The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recently updated its guidelines on how to reduce health risks brought on from drinking alcohol. At 6,000 deaths per year* from alcohol-attributed diseases, it’s a significant problem ...
“The impetus for my career in nursing was assisting my family in caring for my godmother, who had Alzheimer’s disease,” Mason said. “She was 91 years old when she died in her home while receiving ...
Vitamin D appears to help reduce serious complications among coronavirus patients, according to a study. “Whereas there are currently no results from randomised controlled trials to conclusively prove that vitamin D beneficially affects Covid-19 outcomes, there is strong circumstantial evidence ...
Improving how patients communicate with their clinicians may feel like sending a search party into a black hole. Communication in Healthcare. With today’s preference for instant communication via text and the laundry list of app-based ...
One of the greatest challenges that adult children face as their parents get older is concerns around their driving. Despite being such a common issue faced by many people, there’s little guidance on how to ...
Australia’s residential aged care industry consists of an estimate of 902 companies that provide 200,689 residential places. Many aged care services are government subsidised to assist keep costs manageable and affordable. Today on the Healthcare ...
“The uncertainty is the hardest part of it all. Most healthcare administrators are used to uncertainty given we never know what patient will walk through the door. ”, Paul Eleftheriou from Western Health. What ...
A care management system must be evaluated in three areas: comprehensiveness, inclusivity, and analytics focus. Care management programs apply systems, science, incentives, and information to improve medical. practice and assist consumers and their support system to become engaged in a ...
As a thank you to the incredible healthcare workers who have been tirelessly caring for Australians through this challenging time, Menulog is donating $120,000 worth of vouchers to the hospital staff for doctors, nurses and cleaners. ...
South Australian health officials have praised residents for playing their part in controlling the coronavirus pandemic. With SA now reporting no new infections for a week, Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier says the state ...
Care management programs have become more widely adopted as health systems try to improve the coordination and integration of services across the continuum of care, especially for frail older adults. Several models of care suggest ...
The care coordinator is a guide who is accountable for overseeing the community-level team process and takes the lead on cross-system/agency collaboration, pooled resources, collective mandates, family voice and selection, and consensus-building. This person also ...
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