australian ...

AMA backs TGA decision on making codeine 'prescription only' 8/15/2017

The AMA recently reiterated its support for the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) decision to make codeine a 'prescription only' medicine from 1 February 2018.

RACGP applauds decision to end mandatory reporting of doctors 8/8/2017

The Royal Australian College of Practitioners has expressed relief that Australia's health ministers have agreed to amend laws that discourage doctors from seeking the healthcare ...

Drug and alcohol measures will not work: RACP 8/8/2017

The Federal Government’s proposal to tackle illicit drug use through a drug testing trial and changes to welfare activity requirements will have major consequences for people battling ...

Comprehensive report on antibiotic resistance identifies challenges 8/8/2017

A comprehensive national report on the spread of antimicrobial resistance in Australia has highlighted a number of specific types of bacteria as major emerging healthcare problems, ...

Urgent after-hours care review should focus on patient need: AHHA 8/1/2017

'The Australian healthcare system and patients will be poorly served by restricting use of urgent MBS items only to general practitioners working predominantly in the in-hours period', ...

Vic new outdoor smoking bans to protect diners 8/1/2017

New laws banning smoking in outdoor dining areas come into force from 1 August, meaning Victorians and their families will be able to enjoy a meal outside, away from the deadly ...

Could Australia be the first to eliminate hep C? 8/1/2017

Research from The Kirby Institute released for World Hepatitis Day shows Australia could be one of the first countries in the world to eliminate hepatitis C.

See a GP to reduce your health risks 7/25/2017

AMA President, Dr Michael Gannon, said recently that the key to a longer and healthier life is eliminating risky health habits and behaviours from your daily routine, and the best ...

Concern with potential rise in super potent cannabis concentrates 7/25/2017

University of Queensland researchers are concerned the recent legalisation of medicinal cannabis in Australia may give rise to super-potent cannabis concentrates with associated ...

Australia's hospitals helping the fight against antibiotic resistance 7/25/2017

Use of antibiotics has dropped markedly in Australian hospitals, new figures show – a shift that will help slow the spread of antibiotic resistant germs that cause dangerous infections ...

One in two public hospital doctors working unsafe hours 7/18/2017

The latest AMA audit of working conditions for doctors in Australian public hospitals shows that one in two doctors (53 per cent) are working unsafe shifts that place them at a higher ...

A better way to estimate Australia’s future lifestyle-related cancers 7/18/2017

UNSW’s Centre for Big Data Research in Health has a new and improved way to estimate the numbers of cancers that could be avoided if Australians changed their lifestyles.

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