Medical Devices & Products Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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How to buy the right medical freezers for your facility 1/8/2016

It can be a difficult decision to buy the right medical freezers for your facility, particularly as there are many models with different features available.

Discount PBS prescriptions now in effect 1/8/2016

1st January 2016 marks the start of landmark competition reforms in the medicines sector, whereby pharmacists are able to discount the cost of a prescription subsidised through the ...

6 Tips for Buying the Right X-ray Machines 12/15/2015

If you need to buy an X-ray machine for your medical practice, there are a few things you should know.

Fair Work Ombudsman focuses on health care & social assistance 12/15/2015

Australia's growing health care and social assistance industry is to be the focus of a new national campaign by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

Report highlights areas with most preventable hospitalisations 12/15/2015

People living in some areas in Australia are nine times more likely than others to be admitted to hospital for a condition that could have been more effectively treated in the ...

Medicinal cannabis to be cultivated through national scheme 12/8/2015

Australia will create a nationally-consistent licensing scheme regulating the controlled cultivation of cannabis for medicinal or scientific purposes that will streamline the process ...

How to select the right trolleys for your hospital 12/8/2015

In a hospital setting, having access to the right trolleys can make a significant difference to the ease of transportation around the hospital and the quality of care you can provide ...

More Australians hospitalised for musculoskeletal conditions 12/8/2015

More Australians are being hospitalised from arthritis, back pain, osteoporosis and other musculoskeletal conditions, according to new information released on 3 December 2015 by the ...

Medicare Safety Net changes on hold: a win for patients 12/8/2015

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has welcomed the Government’s pause of the Medicare Safety Net threshold change as a win for patients, who would have ...

National Audit highlights safer surgical health care practices 12/1/2015

The 6th National Report of the Australian and New Zealand Audits of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) was released on 27 November 2015 by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), ...

Reform needed to reduce salt intake for Australians 12/1/2015

Health experts are calling for governments, food manufacturers and public health bodies to work together to reformulate food and improve food labelling to reduce salt intake and save ...

Australia signs new health cooperation agreements with China 11/24/2015

Australia has signed agreements with China last week, refreshing the framework for technical cooperation between the two countries on health issues, including communicable disease ...

"Good" mozzie virus might hold key to fighting disease 11/24/2015

Australian scientists have discovered a new virus carried by one of the country's most common pest mosquitoes.

ASMI welcomes announcement for deferral of codeine decision 11/24/2015

The Australian Self Medication Industry (ASMI) welcomed the Therapeutic Goods Administration's (TGA) announcement that a final decision on the scheduling of over-the-counter codeine ...

Tips for Buying Shower Chair & Trolleys 11/23/2015

In many cases, showering is preferable to bathing as it is easier for both the patient and carer, surpassing the need to get in and out of a low bath.

How to buy the right exercise therapy equipment for your practice 11/17/2015

Exercise therapy can be beneficial in both the prevention and treatment of various health conditions and its incorporation into healthcare practices is recommended for patient health ...

Govt invests $630 million for almost 900 innovative research projects 11/17/2015

The Turnbull Government will invest more than $600 million to support Australia’s world-leading researchers to find the next prevention of disease or cure as it continues to drive ...

Handle antibiotics with care: Antibiotic Awareness Week 2015 11/17/2015

New figures released on 16 November 2015 by NPS MedicineWise show that while fewer people are now asking for antibiotics when they have a cold or flu, many still mistakenly believe ...

We will find a way to predict the spread of disease: USYD 11/17/2015

Software "agents" modelled on real-life individuals will be used by University of Sydney researchers to develop high-precision computer models that can predict where or when an ...

Govt to improve dementia support for all Australians 11/10/2015

The Turnbull Government will build improved and nationally consistent dementia support services for all Australians following independent analysis released on 5 November 2015 that ...

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