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Is AI A-OK? Medicolegal considerations for general practitioners using AI scribes

Is AI A-OK? Medicolegal considerations for general practitioners using AI scribes

23/04/2025

This article examines the medicolegal issues faced by general practitioners using artificial intelligence scribes.


Medicolegal pitfalls when assessing decision-making capacity in people with cognitive impairment

Medicolegal pitfalls when assessing decision-making capacity in people with cognitive impairment

27/11/2023

This article examines medicolegal pitfalls when assessing the decision-making capacity of cognitively impaired patients.


Health impairment allegations against doctors: Qualitative analysis and insights for Australian general practitioners

Health impairment allegations against doctors: Qualitative analysis and insights for Australian general practitioners

01/05/2023

This study explores the ways in which treating practitioners can recognise, support and assist doctors with mental health or substance use challenges who are facing regulatory processes.


Children: Custody, competence and consent – Managing parental disagreement

Children: Custody, competence and consent – Managing parental disagreement

21/11/2023

GPs can provide factual information about the risks and benefits of treatment in order to assist this process, but are advised to avoid taking sides.


Healthcare, mandatory reporting and medical students

Healthcare, mandatory reporting and medical students

21/11/2023

Treating GPs have an obligation to report impaired medical student patients if the GP forms a reasonable belief that the medical student patient has put the public at substantial risk of harm.


Balancing care and responsibility: The role of the general practitioner in specialist referrals

Balancing care and responsibility: The role of the general practitioner in specialist referrals

21/11/2023

This article explores GP referrals to other health professionals and aims to describe a doctor’s medicolegal obligations and responsibilities when making a referral.


Coroners’ recommendations for prevention of resident deaths in aged care: The role of primary care providers

Coroners’ recommendations for prevention of resident deaths in aged care: The role of primary care providers

01/05/2018

Coroners’ recommendations may have a greater likelihood of implementation by incorporating a specific role for GPs and RNs.


Medicolegal

Medicolegal

21/11/2023

The adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ resonates strongly with medicolegal issues. Failing to recognise or manage problems early is likely to lead to worse outcomes and increased costs.


Guest Editorial: Prevention is better than cure for medicolegal matters

Guest Editorial: Prevention is better than cure for medicolegal matters

21/11/2023

The adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ resonates strongly with medicolegal issues. Failing to recognise or manage problems early is likely to lead to worse outcomes and increased costs.


Understanding and responding to  problem sexual behaviours in children

Understanding and responding to problem sexual behaviours in children

01/06/2018

Responding appropriately to a carer’s concerns about a child’s sexual behaviours can increase the likelihood of carer engagement with appropriate supports in cases requiring specialist intervention.


Guest Editorial: Doctors’ health and medicolegal claims – An important but under-recognised link

Guest Editorial: Doctors’ health and medicolegal claims – An important but under-recognised link

21/11/2023

Education and learning activities that specifically target areas of medicolegal risk can help reduce the likelihood and severity of future medicolegal events.


Under or over? General practitioner charging of Medicare

Under or over? General practitioner charging of Medicare

29/03/2023

This study examined Medicare Benefits Schedule billing patterns by consultation length to estimate overcharging or undercharging by GPs, and the cost/savings to Medicare.

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