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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 ...
I lived in a hospital until I was five years old. Catheters, scalpels, doctors, and pain were all normal to me. To play with me, my little sister would have to wear a mask because ...
Australia’s largest health insurer, Bupa, announced today it would be delaying the annual 1 April premium increase for all customers for six months. According to Bupa Australia & New Zealand Chief Executive Officer, Hisham El-Ansary, ...
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 ...
Let’s unpack this. The common example used to explain this term and its impact is the story of a game of chess involving an Indian king and Lord Krishna. The king agreed to grant the ...
Following on from my earlier article “Getting serious about making changes in health care?” I want to highlight the importance of understanding the difference between the two types of innovations – sustaining and disruptive. To ...
Today, Morrison said the government would deliver a $537 million funding package to respond to the interim report. After the release of the Royal Comission’s Aged Care Interim Report – The federal government will now spend ...