New one-page discharge summary for patients to be trialled Many patients find being discharged from hospital deeply confusing. Can a new patient letter address the issue?
New studies examine Australian ED presentations The AIHW has examined eight million ED presentations, while a new study has found 20–40% of patients in WA could have been managed by a GP.
Hospital pharmacists raise the alarm over post-surgery opioid prescriptions More than 70% of Australian hospitals send patients home with strong opioids ‘just in case’, according to a new report.
Construction underway on Queensland adolescent mental health facility A planned mental health facility in Queensland ‘signals a new era in treatment’ for young people, according to the state’s minister for health.
Hundreds of thousands of hospital admissions potentially preventable More than 715,000 Australians were admitted to hospital with potentially preventable presentations in 2016–17, according to new data from the AIHW.
Healthcare employers can improve in hiring people with disability, new report shows Almost half of Australian businesses in healthcare, social care and education service industries may be missing a pool of talent by overlooking candidates with disability.
Help parents search Dr Google about their child’s health, researcher urges doctors Most parents search for medical information about their child’s health online, but only around half find out if an information source is reliable, according to an Australian researcher.
ACT budget tips money into troubled hospital The trouble-plagued Canberra Hospital will get an $11.5 million cash boost to help reduce long wait times in the emergency department, boost its intensive care unit and increase in-patient beds.
Students renew calls to give Manus Island asylum seekers quality medical services Australian medical students have again voiced their concern for the health of asylum seekers, reiterating their calls for the independent medical assessment of people detained on Manus Island.
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’.