The Australian public has benefited greatly from the manifold contributions of general practice throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Strategies that have successfully increased COVID-19 vaccine uptake may also be effective in enhancing uptake across a range of vaccine-preventable diseases.
A project piloting an embedded general practice pharmacist provided an opportunity to explore the influence of this role on medication management for a target ‘at-risk’ population.
Partner management is key to reducing transmission and a cornerstone of best practice chlamydia management.
Recent technology-related changes in the practice of medicine will have a profound effect on both the provision and measurement of continuity.
Primary healthcare, with its established principles and multisectoral approach, is an ideal mechanism to provide support and care in response to health threats.
The COVID-19 pandemic, with its resulting city lockdowns, mass quarantines and social isolation worldwide, has uniquely highlighted the importance of mental health.
Characterising the general practice response to the COVID-19 pandemic is important for ongoing policy planning.
General practitioners believe that principles underlying Medical Homes may support whole-person care, but aspects of the current Health Care Homes trial could impede this whole-person approach.
A simulation model of the general practice nurse workforce from 2012 to 2025 a likely shortage of the workforce, but this shortage could be reduced through recruitment and retention strategies.
Good quality e-mental health resources provide general practitioners with the opportunity to help patients improve their mental health in an efficient and illness-appropriate way.
Healthcare professionals would generally like to increase their electronic correspondence, yet most are currently faxing or posting their correspondence.
An overview of prostate cancer patient support programs in Australia to help general practitioners direct patient referrals and optimise clinical care.
This study discusses how skin in patients with skin of colour is biologically, functionally and structurally different to that of patients with lightly pigmented skin.