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'Strengthen' performance reporting for more efficient health system 5/30/2014

'Can we improve the health system with performance reporting?' is the latest issue brief published by the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research, the research arm of the Australian ...

PHAA supports 'No GP Tax in our name!' Campaign 5/30/2014

The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) has thrown its support behind the 'No GP Tax in our name!' Campaign.

Govt to inject $52m into palliative care services and training 5/30/2014

The Australian government will provide $52 million over three years to improve palliative care services and training, the Assistant Minister for Health, Fiona Nash, has announced.

Health minister 'let down' by colleagues on co-payment sell 5/27/2014

The proposed GP co-payment scheme is a practical measure necessary for the long-term sustainability of Medicare however Health Minister Peter Dutton has been "let down" by colleagues ...

Bringing dental x-ray technology into the fast lane 5/26/2014

Dental patients and practitioners could soon benefit from a faster and more user-friendly dental x-ray solution, thanks to Adelaide-based radiographer Don Chorley.

Living donors participate in 6-way domino kidney transplant exchange 5/23/2014

In an Australian first, 12 Australians have participated in an anonymous live kidney donation and transplantation exchange – the largest group of people to benefit from living donor ...

Health winners and losers from federal budget 5/21/2014

With the potential impact of the federal budget on specific sectors and sub-sectors still being hotly debated, IBISWorld has cast its eye over the medical industry to identify some ...

Budget funding for dental product regulatory harmonisation welcomed 5/20/2014

Commitments made in the federal budget to continue support for therapeutic product regulatory harmonisation between Australia and NZ have been welcomed by the Australian Dental ...

State Minister's plan for GPs in ED hospitals 'misguided' 5/19/2014

Proposals by the NSW State Minister for GPs to be put into state hospitals to deal with the probable influx of GP-type patients to emergency departments are misguided and will end ...

"Fabulous time" to be a medical researcher 5/15/2014

The federal government's investment in medical research through its $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund would secure a healthier future for Australians, according to the director ...

Fed budget cancer screening commitment welcomed by CCA 5/15/2014

At least 35,000 Australian bowel cancer deaths will be prevented thanks to a $95.9 million, four-year plan to finalise Australia's National Bowel Cancer Screening Program in the ...

Budget 2014: more for medical research, less for hospitals 5/15/2014

A bright future lies ahead for medical research with the creation of the 'world's largest medical research endowment fund', although $15 billion will be shaved off the commonwealth's ...

Voters 'strongly opposed' to Medicare co-payment plan: poll 5/12/2014

Most Australians oppose paying to see a doctor and believe a co-payment will simply mean more people going to emergency departments, new research commissioned by the Consumers Health ...

NCA recommendations slammed by key health bodies 5/7/2014

Five key health organisations have written to Tony Abbott to express deep concern in relation to the reports and recommendations of the National Commission of Audit (NCA), which ...

Protect patients from drug-resistant infections, WHO urges 5/6/2014

Infections in health facilities are often resistant to the antibiotics used to treat them, initial results from a new World Health Organisation (WHO) global survey have confirmed.

'Continuing decline' in public hospital capacity: report 5/1/2014

The latest Australian Hospital Statistics 2012-13 report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows a continuing decline in public hospital capacity, particularly ...

GPs called on to participate in landmark aged care survey 5/1/2014

GPs are being asked to participate in an important new survey that aims to map the provision of palliative care and advance care planning services around Australia for the first time. ...

New whiplash scanning tech 'could' lead to better treatment 4/30/2014

New powerful technology may help identify whiplash injuries in the neck that could lead to better treatment of chronic neck pain and disability, according to a team of researchers ...

'A to Z of assistive technology' detailed in new book 4/24/2014

A new book by experts in biomedical engineering will provide valuable information to people with reduced abilities.

Fed budget: GP co-payments, Medicare Locals future "uncertain" 4/22/2014

The federal government's first budget due out next month (May 2014) will include a six dollar co-payment for bulk-billed GP visits and could mean an uncertain future for Medicare ...

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