Aged Care & Disability Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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Surgeons recommend redesign of emergency services 11/24/2009

Surgeons, senior health administrators and senior nurses from around Australia and New Zealand gathered in Sydney recently to consider ways in which emergency surgery can be done ...

Health info needs urgent technological injection 11/24/2009

The Business Council of Australia has called on the federal government to lead an urgent implementation of the national e-health strategy.

New discussion paper: ‘Dementia, Lesbians and Gay Men’ 11/19/2009

Australia’s largest community-based gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and Intersex (GLBTI) health and HIV/AIDS organisation – and Aged and Community Services Association of NSW & ...

Good managers form the key to better business 11/12/2009

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. ...

Aged care review is welcomed by industry 11/12/2009

The recent announcement by Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot confirming a 2007 election commitment that the Government would undertake a thorough review of the Aged Care Funding ...

Countdown to space-flight for worms on a mission 11/10/2009

When the Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched later this month 4,000 microscopic worms will be onboard. Their mission – to help experts in human physiology at The University of Nottingham ...

Benefitting from innovative IP service opportunities 11/10/2009

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 ...

Key to hormone therapy and breast cancer link uncovered 11/10/2009

The use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has decreased over time in the United States, which researchers suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal ...

Aspirin use to ward off heart attacks should be stopped 11/5/2009

The use of low-dose aspirin to ward off heart attacks and strokes in those yet to develop obvious cardiovascular disease, should be abandoned, says the latest issue of the Drug and ...

Dementia seen as major disease of this century: report 11/5/2009

A report released last month has found that the number of Australians with dementia is expected to quadruple to more than 1.1 million people by 2050, according to Glenn Rees, Chief ...

Screening advances offset Down’s syndrome increase 11/3/2009

The number of diagnoses of Down’s syndrome has increased by almost three quarters (71%) from 1989/90 to 2007/08, largely due to the considerable increase in the number of older ...

Hospitals need to spend money to save money: study 10/29/2009

Hospitals will save health care resources worth up to $333 per patient if they adopt an intervention aimed at reducing the risk of emergency re-admissions among elderly Australians, ...

$394 mln for groundbreaking Aust medical research 10/27/2009

The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr today announced total funding of over $394 million for 1145 outstanding research projects that will ...

Aust plans to launch its first Preventative Health Agency 10/27/2009

Australia’s first ever Preventive Health Agency will soon be established following the passage of important legislation in the House of Representatives.

Research supports need for improved training for junior doctors 10/22/2009

The Australian Medical Students’ Association applauds a study at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital that highlights the need for proper supervision and training of junior doctors.

More doctors and nurses are joining a rapidly ageing workforce 10/20/2009

The number of employed medical practitioners in Australia increased by almost 20% from 56,207 in 2003 to 67,208 in 2007, according to a report released recently by the Australian ...

Public hospitals new report card reveals need for more funding 10/15/2009

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has welcomed the support of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) for strengthening Australia's public hospital system. ...

Bureaucratically run hospitals are a health hazard for Aussies 10/13/2009

It is time for public hospitals to once again become the trusted and well-run institutions they used to be, says a new report.

Study: Patients With multiple illnesses need better health care 9/29/2009

Australia’s health system is failing the many people who suffer from multiple illnesses as it is principally designed to deal with individual conditions, a new study suggests.

Disability employment can address the current skills shortages 9/29/2009

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Australia’s largest and most representative business organisation, has joined with the Australian Council of Trade Unions and ...

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