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Healthcare News, Hospitals
Policy research innovations to improve outcomes that matter to rural and remote Australia
Menchie Khairuddin Oct 10, 2023

Geographically, Australia is one of the largest countries in the world. While much of our population lives in urbanised areas with relatively close access to

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public hospital
Hospitals
Public hospital crisis to persist without funding reform
Ritchelle Drilon Jun 29, 2023

Ballooning elective surgery wait times and long waits in emergency departments are here to stay for Australia’s public hospital patients, without significant reforms to the

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accuracy
Hospitals
AI algorithm predicts patient discharge times with over 80% accuracy
Ritchelle Drilon May 9, 2023

The Adelaide Score, a machine learning algorithm developed by researchers at the University of Adelaide, correctly predicted the discharge of general surgery patients with more

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northern private
Hospitals
Northern Private Hospital set to open in early 2024
Ritchelle Drilon Feb 23, 2023

Construction of the new Northern Private Hospital at New Epping has reached a significant milestone, with the facility now watertight and ready for state-of-the-art internal

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rare skin disease
Hospitals
New podiatry clinic to provide relief for patients with rare skin disease
Ritchelle Drilon Jan 24, 2023

A podiatry clinic in Brisbane will be available for patients suffering from a rare skin disease. A collaboration between the Queensland University of Technology and

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funding arrangement
Hospitals
500 surgical consumables to be covered under new funding arrangement
Ritchelle Drilon Dec 15, 2022

Private health insurers and hospitals are set to receive a new funding arrangement for around 500 surgical general use and consumable items. The default benefits

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winter
Hospitals
NSW hospitals continually improving amidst winter hit
Ritchelle Drilon Dec 8, 2022

​Public hospital emergency department performance continues to improve, showing the health system is recovering after an extremely busy winter. Patients continued to receive high-quality, safe

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performance
Hospitals
NSW hospitals recognised as Australia’s best in emergency performance
Ritchelle Drilon Dec 8, 2022

Public hospitals in NSW have been recognised in AIHW’s report as Australia’s best performance in emergency departments. NSW’s public hospitals have been recognised as the

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Rouse Hill
Hospitals
New health services in store for Rouse Hill with Master Plan release
Ritchelle Drilon Nov 29, 2022

The growing Rouse Hill community is set to benefit from a range of new health services, with the release of the Master Plan for the

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surgery support centre
Hospitals
Reducing hospital pressure through surgery support centre
Ritchelle Drilon Nov 8, 2022

A Surgery Support Centre will be made available to patients preparing for surgery easing hospital pressure. Patients preparing for or recuperating from surgery will be

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Flinders Medical Centre
Healthcare News, Hospitals
Flinders Medical Centre’s once-in-a-generation upgrade to advance
Ritchelle Drilon Nov 3, 2022

The Australian Government will partner with the South Australian Malinauskas Government to deliver $400 million for a once-in-a-generation upgrade to the Flinders Medical Centre. The

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pap smears
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
‘Pap smears’ can be replaced by do-it-yourself cervical cancer tests
Nina Alvarez Jul 7, 2022

From 1 July 2022, women who need to get a cervical screening test, or Pap Smears, will be able to choose to self-collect a sample

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