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As further Paramedics test positive for COVID-19, the Australian Paramedics Association (NSW) is demanding urgent measures to keep workers and communities safe, including better PPE and safety practices, greater hospital capacity and rapid antigen testing. ...
A new position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine emphasizes that sleep is a biological necessity, and insufficient sleep and untreated sleep disorders are detrimental for health, well-being, and public safety. Published online ...
Objectives: Older adults utilize health care systems to a higher frequency than younger groups, and are more vulnerable to system bias regarding ageing and expectations of old age. This narrative review attempts to outline the ...
The early years in children’s lives are critical in building a foundation for optimal development through a stable and nurturing environment. However, for infants and young children living in humanitarian settings, risks such as forced ...
Public settings, such as schools, childcare centres, nursing homes, hospitals and correctional facilities and all other canteens of public institutions, can play a key role in ensuring people are provided with healthy food and helping ...
New alcohol guidelines have been revised and released by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for Australian’s to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol. The aim of the guidelines is to provide advice ...
What does Christmas do to you? You may wonder what type of a question this is. So take time to think about it. I know Christmas does amazing things to me. I slow down, I enjoy the ...
Recently, an analysis of over 30,000 online reviews of medical practitioners confirmed poor customer service is the patients’ biggest frustration. In fact, according to this research, 96 percent of patient grievances are due to disappointing ...
Nursing is as much of a personal mission as it is a career path. More so than any other reason, many become interested in this line of work because they feel called to it and ...
“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 ...
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 ...
As Australia continues to monitor the COVID-19 virus challenge, precautions such as social distancing and the rules around gatherings and travel have made our annual ANZAC Day Commemoration plans change significantly in 2020. However, Director ...
Healthcare Channel acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.