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A national dataset for chronic conditions would provide critical information for enabling research and improving health outcomes

Andrew Giles, Rohan Greenland, David Ali

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership is essential in the design and delivery of culturally responsive health care, write Jacqueline Stephens and Courtney Ryder

Jacqueline Stephens, Courtney Ryder

Improving housing affordability in Australia may help reduce the burden on the country’s health system, according to a Perspective published in the Medical Journal of Australia today.

Caitlin Wright

More than 500 lives could be saved each year through the Australian Government’s new National Lung Cancer Screening Program, which advocates have described as “world leading”.  

Annika Howells

Dr Zoe Leviston and Professor Iain Walker investigate how well Australians really adhered to COVID-19 directives, and what it reveals about human perception and misconception.

Zoe Leviston, Iain Walker

The increase in hospital in the home admissions during the pandemic raises the broader question about how much acute paediatric care could be achieved outside of hospital settings, write Associate Professor Penelope Bryant and Dr Laila Ibrahim.

Penelope Bryant, Laila Ibrahim

The rise in prescribing and dispensing rates for psychotropic medications for children and adolescents cannot be entirely attributable to the pandemic, and further research is needed to learn why certain prescribing patterns have emerged.

Alisha Dorrigan

InSight+ journalist Becca Whitehead takes a personal look at the current state of multiple sclerosis treatment and research for World Multiple Sclerosis Day.

Becca Whitehead

Verbal and physical assault in hospital wards, accident and emergency departments and primary care should never be accepted as “part of the job” and more steps must be taken to keep all health care workers safe, including doctors, write Dr Gifar Hassan and Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe AM

Leanne Rowe, Gifar Hassan