Palliative care
In 5 years the Medicare Benefits Schedule payments for palliative medicine specialist services has increased by almost 80%, according to figures released by the Australian…
Nursing
Child Oral Health – a hidden crisis
The British Dental Journal Team has said that woeful children’s dental decay statistics are making headlines in the UK, and have suggested that the quickest…
Health industry voices its opinions as the #healthelection2016 looms
Health organisations around the country have been lobbying for a greater share of the health spending dollar in the lead up to the election tomorrow.…
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Skilled Occupations List submissions put workforce shortages and excesses in the spotlight
The new Skilled Occupations List (SOL) comes into effect on 1st July 2016. There have been changes to the status of a number of health…
We’re frozen, there’s no provision for preventative health and it will be difficult for the poor to stay well – the aftermath from the 2016 Federal Health Budget
The Minister for Health Sussan Ley has said that the 2016 federal budget puts patient outcomes at the centre of health reform, but there doesn’t…
61 recommendations for Choosing Wisely Australia
Sparking conversations between patients and clinicians about what care and management is truly necessary for specific conditions is the goal of the Choosing Wisely Australia…
Nurses, are your interviewing mistakes killing your career prospects?
We would like to acknowledge Nicole Nash-Arnold, founder of Nurse Manager HQ for allowing us to republish her LinkedIn post about mistakes made in interviews…
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Crocodiles, culture and career – Danni-Lee Dean’s #GoRural trip to the Northern Territory
They say never smile at a crocodile, but try telling that to Danni-Lee Dean. The nursing and midwifery officer at the National Rural Health Student…
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Risk analysis personal safety and politics of a double shooting – by Craig Hooper, Emergency Service Management consultant
“I never thought I would deliberately drive into a live fire zone. This was East Timor and just about a week before what has colloquially…
Is the future of healthcare here? Dr Andrew Lin, co-founder of CliniCloud talks connected devices
You may have heard of CliniCloud, the health-tech startup who recently received $5 million in funding. Business partners Dr Hon Weng Chong and Dr Andrew…
Q&A with Cheryl Prescott – Nurse Educator – about the role of…. you guessed it….. nurse educators!!
We got really excited with Brisbane based nurse educator Cheryl Prescott said she’d answer a few questions about what she does at work. Cheryl got…
Cannabis products made legal for Australian patients
Australian parliament has passed the Turnbull Government’s historic legislation to legalise the use of medicinal cannabis products for Australian patients, with the right procedures. Referred…
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The 10 commandments of patient-centred care
A team of UK researchers has transformed their paper, published in the British Journal of General Practice, into a website fully dedicated to covering the…
How to deal with bullying in nursing clinical placements
The Nurse Path founder Ian Miller says that bullying is the topic that comes up in his conversations both online and amongst other nurses more…
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How can nurses increase their visibility – it might be a vital sign for a strong position in healthcare organizations
A discussion paper published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing on the image of nursing shows that the public is not always aware of the…
GradStats from the turn of the century…. What are health graduates getting paid? What’s the employment rate?
While starting salaries for new graduates from university health degrees have increased significantly since 1999, the percentage of graduates going directly into a full time…
$250 million for translating medical research into real benefits
The Australian Government will invest $250 million over two years to help translate Australian health and medical research into commercial reality as part of the…
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New graduate nurses’ caring qualities declined after experiencing “workplace misfit”
Being caring, empathetic, knowledgeable and respectful are four qualities of nurses and are likely to be the attributes of students who decide to become a…
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The Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s position statement on substitution of biosimilar medicines
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has released a position statement supporting the Australian Government’s policies that encourage the use of biosimilar medicines to contain the…
10 year road map for Closing the Gap
Minister for Rural Health Fiona Nash has launched an Implementation Plan as a further commitment to Closing the Gap. The Implementation Plan is a ten-year…