Significant update on asthma management Australian Asthma Handbook V2.1 focuses on avoiding the underuse of preventer medications and the over-reliance on reliever medications.
HealthEngine ordered to pay $2.9m for ‘misleading conduct’ The penalty relates to sharing the personal information of more than 135,000 patients, publishing misleading patient reviews and ratings.
Children overprescribed combination asthma medication: Study The medication should not be the first line of treatment in children – and for those aged five or under it should not be prescribed at all.
Advancing the profession of general practice: AJGP Professor Grant Russell, new Chair of the AJGP Editorial Advisory Committee, discusses the journal’s place on the general practice landscape.
Changes to mandatory reporting obligations come into effect The threshold for reporting a concern about impairment, intoxication and practice outside of professional standards has been raised.
COAG Health Council announces new policy directions The directions are designed to provide clarity on what AHPRA and the National Boards must analyse when considering action against a practitioner.
Digital secure messaging one step closer Standards will be applied to all future procurements of secure messaging systems, paving the way for greater interoperability within general practice.
Should tennis players be taking the court in Melbourne? Athletes ‘forced’ to compete in Australian Open qualifiers have complained of dry throats, asthma symptoms and even panic attacks related to the city’s smoke haze.
Report reveals veterans’ suicide risk Ex-servicemen have the highest suicide rates, and ex-servicewomen are more than twice as likely to take their own life as women who have never served.
Number of people delaying their GP consultation declining But nearly one third of people living in outer-regional, remote or very remote areas have reported visiting an ED because a GP was unavailable.