The article highlights a widespread issue in Australian healthcare where organisations receive awards and praise publicly, despite behind-the-scenes problems like safety concerns and preventable death...
The Victorian government has launched a media campaign promoting pharmacist-led prescribing services. The RACGP strongly opposes this move, arguing pharmacists lack the training to diagnose health con...
A new pilot project in Australia aims to improve medication safety in aged care homes. The study is led by the University of South Australia and supported by the RACGP. It uses the PHARMA-Care Nationa...
AHPRA’s latest report shows an increase in health practitioner complaints. Notifications rose by 19% to 13,327, with 12,086 resolved. The improvement is partly due to a new case management system that...
The RACGP opposes expanding Medicare rebates for midwives to insert and remove long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). The government’s draft report suggests that endorsed midwives, with extens...
Australian health and community-care organisations are speeding up their use of digital tools and AI. They see this as essential due to demographic pressures and system stress. The Health and Digital...
The RACGP has called on the Australian government to support GPs in providing long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). They emphasise that procedures like IUD and implant insertions should be pe...
Patients in Australia like telehealth for its convenience and ease of access. A survey of over 5000 adults shows 80% are satisfied with telehealth services. Most use it for routine needs like prescrip...
Healthcare organisations in Australia face increasing risks from identity chaos. This happens when user roles overlap, temporary accounts aren’t removed, and permissions become outdated. Such issues m...
WA Country Health Service has expanded its Virtual Pharmacy Service to support cardiology patients in the Kimberley region. The service was tested last year in the Pilbara and now covers more areas. I...
Researchers analysed five years of health data from over 130,000 adults with insomnia. They found that people who used melatonin supplements for at least a year had a 90% higher chance of developing h...
The University of South Australia is leading a national pilot to improve medication safety in aged care. The project introduces the PHARMA-Care National Quality Framework, designed to help aged care p...
The Pharmacy Board of Australia is pushing for a new model that allows pharmacists to prescribe medicines independently. The RACGP and AMA oppose this, saying the consultation process was unfair and l...
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) have criticised a proposal to expand pharmacist prescribing. The Pharmacy Board of Australia sugg...
Australia has made progress in digital health, especially in primary care with tools like My Health Record and ePrescriptions. However, hospitals still rely heavily on paper scripts and manual process...
Australia has launched a new national framework to improve medication safety during transitions of care. The goal is to reduce medication errors and hospital readmissions, which cost around $1.4 billi...
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has launched Practice Reflections: COPD, a new tool for GPs. It provides personalised reports based on their own MBS data, showing how of...
Health Innovation Hub Ireland has completed a pilot of Isaac Care, a digital health tool for older adults. The pilot involved 30 patients at University Hospital Galway and showed positive results. Par...
A new framework from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care aims to reduce medication errors during patient discharge from hospital. It focuses on better communication between...
Caregility, a global telehealth provider, has partnered with Australian tech firm MOD3RN Care. The goal is to boost virtual care and AI adoption in Australia. They will distribute Caregility’s Connect...
