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Medicare supports GPs in chronic disease management  12/1/2009
Medicare supports GPs in chronic disease management
Medicare Australia has released an advanced eLearning program to help health professionals understand their obligations when working with Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) chronic ...
Health info needs urgent technological injection  11/24/2009
Health info needs urgent technological injection
The Business Council of Australia has called on the federal government to lead an urgent implementation of the national e-health strategy.
Good managers form the key to better business  11/12/2009
Good managers form the key to better business
An international survey of Australian manufacturing companies confirms that good managers are the key to successful businesses and highlights where Australian managers need to improve. ...
Benefitting from innovative IP service opportunities  11/10/2009
Benefitting from innovative IP service opportunities
Darwin-based innovators now have access to a secure intellectual property (IP) lodgement service thanks to a new initiative by Federal Government agency IP Australia and Australia ...
Aust plans to launch its first Preventative Health Agency  10/27/2009
Aust plans to launch its first Preventative Health Agency
Australia’s first ever Preventive Health Agency will soon be established following the passage of important legislation in the House of Representatives.
Public hospitals new report card reveals need for more funding  10/15/2009
Public hospitals new report card reveals need for more funding
The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has welcomed the support of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) for strengthening Australia's public hospital system. ...
New public health Bill 2009 released for public consultation  8/20/2009
New public health Bill 2009 released for public consultation
Tougher enforcement powers and huge fines form part of a new Public Health Bill released for public consultation.
NHHRC points to efficient and integrated future health system  8/4/2009
NHHRC points to efficient and integrated future health system
The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s recommendations offer Australian patients the prospect of a more efficient and better integrated healthcare system, Medicines ...
Australian researchers find that primary care needs reform  7/28/2009
Australian researchers find that primary care needs reform
Australia’s primary health care workforce is under strain but the problem could be addressed by better funding models and training for GPs and practice nurses on how to work together, ...
Primary Health Care Roundtable is seen as a vital opportunity  6/23/2009
Primary Health Care Roundtable is seen as a vital opportunity
Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) attended the Primary Health Care Roundtable discussion at Parliament House recently to give a professional nursing perspective in a long ...
Has the latest budget placed health firmly on the back burner?  5/19/2009
Has the latest budget placed health firmly on the back burner?
Major health reform seems to have been placed on the back burner in considerations of the Federal Budget, according to Tony McBride, Chair of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance ...
AMA says budget will do nothing to satisfy vital health needs  5/14/2009
AMA says budget will do nothing to satisfy vital health needs
The AMA says tonight’s budget does nothing to provide Australians with confidence that their health needs will be met in the face of the recession. There is nothing to cushion ...
New partnership and era starts in health and hospital reform  5/14/2009
New partnership and era starts in health and hospital reform
In the 2009-10 Budget, the Rudd Government is delivering a record $64 billion boost to health and hospital funding to drive vital reform in the nation’s health and hospital system.
AMA says importance of health must be reflected in the budget  4/30/2009
AMA says importance of health must be reflected in the budget
The AMA has urged government to ensure the importance Australians place on health is reflected in the budget process.
Early diagnosis and medical intervention critical to arthritis  3/10/2009
Early diagnosis and medical intervention critical to arthritis
A report released recently by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) highlights how important early diagnosis and medical intervention are in treating rheumatoid ...
No short term solutions to closing the gap on Indigenous health  3/10/2009
No short term solutions to closing the gap on Indigenous health
The AMA welcomes the commitment the Rudd Government has shown over the past 12 months to closing the Indigenous health gap.
AHHA claims health issues ignored in stimulus package  2/5/2009
AHHA claims health issues ignored in stimulus package
By ignoring the health sector in the recent stimulus package the Federal Government has missed the opportunity to support one of the most important areas of the Australian economy, ...
Aust technology used to improve health record keeping  2/3/2009
Aust technology used to improve health record keeping
CSIRO is helping to address an issue vexing the health system worldwide – the need for quality, accurate information in electronic health records.
Number of public sector medical indemnity claims on the decline  1/29/2009
Number of public sector medical indemnity claims on the decline
The fifth annual report on public sector medical indemnity claims, released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, shows the number of new public sector medical indemnity ...
New govt research funding allocated for a healthy planet  1/29/2009
New govt research funding allocated for a healthy planet
$10 million of new government funding announced recently provides a vital step towards addressing targeted research priorities identified in 2007 in Research Australia’s report ...
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