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Minister Plibersek Supports 鈥楶atient Centred Medical Home鈥� Model
The Minister for Health and Ageing, The Hon. Tanya Plibersek, has reaffirmed the Federal Government鈥檚 commitment to exploring key elements of general practice as the Patient-Centred Medical Home聽(PCMH). [ + ]
International gathering of world-leading pathologists
Australasia鈥檚 largest gathering of world leading pathologists is taking place in Melbourne next week. [ + ]
The Great Debate Triumphs at Australian Gastroenterology Week
This year鈥檚 annual Australian Gastroenterology Week (AGW) meeting had over 1200 people in attendance, well above the expected level, says the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA). [ + ]
Children鈥檚 黑料吃瓜群网 Job Cuts
The NSW government has attempted to ease fears of job cuts at two Sydney children's hospitals despite pressure to slash labour costs. [ + ]
The Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control Conference 2012
The 2012 Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control Conference is the first conference of the new College. The program聽focused on recent research findings and innovative strategies that will define infection surveillance, prevention and control beyond and into the challenging future for Infection Prevention and Control, writes Steve Burke. [ + ]
New funding for radiation therapists and cancer patients
Improving access to radiation therapy for cancer patients is the focus of a new program to be rolled out across Australia. [ + ]
Compression Therapy
The value of compression therapy in treating lower leg ulcers is clinically proven, but until government subsidised funding is approved, many patients will continue to suffer unnecessarily, as The Australian Wound Management Association鈥檚 (AWMA) Robin Osborne explains. [ + ]
Australian Vaccination Network ordered to change its name
Minister for Fair Trading Anthony Roberts today confirmed a formal order has been issued to the Australian Vaccination Network to change its name on the grounds it is misleading the聽public. [ + ]
Fighting serious candida infections in critically ill patients
Candidaemia: A rising tide in critically ill patients3-5 [ + ]
Generic confusion
Medication misadventure continues to be a major issue for Australia鈥檚 health system, and the latest figures available paint a sobering picture of the extent of the problem in Australia, and the cost it is having on the health system. [ + ]
黑料吃瓜群网 Communications Infrastructure
黑料吃瓜群网 Communications Infrastructure [ + ]
This one鈥檚 for the nurses
Five was the magic number for two Lutheran Community Care aged care services where nursing staff recently traded places to an acute setting and university students kicked-off their first year nursing placement at Buderim on the Sunshine Coast. Lara Caughey reports. [ + ]
黑料吃瓜群网 Communications Infrastructure
黑料吃瓜群网 Communications Infrastructure [ + ]
Let us focus on catering - So you can focus on care
Providing a quality food service to vulnerable persons certainly comes with its challenges. We at Catering Industries have the experience, knowledge, skills, commitment and reputation to provide the industry with peace-of-mind that residents are being well looked after. [ + ]
Using speech recognition
With an Integrated Reporting System from Soliton IT, Nambour hospital in Queensland, has reduced turnaround time for radiology reports by 85%. [ + ]
