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Survey: Widespread medication shortages are taking a toll

72% of GPs have had patients experience negative outcomes due to recent medication shortages

Infectious diseases, Public health

Podcasts

COVID update – Plagues, current and future COVID-19

COVID – 5th dose, flu – concurrent annual booster, many recrudescent diseases

Expert/s: Prof Robert Booy

Public health

Clinical Articles

Medicare reform is off to a promising start. Now comes the hard part

here was a lot of build-up to today’s National Cabinet meeting.

Expert/s: Peter Breadon, Lachlan Fox

Public health

Clinical Articles

Grassroots GPs offer their Medicare Fixes

On Friday, the national cabinet discussed recommendations from the newly released Strengthening Medicare report—only to announce that a decision on proposed reforms won't happen until it meets again in late April.

Expert/s: Yasmin Clarke

Public health

Clinical Articles

‘Drowning for love’ – 5 ways to protect your life while you’re trying to rescue someone in trouble in the water

The news headlines show summer is a deadly period for drowning in Australia. Sadly, between December 1 and January 9, 35 people died due to drowning.

Expert/s: Amy Peden, Prof Rob Brander

Infectious diseases, Public health

Clinical Articles

Travel medicine

With many Australians taking advantage of open borders this summer holiday, Dr Deb Mills, Travel Medicine Expert, helps unpack some information on travel vaccinations, and also provides an update on rabies, and the precautions vacationers should take to minimise their risk

Expert/s: Dr Deb Mills

Public health

Clinical Articles

Why does night shift increase the risk of cancer, diabetes and heart disease? Here’s what we know so far

Shift work means businesses and organisations can be productive for 24-hours a day. It was initially adopted to protect camps or cities against predators, enemies or disasters

Expert/s: Healthed

Infectious diseases, Public health

Clinical Articles

Ventilation reduces the risk of COVID. So why are we still ignoring it?

At the end of the third year of the pandemic, we are no longer surprised to hear we’re in a new wave of infection. It’s fuelled by new sub-variants of the virus that may evade immunity from both vaccination and previous infections.

Expert/s: Healthed

Infectious diseases, Public health

Podcasts

COVID Update – A national CDC, boosters for young people and China’s response to the surge

How healthy young people will derive little benefit from a fourth or fifth dose of vaccine, and how we should keep them for the vulnerable population, and China's response to the COVID surge being of global interest and concern

Expert/s: Dr Gary Grohmann

Public health

Clinical Articles

Is pharmacy prescribing really madness? Up to 42% of GPs think it’s not, if…

Despite many concerns, 16% of GPs support a trial and 26% are undecided

Expert/s: Yasmin Clarke

Public health

Podcasts

Telehealth is not telemedicine, actually

How 97% of telehealth has been conducted via the phone. Is this the best way of "doing" telemedicine? Challenging health professionals to consider stepping up to video telehealth to enable and augment the digital care experience

Expert/s: Joyce McSwan

Public health

Clinical Articles

Where is Medicare ‘leakage’ coming from? GPs point the finger

Many GPs think large, profit-driven corporates and hospitals are the main sources of Medicare misuse, Healthed survey finds.

Expert/s: Yasmin Clarke

Public health

Survey: Widespread medication shortages are taking a toll

72% of GPs have had patients experience negative outcomes due to recent medication shortages

COVID update – Plagues, current and future COVID-19

COVID – 5th dose, flu – concurrent annual booster, many recrudescent diseases

Medicare reform is off to a promising start. Now comes the hard part

here was a lot of build-up to today’s National Cabinet meeting.

Grassroots GPs offer their Medicare Fixes

On Friday, the national cabinet discussed recommendations from the newly released Strengthening Medicare report—only to announce that a decision on proposed reforms won't happen until it meets again in late April.

‘Drowning for love’ – 5 ways to protect your life while you’re trying to rescue someone in trouble in the water

The news headlines show summer is a deadly period for drowning in Australia. Sadly, between December 1 and January 9, 35 people died due to drowning.

Travel medicine

With many Australians taking advantage of open borders this summer holiday, Dr Deb Mills, Travel Medicine Expert, helps unpack some information on travel vaccinations, and also provides an update on rabies, and the precautions vacationers should take to minimise their risk

Why does night shift increase the risk of cancer, diabetes and heart disease? Here’s what we know so far

Shift work means businesses and organisations can be productive for 24-hours a day. It was initially adopted to protect camps or cities against predators, enemies or disasters

Ventilation reduces the risk of COVID. So why are we still ignoring it?

At the end of the third year of the pandemic, we are no longer surprised to hear we’re in a new wave of infection. It’s fuelled by new sub-variants of the virus that may evade immunity from both vaccination and previous infections.

COVID Update – A national CDC, boosters for young people and China’s response to the surge

How healthy young people will derive little benefit from a fourth or fifth dose of vaccine, and how we should keep them for the vulnerable population, and China's response to the COVID surge being of global interest and concern

Is pharmacy prescribing really madness? Up to 42% of GPs think it’s not, if…

Despite many concerns, 16% of GPs support a trial and 26% are undecided

Telehealth is not telemedicine, actually

How 97% of telehealth has been conducted via the phone. Is this the best way of "doing" telemedicine? Challenging health professionals to consider stepping up to video telehealth to enable and augment the digital care experience

Where is Medicare ‘leakage’ coming from? GPs point the finger

Many GPs think large, profit-driven corporates and hospitals are the main sources of Medicare misuse, Healthed survey finds.

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72% of GPs have had patients experience negative outcomes due to recent medication shortages

COVID – 5th dose, flu – concurrent annual booster, many recrudescent diseases

here was a lot of build-up to today’s National Cabinet meeting.

On Friday, the national cabinet discussed recommendations from the newly released Strengthening Medicare report—only to announce that a decision on proposed reforms won't happen until it meets again in late April.

The news headlines show summer is a deadly period for drowning in Australia. Sadly, between December 1 and January 9, 35 people died due to drowning.

With many Australians taking advantage of open borders this summer holiday, Dr Deb Mills, Travel Medicine Expert, helps unpack some information on travel vaccinations, and also provides an update on rabies, and the precautions vacationers should take to minimise their risk

Shift work means businesses and organisations can be productive for 24-hours a day. It was initially adopted to protect camps or cities against predators, enemies or disasters

At the end of the third year of the pandemic, we are no longer surprised to hear we’re in a new wave of infection. It’s fuelled by new sub-variants of the virus that may evade immunity from both vaccination and previous infections.

How healthy young people will derive little benefit from a fourth or fifth dose of vaccine, and how we should keep them for the vulnerable population, and China's response to the COVID surge being of global interest and concern

Despite many concerns, 16% of GPs support a trial and 26% are undecided

How 97% of telehealth has been conducted via the phone. Is this the best way of "doing" telemedicine? Challenging health professionals to consider stepping up to video telehealth to enable and augment the digital care experience

Many GPs think large, profit-driven corporates and hospitals are the main sources of Medicare misuse, Healthed survey finds.

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Tuesday 14th April, 7pm - 9pm AEST

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Dr Belinda Welsh

Dermatologist; Senior Vice President, Australasian Society of Cosmetic Dermatologists

Join Dr Belinda Welsh, who will also present a practical framework for the effective management of rosacea, a condition that can be controlled by not cured.