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Prognosis for Medicare Locals 'still unclear' 11/6/2013

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) is calling on health minister Peter Dutton to come clean on the federal government's plans for Medicare Locals.

ABC's Catalyst 'putting lives at risk' 11/5/2013

People should not change their medication or ignore their cholesterol levels, the Heart Foundation has urged, following ABC media reports questioning the benefits of statins in the ...

Frequent callers to Triple Zero 'almost halved' through initiative 10/30/2013

A NSW Ambulance program has almost halved calls to Triple Zero (000) by the state's most frequent callers, providing them with a more appropriate means of health care, while freeing ...

AMA 'condemns' Qld govt's move on Senior Medical Officers 10/28/2013

The Federal AMA has condemned the Queensland government's decision to move all Senior Medical Officers in its public hospital system on to unfair and unbalanced individual contracts ...

Abbott announces $559.1m for health, medical research 10/25/2013

Prime Minister Tony Abbott recently announced $559.1 million for Australian health and medical researchers to generate new health discoveries across Australia.

"Help-negation" preventing at-risk heart patients from consulting GP 10/25/2013

Many people experiencing heart disease symptoms won't tell their doctor, even though they recognise the need for medical care for such symptoms, according to University of Wollongong ...

Doctors should test for and treat 'poverty', summit told 10/23/2013

General practitioners should screen patients for chronic diseases for which the World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified poverty as a key risk factor, a NSW Health Ministry ...

Historic nursing partnership to shape future of primary health care 10/23/2013

The Australian Medicare Local Alliance (AML Alliance) and the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) have created a new partnership to enhance the role of the ...

ALP keeps experience in shadow health portfolio: AMA 10/18/2013

Catherine King was congratulated by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) on her recent appointment to the position of Shadow Minister for Health.

Emergency department waiting times fallen: report 10/18/2013

In 2012-13, almost three-quarters of emergency department patients were 'seen on time' for their urgency (triage) category, according to a report recently released by the Australian ...

Building Australia's 'quietest' hospital 9/30/2013

A team of CSIRO scientists have carried out sophisticated acoustic studies, in a quest to help create the quietest hospital in Australia.

Unis join forces to address rural doctor shortage 9/4/2013

Deakin and Monash Universities have joined forces to address the shortage of doctors in rural and regional Victoria.

Reducing ambulance delays by 'empowering' paramedics 9/2/2013

A paramedic educator from Charles Sturt University (CSU) has backed calls for ambulance paramedics to be able to offer alternate pathways to treatment rather than transport patients ...

Doctors 'behind nurses' in hospital hand hygiene 8/27/2013

Doctors lag behind nurses in hand hygiene in hospitals, despite widespread evidence that alcohol-based hand rub is the cheapest and most effective way to prevent infection, according ...

Online postgraduate study for nurses 8/19/2013

Gradschool offers nurses the opportunity to study a Master of Nursing through the University of Newcastle (UoN) via online learning, allowing them to choose when, how and where they ...

Nominations open for Victoria's Health Promotion Heroes of 2013 8/19/2013

Victorians are being invited to nominate health promotion champions for the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Awards 2013, to be announced at a ceremony in Melbourne in December. ...

Get your facts straight: ABC website to investigate contentious claims 8/15/2013

Australia is about to get its facts straight – that's the message from the team behind the ABC's newly launched Fact Check website and accompanying platforms including television, ...

iPhone app helps prevent strokes 8/13/2013

A special iPhone case and app can be used to quickly and cheaply detect heart rhythm problems and prevent strokes, according to University of Sydney research presented at the Australia ...

Paramedics considered 'most trusted profession': poll 8/9/2013

It may come as no surprise that paramedics are considered by the Australian public to be one of the two 'most trusted professions', according to a new poll by the Readers Digest.

Paramedics use 'new treatment' to keep man alive 8/7/2013