Antony Scholefield

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Antony Scholefield

Some 20,000 older patients with diabetes will be eligible for free dressings each year under a long-awaited Federal Government scheme. For years, doctors have warned that GP practices lose money by offering wound care, especially when they are banned from charging for bandages after a bulk-billed consultation. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Antony Scholefield

The baby of a US woman who was declared brain dead and kept on life support since February was delivered early Friday morning, her mother says. April Newkirk told local media WXIA-TV that Adriana Smith’s baby was born at 25 weeks’ gestation via an emergency caesarean section. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Antony Scholefield

More pharmacists will diagnose and prescribe S4 drugs for wounds, reflux and shingles if the Liberal Government is re-elected in Tasmania’s snap election next month. Premier Jeremy Rockliff wants to give pharmacists the authority to manage 23 conditions — broadly reflecting the controversial Queensland pharmacy pilot, now permanent, and Victoria’s budget announcement.

2 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Antony Scholefield

Beyond classics like ‘123456’ and ‘P@assw0rd’, common and hackable healthcare passwords include ‘fabrizio19’ and the inscrutable ‘Asspain28#’, a company says. The list is based on datasets of hacked passwords across various sectors, including those available on the dark web. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

2 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Antony Scholefield

In a case that gives flashbacks to 2021, dermatologists initially speculated that COVID-19 had caused their patient’s chilblains, before a repeat reaction after a second Spikevax dose confirmed the real culprit. The 35-year-old presented to Chiang Mai Hospital in Thailand with chilblains on her fingers and toes that developed nine days after her first dose of the mRNA vaccine.