Should the NHS prioritize patient outcomes above financial performance, access and addressing health inequalities? For this article I have replaced inequalities with inequities. While inequality is a significant, the real issue for many health systems is inequity. Increasingly, those responsible ...
Peter Mac offers Arts for Well-being sessions for adult patients and carers. You’re invited to explore well-being through creative processes with an opportunity to reflect, imagine, and experiment with art materials and meet like-minded people.
We interview Michael Collins, one of the resident nurses at Peter Mac to see what it’s like being in his shoes. Peter Mac being one of the the most advanced hospitals in Australia. A nurse is a ...
Towards the end of the 20th century tech giants such as IBM and Microsoft invested in healthcare with mixed success. In the first decade of the 21st century other tech giants like Google and Apple ...
So, why did we start this? Community Cafe Canberra. The Community Cafe was started as a drive for change… Getting a diagnosis of dementia can be a lonely journey for the person and their family, ...
The kitchen is a hive of activity and produces thousands of freshly-cooked, nutritious meals every week – all personalised for every patient. A lot of work has gone into creating the new menu with input ...
A quiet carpark, ready (or not) for the day ahead. Our three chefs, Jody, Richard and Michael, saunter in before 6am, flicking on lights with a yawn and a stretch. Some days volunteers meet them with ...
Health and well-being of people are determined by many factors – genes, culture, living conditions and social determinants. Social determinants influence and are influenced by economic, environmental and political determinants. Health professionals and academics have ...
According to the report of TODAY: A sad and shocking system which diminishes Australia as a nation. That’s the state of the country’s aged care facilities according to a damning draft report issued by the ...
New research by the Australian Health Services Research Institute at the University of Wollongong has found more than half of all Australian aged care residents are in homes with staffing levels that would be rated ...
Tech-giant Facebook recently announced that they’re working with major health organisations to integrate health reminders in their platform. Their tool will suggest users what check-ups they need, depending on their age, sex (and maybe all ...
Women play a key role in the healthcare industry. But how well are we doing at creating more gender equality in senior positions in our healthcare organizations?
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