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1 week ago | 
healthservicesdaily.com.au | Mariella Attard
Burnout rates in hospitals are still high, and young doctors are still being bullied. Despite no “F grades” for the first time since 2015, a survey of junior hospital doctors in WA shows there are “still many areas of concern and plenty of room for improvement”. Almost 1500 junior doctors were surveyed by AMA Western Australia for its annual Hospital Health Check.
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1 week ago | 
medicalrepublic.com.au | Holly Payne |Mariella Attard
Montu, which has convened a telehealth sector working group, is the subject of ongoing legal action by the TGA in relation to potential advertising breaches. Some of the more obscure players in the telehealth field have banded together to form a new working group, spearheaded by medicinal cannabis group Montu and chaired by former federal health minister Greg Hunt.
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1 week ago | 
healthservicesdaily.com.au | Mariella Attard
But chair Greg Hunt says it has the membership to ‘shape the next chapter’ of virtual care. But chair Greg Hunt says it has the membership to ‘shape the next chapter’ of virtual care. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
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3 weeks ago | 
healthservicesdaily.com.au | Mariella Attard
Peak bodies have a plan to fix it, and politicians have responded positively, but who will actually step up and fund it? Women need access to genomic profiling now, because by the time the National Framework for Genomics in Cancer Control is implemented, more than 12,000 will have died from gynaecological cancer, says ANZGOG.
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1 month ago | 
healthservicesdaily.com.au | Mariella Attard
We need to get our skates on with a federal-state agreement to start fixing it, the doctors’ peak body says. We need to get our skates on with a federal-state agreement to start fixing it, the doctors’ peak body says. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
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1 month ago | 
dermatologyrepublic.com.au | Mariella Attard
A comment from his wife, it turns out. And being a bit of a nerd. Dr Kieran Dang is a general practitioner, who is also a data scientist. He’s currently the chief medical officer at digital health platform Mosh and a co-founder of Virtual Dermatology. He still sees patients, but he’s also found another way to amplify his capacity to help. KIERAN DANG: “Obviously, I love helping people. You know, that sounds like a cliché, but yeah, that’s why we do what we do, right?
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1 month ago | 
healthservicesdaily.com.au | Mariella Attard
It even makes things worse in some ways, say the National Mental Health Commission and National Suicide Prevention Office, pointing to a ‘critical gap’. It even makes things worse in some ways, say the National Mental Health Commission and National Suicide Prevention Office, pointing to a ‘critical gap’. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
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1 month ago | 
healthservicesdaily.com.au | Mariella Attard
We asked Labor and the Coalition (we already know the Greens want more). Calls for a Seniors Dental Benefits Scheme are growing louder as the election draws closer, with peak bodies saying there’s widespread support and major need. The Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia and the Australian Dental Association (ADA), along with others, have been urging Labor and the Coalition to commit.
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1 month ago | 
healthservicesdaily.com.au | Mariella Attard
Residents didn’t get the care they were promised and that they had a right to, the law firm says. Residents didn’t get the care they were promised and that they had a right to, the law firm says. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
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1 month ago | 
medicalrepublic.com.au | Mariella Attard
A comment from his wife, it turns out. And being a bit of a nerd. Dr Kieran Dang is a general practitioner, who is also a data scientist. He’s currently the chief medical officer at digital health platform Mosh and a co-founder of Virtual Dermatology. He still sees patients, but he’s also found another way to amplify his capacity to help. KIERAN DANG: “Obviously, I love helping people. You know, that sounds like a cliché, but yeah, that’s why we do what we do, right?
