AI scribes in general practice: support, silence and the shape of care
AI scribes promise multiple benefits for general practitioners and their patients, but we may risk losing valuable human connection in the process, writes Dr Elizabeth Deveny.
Opinions
Health services research as a frontline service
Health services research must become a frontline service in Australian health care, to provide prompt solutions to pressing system-wide problems. Chief among these is inadequate access to care, where Australia ranks ninth out of ten countries in a recent report.
A missing link in paediatric equity: healthcare Gold Card for children in care
A Gold Card for children in care would represent a step toward the kind of coordinated, child-centred healthcare we all strive for, writes Dr Suzanne Packer, AO FRACP.
Social media for doctors: your posts should reflect your judgement, not your stream of consciousness
Social media feels personal, but posting without filter can have professional perils, writes Dr Maria Li.
The law is now clearer about clinicians’ discretion to tell our patients’ relatives about their genetic risk
New guidance from Australia’s national privacy regulator clarifies clinicians’ discretion to contact a patient’s at-risk relatives directly about serious genetic risk.
Are chemicals to blame for cancer in young people? Here’s what the evidence says
Cancer is traditionally known as a disease affecting mostly older people.
Change in language helping to drive reform in child mental health
Children’s mental health is no longer a taboo topic. We’ve moved past questioning whether children can experience mental health challenges to focusing on how best to support them. It’s increasingly recognised that fluctuations in emotion, behaviour and functioning are a normal part of child development, and that promoting mental health is as important as responding to mental illness. This article explores the emerging shift in how we conceptualise and discuss children’s mental health.
Strangling the poor in red tape: the role of administrative harms
Many vulnerable people are excluded from the support they need by administrative red tape that leaves them overwhelmed and disempowered, writes Dr Louise Stone.
The role of education in the rural medical recruitment pipeline
Clinical schools and educational institutions have a social responsibility and contract to contribute to strengthening the capacity of the rural workforce
