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The healthcare sector will soon have access to a national membership-based program that will provide partners with year-round support, training and guidance in LGBTI inclusive service delivery. ACON, Australia’s largest non-profit LGBTI health and HIV/AIDS organisation, will launch Pride in ...

Following the global financial crisis (GFC), it was expected that countries would tighten their purse strings, including within the welfare state, but is this austerity making patients sicker? Researchers, led by emeritus professor Eileen Willis from Flinders University, unpacked this ...

The Disrupt Healthcare Stage will explore the disruptive technologies and medical innovations that are set to revolutionise healthcare delivery in our hospitals of the future. Held at Victorian Healthcare Week in the 28th August 2017 from 10am – 4pm, the ...

The Australian Digital Health Agency has announced an emergency department My Health Record pilot to develop a model that optimises clinician access to patients' health information, such as medicines, diagnostic test results and GP consultations, that may not otherwise be available ...

Australian researchers are gearing up to conduct a healthcare associated infection (HAI) point prevalence survey of Australian hospitals. They say it will be the first the country has seen in 30 years. Project lead Dr Philip Russo, from Deakin University’s ...

A Queensland RN has urged fellow nurses to not let respiratory rate checks fall by the wayside. CQUniversity doctoral researcher Tracy Flenady said that while abnormal respiratory rates are accurate, early indicators of clinical decline, previous studies indicate that this ...

An Australian not-for-profit health and aged care organisation has reaffirmed its willingness to provide medical support and healthcare to asylum seekers currently held in offshore detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru. St Vincent’s Health Australia (SVHA) has lent its ...

Around half of Queensland’s nurses and midwives say they have experienced workplace violence in the three months prior to a survey of state union members. This is up from around 40 per cent reported in 2001. The survey of 2397 ...

From smart robotics to ground-breaking treatments, innovative healthcare technologies are evolving at breakneck speed. These innovations are taking hold in hospitals across the country, and are set to revolutionise the way healthcare is provided in the future. We’ve pinpointed five ...

When a patient in a remote community needs medical supplies from the closest major city, the path of least resistance might be use of a drone that can travel long distances. Researchers from Griffith University have explored the potential for ...