GP innovates app to personalise MBS
08/10/2013An Australian-based GP has developed a desktop-based app that makes finding the correct MBS item number all the more accessible.
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Telemedicine cost savings for remote community initiative
16/09/2013A TELEMEDICINE initiative for remote oncology patients in north Queensland has been welcomed by experts after the program delivered significant cost savings.
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WHO's global hand hygiene strategy assessed
13/09/2013A recent study has assessed the effect of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) hand hygiene strategy in five countries.
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Confidentiality and privacy guidelines for mHealth
30/08/2013A NEW mobile health report has highlighted a number of global mHealth confidentiality, security and privacy issues.
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Telemedicine and stroke
26/08/2013The Victorian Stroke Telemedicine Program (VSTP) is using eHealth to effectively treat stroke patients in the Bendigo region.
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Can 'mHealth' change lives?
21/08/2013The Australian Centre for Health Innovation (CHI) is ideally placed to test and shape potentially productive mHealth technologies to deliver sustainable health outcomes.
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Trauma decision-support tool reduces clinical errors
12/08/2013A REAL-TIME, decision support and action tool for treating trauma patients in The Alfred emergency department has reduced the rate of clinical errors by 21 per cent.
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The patient-centred 'medical home'
07/08/2013THE personal ‘medical home’ is gaining traction, with the Federal Government and health organisations exploring this model as a way to support quality general practice.
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Cameras, ethics and clinical practice
02/08/2013A RECENT SURVEY on clinician-taken medical photography has highlighted the need for tertiary hospitals in Australia to develop policies on the issue.
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Promoting innovation in healthcare
25/07/2013Today’s health challenges require fundamentally different strategies, and innovation in healthcare delivery if we are to reform our health system
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