GPs should still be interpreting ECGs: Cardiac committee chair Confusion over the MBS change continues, as Professor Richard Harper tells newsGP the wording of the controversial new item number ‘could have been better framed’ – and should be formally changed.
Department of Health says ECG interpretation still allowed in ‘bizarre’ claim There is growing confusion over the recent DoH decision to effectively strip GPs of the ability to bill Medicare for the interpretation of ECGs.
Controversial ECG changes to be reviewed after six months following severe GP backlash Health authorities have rejected widespread calls to postpone changes to Medicare item numbers for ECGs – but opened the door to a review.
Victorians with COVID should immediately inform their contacts: DHHS EXCLUSIVE: Confirmed cases should immediately contact family, friends and colleagues with whom they have been in close contact, Victorian authorities say.
Calls for GPs to help COVID patients notify contacts as systems groan under strain Victoria should sanction self-initiated contact tracing to slash the time taken to contact people who may have been infected, according to frustrated GPs and other top experts.
Spiking COVID infections in healthcare trigger urgent calls for better infection control The number of coronavirus-infected healthcare workers in Victoria has passed 1000 – and is increasing every day.
Young children carry more virus – but seem to transmit less than adults or older children Children under five have far more SARS-CoV-2 in their nasopharynx, but do not transmit significantly in childcare or schools, according to new studies.
RACGP Foundation awards new grants for COVID research The two grants have been awarded to GP researchers for their studies on different impacts of COVID-19 on general practice.
School COVID clusters are rare – so what can we learn from the Al-Taqwa outbreak? In short: Close schools when community transmission is high, open cautiously when it is low, according to epidemiologists.
Push to devolve COVID care to GPs as Victoria faces huge caseload GPs will directly care for mild coronavirus cases under a new pilot program designed to reduce pressure on the health system as the state struggles with more than 7500 active cases.