Business of general practice: What’s the next thing? The keynote speaker at the RACGP’s practice owners conference wants to give GPs a plan for navigating disruption and building a strong business.
Wearable technology for health and patient care Dr Lauren Cheung, Senior Manager on the Clinical Team at Apple, discusses the role of wearable technology in health and patient care.
Evidence of ‘protocol deviation’ in Queensland UTI pilot The full evaluation of the UTI pharmacy prescribing pilot shows 192 women who received antibiotics should have been referred to a GP.
How GPs are finding new ways to do more with technology SPONSORED: Against a backdrop of elevated patient demand, labour shortages and rising costs, general practices are doing more with less.
Queensland Health and Pharmacy Guild stonewall queries about UTI pilot evaluation Mystery and confusion surround who has seen the report, when it was completed and if the full results will ever be publicly released.
GPs set to double down on digital transformation in 2022 SPONSORED: Telehealth becoming a permanent part of the healthcare system is the latest example of lasting digital shifts brought on by the pandemic.
The top three operational challenges general practices face SPONSORED: COVID has had a mixed impact on practice economics. CommBank’s GP Insights Report reveals how successful practices have responded.
What does quality patient-centred care really mean? Four key concepts were put forward at the RACGP’s Practice Owners National Conference for existing and aspiring practice owners to consider.
Dip in hepatitis testing adds to ‘interrupted’ health progress Hepatitis testing rates have dropped significantly during the pandemic, but could effective point-of-care testing help Australia reach its targets?
Potential COVID treatment reduces viral count in mice lungs by 99.9% And experts believe this form of medicine will translate to similar outcomes in humans, making it a ‘viable therapy’ for COVID-19.