RACGP to provide GPs with My Health Record education ahead of expected expansion The RACGP and the Australian Digital Health Agency will work together to help raise awareness and support for GPs and their patients to effectively use the My Health Record.
Information lockdown: The importance of backing up general practice data Implementing an effective system for data backup and recovery is an essential preventive activity for the health of a general practice.
Moving care from hospital to the community RACGP President Dr Bastian Seidel addressed delegates at the 4th International Health Care Reform Conference in Sydney, speaking on the topic, ‘moving care from hospital to community’.
New legislation for notifiable data breaches New legislative requirements under the Federal Government’s Notifiable Data Breaches scheme came into effect from today, with the government aiming to set ‘new standards of accountability and transparency to protect individuals’ personal information’.
Managing anxiety and depression in older patients Issues of depression and anxiety are often overlooked in older patients, but these conditions can be just as important to monitor as physical health.
Mandatory notifiable data breaches: New legislative requirements A summary of new legislative requirements under the Federal Government’s Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, which commences on 22 February 2018 and only applies to eligible data breaches that occur from that date.
A trickle effect: General practice data leaks Australian general practice is about to lose control over its data, Dr Edwin Kruys writes for newsGP.
Wealth and health: Calls for equal healthcare access Research released this week has revealed Australians of lower socioeconomic status are at far greater risk of poor health.
Baby boomers and the modern day sexual revolution: Part 1 A female patient, 72 years old and a widow, comes in for a consult and tells her GP, ‘I’ve met someone and we want to have sex. The only problem is, I haven’t had sex for 15 years. Is there anything I should do?’
Caring for refugee patients in the community: Dr Geraldine Duncan Dr Geraldine Duncan, a GP in Wagga Wagga in NSW, has been a key figure in refugee healthcare since the town became a resettlement area in the late 1990s.