Regulation ‘must keep pace’ with AI revolution: RACGP While AI may help reduce the administrative burden for GPs significantly, a college submission has said regulatory concerns need addressing.
‘A powerful tool’: Practices urged to take part in patient study The survey is designed to help practices understand and compare the management of patients with chronic conditions, both at home and abroad.
Medical receptionists bear brunt of patient aggression: Study New research has found general practice admin staff are frequently subjected to verbal abuse, as well as physical violence, causing lasting harm.
Why health data hacks keep happening A cancer centre is Australia’s latest cyber attack victim, with a criminal gang hoping to extort more than $100,000.
Can doctor–patient differences have clinical implications? New research suggests doctors are more extroverted, but also more neurotic and less open than patients.
Pushback against proposal to restrict MBS access to bulk-billing GPs There are concerns such a change would create a two-tier system and ‘completely undermine’ the universality of Medicare.
The power of data: Live from GP22 In this special live episode, GP and founder of Doctors Control Panel, Dr Anton Knieriemen, and Cubiko CEO Chris Smeed discuss the value of data and how GPs can harness it effectively to improve patient care.
Fall in bulk billing a rising concern for patients Worries about GP costs are now one of the main issues for patients, with new bulk-billing data indicating that may rise further.
In Practice: Proposed approaches to AHPRA data strategy The RACGP has submitted feedback on the health regulator’s strategy to inform its overall approach to how data is shared.
Addiction medicine conference hailed as ‘unique’ event IMiA 2023 aimed to promote quality healthcare and generated ‘a great deal of respect for the work GPs achieve in this space’.