Surgical Tools & Supplies Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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Do you have the traits of a leading surgeon? 5/7/2015

A successful career as a surgeon can depend on your personality. Traits and characteristics can determine if you are suited for long-term patient care.

The pros and cons of robotic surgery 4/22/2015

Robotic surgery is a relatively recent technology that continues to advance the medical industry. While it is a pioneering innovation, there are some concerns the technology's worth ...

Programs that help doctors also benefit hospitals: study 4/20/2015

Research at Johns Hopkins suggests hospitals may reach higher safety and quality levels with programs that give physicians real-time feedback about evidence-based care and financial ...

New course recognises changing healthcare landscape 4/16/2015

As healthcare increasingly depends on the innovative use of modern technologies the University of Sydney has announced a first of its kind master's degree aimed at developing leaders ...

Australian dental, special medical services among thriving SMEs 3/31/2015

Size matters – and in business, scale matters. Scale often brings lower overheads and reduces the cost of production, which allows firms to improve their profit margins and expand ...

Drug delivery to the eye just became a lot less painful 3/31/2015

6.5 million Europeans currently suffer from age-related macular degeneration (AMD). One way to treat this life altering condition is by delivering drugs right to the source – injecting ...

$150m for special medical training 3/20/2015

The Specialist Training Programme and the Emergency Medicine Programme will have their funding extended for 2016, Minister for Health Sussan Ley has announced.

Germany to lead global growth in prosthetic heart valve market to 2020 3/4/2015

The global market for prosthetic heart valves, including mechanical, tissue, and transcatheter valves, will nearly double in value from an estimated $2.28 billion in 2014 to reach ...

European market 'could facilitate' prosthetic heart valve advancements 2/20/2015

In light of American Heart Association findings that US mitral valve regurgitation prevalence was 1.7 per cent in 2014, an opportunity exists for prosthetic heart valve manufacturers ...

5 Malpractice Cases That Shocked The Medical Community 2/18/2015

Horrific cases of medical malpractice are very rare, but even years after the event they provide a stark reminder to the industry that practitioners hold enormous responsibility in ...

Medical tourism 'soaring' in Southeast Asia 2/13/2015

A number of countries in Southeast Asia continue to witness a boom in medical tourism, as affordable healthcare for foreign visitors is being actively promoted by governments in the ...

Surgeons replace valve of beating heart 2/13/2015

A pioneering procedure has seen a team of Australian doctors repair leaking valves on two hearts which were still beating.

Pioneering stroke treatment leaves less patients with disability 2/12/2015

A pioneering stroke treatment will change the way doctors approach the treatment worldwide.

Consult across the sector on Medicare, health minister urged 2/9/2015

The federal government is not learning from mistakes of the past with its continued "narrow consultation" on Medicare reforms, health lobby groups have said.

'Annual fee' model an answer to govt's Medicare woes 1/21/2015

The government is struggling to sell its Medicare co-payment reform because its sole emphasis is on cost control, when it should also be about supporting quality and equity, according ...

Autopsy of a dead policy: what now for Medicare? 1/19/2015

The government has backed down from its plan to cut Medicare rebates to doctors – which was to start on January 19 – after several days of public pressure.

Keep Google Glass going, for industries' sake: experts 1/19/2015

Whilst Google has officially called curtains from 19 January for the head-mounted Glass to the public, the tech giant has dismissed suggestions the innovation is all but dead and ...

Dutton 'worst health minister in living memory': poll 1/14/2015

What a way to end one's ministerial term. Former Health Minister Peter Dutton has been ranked the worst health minister in living memory in a survey conducted by Australian Doctor ...

Great expectations: 'naïve optimism' about medical care 12/28/2014

"It might do me some good and it won’t hurt to give it a go." How often have you heard a phrase like this?

Health system "inefficiencies" addressed in govt white paper 12/18/2014

Which level of government should really be responsible for the funding, policy, regulation and delivery of services in the health sector in Australia?

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