An international team of scientists and health care workers have completed the world’s first drone insulin delivery — dropping off the life-saving medicine to a remote island in Ireland. Spearheaded by researchers at the National University of ...
Peter Mac’s prehab program brings together a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to get patients as fit as they can be before cancer treatment like surgery or a stem cell transplant.
Standardization, personalization, and digitalization This article co-authored by Michael T. Modic MD, and Luis Lasalvia, MD, MIB, makes an essential point that healthcare can learn valuable lessons from other industries like manufacturing, retail, banking, and ...
Studying a Bachelor of Health Science (Professional) is giving Michelle a competitive edge and a foot in the door for her future of work. This is her adventure in the workplace. Peter Mac is one ...
New Royal Adelaide Hospital Tour video hosted by Jane Reilly The 800-bed Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) is the state’s flagship hospital, providing a comprehensive range of the most complex clinical care to an estimated 85,000 ...
As a Mental Health First Aider and someone with a personal interest in this topic, I wanted to share some of the best tips and advice I have heard to support positive mental health. There ...
An interview with Shannon Fehlman to get a first-look at how it’s like working in aged care After working with software engineering teams for the past fifteen years I decided it was time for a ...
The heart of care is all about emotional care. This requires a change in care services from simply providing task centred care. The shift from ‘doing’ it to accomplishing real emotional connection is at the heart of ‘being’ person centred. Dementia ...
About one in every two seconds in the world is dying of a cardiovascular disease. Studies have shown that 72% of patients have significant discomfort before cardiac arrest, and 70% of them have early warning ...
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) together called on the Federal Government to act to guarantee quality and safety in aged care now, not after the royal commission concludes. The AMA ...
Rebecca Hogan, Operations Manager – Virtual Dementia Tour™ at Churches of Christ in Queensland (CofCQ), discusses the need for greater empathy and connection amongst aged care workers and how we can start to achieve it. Current certifications offered in the aged care industry have ...