Although scientists and stock markets have celebrated the approval for emergency use of Remdesivir to treat COVID-19, a cure for the disease that has killed over 304,000 people remains an extended way off — and ...
Outpatient care falls between multiple cracks in our health system: hospital/GP, public/private, and federal/state. Perhaps for these reasons, this sector has been neglected by governments and policymakers and is in desperate need of reform. Professor ...
With the COVID-19 crisis looming large on the Australian economy & environment, there has been an amazing display of generosity from individuals and businesses who feel they have a responsibility to help – particularly to ...
The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency’s ‘Getting to know the standards’ webinar. Source: Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
Phase one testing for a COVID-19 vaccine is about to start in Australia, in exactly the third such trial within the world. Australian clinical trials specialist Nucleus Network will partner with US-based biotechnology company Novavax ...
To nap or not to nap on a night shift – does it reduce fatigue? That is the question nurses at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne asked in trialing the effects of scheduled ...
In developing countries including Ethiopia, life expectancy is increasing. This is partly as a result of increased healthcare seeking behavior in the society and increased access to health service [1, 2]. Related to this, population aging ...
The Royal Commission into aged care has put the spotlight on many harrowing examples of older Australian’s subject to malnutrition. At the hearing located in Caines, celebrity chef, Maggie Beer, took to the stand declaring residential ...
I cannot think of any aspect of our lives where technology is yet to be applied. Everything from our food, to the workplace and even to the dating scene has been revolutionised by technology. Nursing ...
At the new Royal Adelaide Hospital, Outpatient and Day Treatment services have been designed to provide a better experience for patients and their families. The different layout and new technology make it much easier for ...
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 ...
Governments must boost spending on primary health care by a minimum of an extra 1 percent of their gross domestic product to widen coverage and stop impoverishing patients, the globe Health Organization (WHO) said on ...
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