Poll

Should mental health programs only be funded on a cost-benefit analysis, similar to the PBS?
  • No - too hard to measure (50%, 18 Votes)
  • Yes - great idea (42%, 15 Votes)
  • Don't know (8%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 36

Start Date: July 26, 2013 @ 4:42 am
End Date: No Expiry

Poll

Are you seeing more "worried well" patients?
  • Yes (64%, 46 Votes)
  • No (22%, 16 Votes)
  • Don't see patients (14%, 10 Votes)

Total Voters: 72

Start Date: July 19, 2013 @ 5:21 am
End Date: No Expiry

Poll

Will the federal government's decision to cap self-funded education tax deductions to $2000 affect you?
  • Yes - greatly (82%, 137 Votes)
  • No (11%, 18 Votes)
  • Yes - in a small way (7%, 13 Votes)

Total Voters: 168

Start Date: July 19, 2013 @ 5:20 am
End Date: No Expiry

Poll

Are tighter advertising controls on therapeutic goods needed for complementary medicine practitioners? Poll closed due to "vote no" campaign
  • No (62%, 176 Votes)
  • Yes (38%, 109 Votes)
  • Don't know (0%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 286

Start Date: July 12, 2013 @ 4:39 am
End Date: No Expiry

Poll

Should Australia recommend HIV screening for all adolescents and adults?
  • No - high-risk only (56%, 71 Votes)
  • Yes (31%, 39 Votes)
  • No - not necessary (13%, 17 Votes)

Total Voters: 127

Start Date: July 12, 2013 @ 4:37 am
End Date: No Expiry

Poll

Do you consider yourself as having "cultural competence" with Indigenous patients?
  • Yes - but could do better (46%, 35 Votes)
  • Yes - it's important (32%, 24 Votes)
  • No - it's not relevant to me (22%, 17 Votes)

Total Voters: 76

Start Date: July 5, 2013 @ 2:47 am
End Date: No Expiry

Poll

Would you support a national intern allocation system?
  • Yes (70%, 69 Votes)
  • No - should be state-based (26%, 26 Votes)
  • Don't know (4%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 99

Start Date: July 5, 2013 @ 2:45 am
End Date: No Expiry

Poll

Should men have the same access to prostate cancer screening as women have to breast cancer screening?
  • Yes (43%, 48 Votes)
  • No - it's against expert advice (33%, 37 Votes)
  • Maybe - screening may not help (24%, 27 Votes)

Total Voters: 112

Start Date: June 28, 2013 @ 6:33 am
End Date: No Expiry

Poll

Should Australia follow the US lead and introduce public reporting of drug company payments to individual doctors?
  • Yes - transparency is essential (68%, 67 Votes)
  • Maybe - more information needed (17%, 17 Votes)
  • No - it's too intrusive (15%, 14 Votes)

Total Voters: 98

Start Date: June 28, 2013 @ 6:32 am
End Date: No Expiry

Poll

Does Big Data have the potential to make major improvements in medicine?
  • Yes - if we can harness it (79%, 49 Votes)
  • Don't know (13%, 8 Votes)
  • Maybe - it's so overwhelming (8%, 5 Votes)

Total Voters: 62

Start Date: June 21, 2013 @ 4:30 am
End Date: No Expiry