Holly Payne

2 days ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Holly Payne

Convened by controversial cannabis group Montu and chaired by former Health Minister Greg Hunt, the Telehealth Sector Working Group has moved incredibly fast. A mere five weeks after its first official meeting, the newly-formed Telehealth Sector Working Group has released a draft set of principles which it says “establish a clear and consistent foundation” for telehealth practice across Australia.

2 days ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Holly Payne

While lung cancer is a major health risk for smokers, it’s not the only one. Australia’s new lung cancer screening program is expected to save hundreds of lives per year, but experts urge healthcare professionals to remember that it will only pick up on one of the many risks associated with smoking. From July, asymptomatic patients who have a history of smoking of at least 30 pack-years will be able to access bulk-billed low-dose CT scans to screen for lung cancer following a GP referral.

3 days ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Holly Payne

The new tool will combine Cubiko’s care prompt system with Lyrebird’s system to suggest relevant consult templates. Two popular GP software vendors have launched a new feature that will suggest consult templates and identify eligible MBS billing codes for patients. Lyrebird Health is an AI-powered medical scribing service that generates tailored notes based off consult recordings. Cubiko, meanwhile, is an analytics platform that identifies patient eligibility for certain items or consults.

4 days ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Holly Payne

If a patient already has a GP management plan in place and comes in for a review, what happens? Let’s find out. It’s less than a week until the chronic disease management item overhaul goes live, and questions about how exactly to manage patients through the transition still abound. Luckily, the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing came out with answers to some of the more specific questions surrounding the change at an RACGP-run webinar on Tuesday.

4 days ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Holly Payne

The Productivity Commission has savaged the ‘alienating, inadequate, ill-informed and under-resourced' mental health and suicide prevention system. A new interim report out of the Productivity Commission has identified major flaws in the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement, which it said has resulted in a system where services remain unaffordable and do not respond to population needs.