Image-based prescribing extended Arrangements for image-based prescribing, implemented at the start of the pandemic, will now end on 31 December 2021.
New software integration a ‘tremendous advance’ MedicalDirector has become the second clinical software provider to link with the National Cancer Screening Register.
New guide to help manage escalating patient aggression The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has coincided with reports of increasingly hostile and violent patient behaviour.
New online MBS tool for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander care The RACGP resources allow health professionals to calculate patients’ out-of-pocket expenses, with up-to-date details on widely used MBS items.
New recourse for GPs to appeal DPA status The DoH says the change will better allow rural and regional areas to respond to workforce and population changes affecting general practice.
‘They’ve got the maths wrong’: GPs say telehealth should be part of PIP Recent changes to the way Practice Incentive Payments are being calculated is threatening the viability of general practice, according to a new GP-led petition.
‘It touches on every practice’ GPs are being urged to have their say on a new review of general practice accreditation arrangements.
‘An excellent starting point’: PIP QI results published for first time More than 5700 general practices have been taking part in the incentives program since it launched in August 2019.
Image-based prescriptions to end 30 September There are concerns that ending the service is ‘likely to cause unforeseen problems’. So what are some solutions?
The top three operational challenges general practices face SPONSORED: COVID has had a mixed impact on practice economics. CommBank’s GP Insights Report reveals how successful practices have responded.