primary care
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Industry & Reform
Nursing bodies demand Medicare action on rural health
Twelve national nursing and midwifery organisations have told a Senate inquiry that Medicare settings are delaying diagnoses, fragmenting care and…
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Workforce
Nurses’ skills often wasted in general practice
Primary care works best when delivered by a team: with doctors working alongside nurses, pharmacists, allied health and other health…
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Industry & Reform
Primary care is under unprecedented strain
Despite very different health systems, many high-income countries, such as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, Australia…
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Career & Learning
Bridging critical health gaps with CPD
Far from being a mere regulatory requirement, CPD plays a large part in shaping a dynamic and responsive midwifery workforce…
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Industry & Reform
Productivity Commission delivers final report on healthcare efficiency
At the start of the new year, many of us will commit to joining a gym, eating healthier or cutting…
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Industry & Reform
Telehealth regulations hinder care delivery: ACN
New telehealth regulations, introduced at the start of the month, will restrict nurse practitioners’ (NP) ability to deliver care, a peak…
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News
Gov’t delivers $8.5bn bulk billing overhaul
On November 1, the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) was expanded to include all Medicare-eligible patients, when cover was previously limited…
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Technology
Some clinicians are using AI to write health records. What do you need to know?
Stacy Carter, University of Wollongong; Farah Magrabi, Macquarie University, and Yves Saint James Aquino, University of Wollongong Imagine this. You’ve…
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Industry & Reform
“Private healthcare crisis” – St Vincent’s cuts ties with nib
Australia's largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, St Vincent’s Health Australia, has announced they will be cutting ties with private health insurance…
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Top Stories
Ambulance ramping is getting worse in Australia. Here’s why – and what we can do about it
Jonathan Karnon, Flinders University and Andrew Partington, Flinders University We’ve seen countless media reports in recent days, weeks and months…
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