A flexible health workforce needs flexible registration fees
Equity must be embedded in Ahpra’s registration fee systems if it is to achieve its intended aims and promote a safe and flexible health workforce.
Opinions
More funding needed to investigate impact of PFAS on human health
The human impact of possibly carcinogenic chemicals in Australia’s water needs to be investigated with more government funding.
Public humiliation is still a common teaching tool in medical education. Here’s how it leaves patients worse off
Imagine being questioned about complex technical knowledge in front of your peers, supervisors, and members of the public – knowing that a wrong answer could lead to public ridicule.
60-day prescriptions and the shelf life of asthma inhalers
Although 60-day prescribing is potentially good news for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, prescribers need to be aware of the different in-use shelf life of inhalers when selecting preventer inhalers for their patients.
Language matters when talking about diabetes
Our words — the way we speak, and are spoken to, what we read, and what we write — create our reality. The words and phrases used in relation to diabetes influence how people with diabetes think about themselves, and how society views people living with diabetes.
Private health insurers are now offering GP telehealth services. Is this a risk to Medicare?
Australia’s second-largest private health insurer, Bupa, has recently started offering its members three free GP telehealth consultations a year. This follows other insurers such as nib offering its members digital GP consults, for things like prescriptions and medical certificates, for a fee.
Dementia is the chronic condition of the 21st century
As dementia edges closer to becoming the leading cause of death for Australians, it is crucial that we adopt a dual approach to focus on the future brain health of the nation as well as providing more targeted, effective support to those impacted by dementia.
An Indigenous person is 4 times more likely to die from diabetes. We need to better understand how exercise can help
It’s estimated almost 1.9 million Australians have diabetes, and numbers are growing. Between 2013 and 2023, the total number of people known to be living with diabetes across the country rose by 32%.
New framework provides roadmap for clinical quality registries to drive health care improvement
New best practice guidance will support Australia’s national clinical quality registries to provide more timely and meaningful feedback to clinicians and health service organisations.
