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?
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The renaissance of the side gig brought about an influx of workers taking on additional jobs through short-term contract work in addition to, or in place of, their full-time gig. And many of these gig ...