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The Medical Republic is a community of doctors, journalists, and traditional publishers who aim to enhance communication for healthcare professionals in today's mobile and social world. We understand that the healthcare landscape is evolving, and with change comes challenges. Our goal is to assist in navigating these changes, even if it means addressing topics that may be uncomfortable for some. We believe that through these discussions, we can drive progress. Our ultimate mission is to improve community health by supporting connected primary caregivers and empowering patients.

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These memes simply refuse

1 day ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Talia Meyerowitz-Katz

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Changing pathology business model means a lot less GP rent income

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Jeremy Knibbs

Pathology quietly shifting its strategy on GP co-located collection facilities might be a bigger existential threat to practice viability than payroll tax.
Bulk-billing modelling revealed

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Holly Payne

Health minister Mark Butler has released modelling purportedly showing that GPs who universally bulk bill will make more money than their mixed-billing colleagues. New modelling released by the Department of Health and Aged Care predicts that GPs working at a universal bulk-billing practice will make around $5000 more in annual earnings than their mixed-billing candidates.
New direction at GP supervision organisation

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Holly Payne

Under the stewardship of a new CEO, the peak body will no longer focus solely on general practice supervisors. General Practice Supervision Australia has announced plans to expand beyond general practice to meet “emerging needs across the wider healthcare environment”. GPSA chair Dr Srishti Dutta told The Medical Republic that the intention behind the changes was to ensure that the peak could support a range of supervisors outside of the traditional AGPT focus.
These memes spent 11 minutes in space

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Talia Meyerowitz-Katz

They did it for the memes. That’s one small step for memes, one giant leap for TMR’s weekly meme page.
Coalition commits $100m to rural strategy, 200 more CSPs

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Cate Swannell

ACRRM and the NRHA are excited and keen to see if Labor will match today’s announcement. Opposition health spokesperson, Senator Anne Ruston, and the leader of the Nationals, David Littleproud announced today that a Coalition government would invest $100 million towards upgrading regional medical training facilities across the country.
Bananas, bananas everywhere, but not a drop to eat

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Holly Payne

When it comes to fresh food, rural Australians miss out on the fruits of their labour – literally. One of the great ironies in Australian nutrition is that people living in the regions which produce the country’s fresh food also find it harder to access that food in local stores. It’s time for the government to step in on food insecurity for rural and remote communities, the Rural Doctors’ Association of Australia argues.
Queensland just flipped the rules on cosmetic injectables

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Holly Payne

In a major shake-up, nurse-led clinics can no longer purchase stock of Botox or fillers on behalf of doctors or nurse practitioners who do not physically work there. Hundreds of nurse-led cosmetic clinics in Queensland have now been placed in a potentially unviable situation, after the state health department clarified its interpretation of the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019.
Distractions are filtered by … did you see that?

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Penny Durham

Sorry, could you repeat the question? Filtering out distractions is something your Back Page correspondent struggles with. Sucks at, frankly. An ardent work-from-homer (a pre-pandemic early adopter) with previously documented misophonia and misokinesia, I’m writing this from my local library to escape loud and relentless roadworks near my house and the even louder and relentlesser pinging of colleagues’ devices at the office.
Imaging devices pose big risk to health cybersecurity

1 week ago | medicalrepublic.com.au | Cate Swannell

Misconfigured MRIs, CT scanners and X-ray machines represent a threat to patient privacy. Healthcare continues to be one of the most vulnerable industries when it comes to cyberattacks, according to a new report. But one particular part of the health business is causing especial concern. According to CyberCX, a leading provider of cybersecurity and cloud services, healthcare remains the third most susceptible industry, behind utilities and logistics/transport.