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Medical News HeadlinesLatest Medical industry news headlines for quick browsing of the latest industry news in your specialisation. See other health and medical categories in top menu. Public hearing calls for patient safety file scrutiny The Australian Australian Privacy Foundation health chairwoman Juanita Fernando said there had been no focus on patient safety issues by Health or NEHTA, including the use of bridging software between doctors' desktop systems and the HI service, and no validation of ... Reset expectations on e-health: AMAZDNet Australia E-health stricken with privacy and software lurgiesiT News all 24 news articles » Asian Scientist Magazine Alternative Medicine Is Not Pseudoscience, Groups Tell Friends Of Science In ... Asian Scientist Magazine The group is also campaigning for private health insurance providers to stop providing rebates for complementary medical treatments. The lobby has come under fire from alternative medicine practitioners such as the Australian Acupuncture & Chinese ... Critics Ramping Pressure against Alternative Medicine PractitionersTopNews United States Should universities teach alternative medicine?Sydney Morning Herald Why universities should teach alternative medicineThe Conversation all 8 news articles » Push to keep alternative medicine in universities The Australian The campaign now includes 400 doctors and researchers who are calling for universities to close alternative courses. However para medicine practitioners and supporters are also petitioning 16 universities, including G8 institutions including Monash and ... Pointing the bone at chiropractic quackery ? lessons from the UKThe Conversation all 2 news articles » Transforming The Nation's Healthcare A healthcare system servicing the rich? Australians avoid visiting a GP due to ... Transforming The Nation's Healthcare The healthcare workforce in 2009 was made up of 72 739 registered medical practitioners working in medicine, a further 1520 Australians were in the medical labour force but on extended leave or looking for work and 320 982 registered nurses. and more » Australian Universities Defend Alternative-Medicine Teaching New York Times Universities in Australia are defending their teaching of alternative medicine after a group of the country's top scientists and doctors urged them to abandon this increasingly popular subject. Friends of Science in Medicine ? a recently formed group ... and more » Doctors wary on older driver bans Herald Sun THREE-quarters of doctors expressed concern about their legal liability when recommending that a patient give up their licence. The report predicted Australia's ageing population meant the number of motorists with a "diminished capacity for driving" ... The Age Four-hour hospital rule saves lives ABC Online Hospitals in Western Australia were the first to introduce the targets in 2009 and as Lindy Kerin reports, a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia today found that 80 lives have been saved because of the new system. Researchers back emergency ward four-hour ruleThe Age Four-Hour Rule Saved Many Innocent Lives, Says Survey ReportTopNews United States all 24 news articles » National survey into remote health work launched Stock Journal Instigated by the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) in collaboration with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, the Australian Nursing Federation, the Queensland Teacher's Union CRANAplus and the Police Federation of ... and more » Australian Universities Defend Alternative-Medicine Teaching New York Times Universities in Australia are defending their teaching of alternative medicine after a group of the country's top scientists and doctors urged them to abandon this increasingly popular subject. Friends of Science in Medicine ? a recently formed group ... Uni defends complementary medicineNorthern Star all 3 news articles » Public hearing calls for patient safety file scrutiny The Australian Medical Software Industry Association president Jon Hughes said NEHTA's consistent refusal to provide the risk assessments meant the $500 million PCEHR system was "characterised by patient safety issues" even before development had been completed. Industry wants e-health records delayedSydney Morning Herald Reset expectations on e-health: AMAZDNet Australia E-health stricken with privacy and software lurgiesiT News Australian Techworld -TopNews United States -NewsPoint Africa all 24 news articles » The Age Four-hour hospital rule saves lives ABC Online Hospitals in Western Australia were the first to introduce the targets in 2009 and as Lindy Kerin reports, a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia today found that 80 lives have been saved because of the new system. Western Australia's four-hour emergency rule saves livesHerald Sun Four-hour rule saved 80 lives: reportSydney Morning Herald Researchers back emergency ward four-hour ruleThe Age The Australian -Courier Mail -Adelaide Now all 24 news articles » Australian Business Traveller No opt-out rule for airport body scanners ABC Online The Federal Government will introduce legislation this week so the technology can be rolled out in all of Australia's international airports. The move follows a trial in Sydney and Melbourne. Except for travellers with serious medical conditions, ... Full-body scans for Oz flightsNew Zealand Herald Australian airports to get millimetre-wave body scannersAustralian Business Traveller Body scanning legislation going aheadHerald Sun Gizmodo Australia all 39 news articles » Surgeon faces wrath for 'Donald Duck' outcome Perth Now A recent check of the Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency (AHPRA) website shows from December 1, 2011 Dr Bernadt was banned from performing surgery. He has also received a reprimand. During the hearing this week, the tribunal was told ... Tributes to GP held prisoner by Japanese West Sussex County Times He enlisted as a medical officer with the RAF Volunteer Reserve and was posted to the Far East where he met legendary Australian surgeon Edward 'Weary' Dunlop. Dr Peach experienced appalling conditions as a prisoner of war under the Japanese for three ... and more » TGA starts new tests on PIP breast implants ABC Online It is not known if the implants containing the suspect gel were sold in Australia, but the TGA estimates that 4500 women have PIP implants that were supplied or approved for supply to Australian surgeons between 1998 and 2010. Worldwide it is believed ... and more » The Hindu It is the same old story The Hindu The Australians cashed in. Michael Clarke's men romped home by 65 runs in the first game of the Commonweath Bank ODI tri-series here on Sunday. There was pace, bounce and movement for the Australian pacemen under the lights ? the ball often whistled ... and more » Surgeon faces wrath for 'Donald Duck' outcome Perth Now A recent check of the Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency (AHPRA) website shows from December 1, 2011 Dr Bernadt was banned from performing surgery. He has also received a reprimand. During the hearing this week, the tribunal was told ... Tributes to GP held prisoner by Japanese West Sussex County Times He enlisted as a medical officer with the RAF Volunteer Reserve and was posted to the Far East where he met legendary Australian surgeon Edward 'Weary' Dunlop. Dr Peach experienced appalling conditions as a prisoner of war under the Japanese for three ... and more » TGA starts new tests on PIP breast implants ABC Online It is not known if the implants containing the suspect gel were sold in Australia, but the TGA estimates that 4500 women have PIP implants that were supplied or approved for supply to Australian surgeons between 1998 and 2010. Worldwide it is believed ... and more » The Hindu It is the same old story The Hindu The Australians cashed in. Michael Clarke's men romped home by 65 runs in the first game of the Commonweath Bank ODI tri-series here on Sunday. There was pace, bounce and movement for the Australian pacemen under the lights ? the ball often whistled ... and more » Australian IVF doctor sued for £6.8m after child born with genetic disorder BioNews By Ayesha Jadoon An IVF doctor in Australia who was involved in the conception of a child affected by a genetic disorder is being sued for 'wrongful birth'. Keedan Waller was born following IVF in 2000 but four days afterwards had a stroke which caused ... The Age Afghan utopia becomes a much grimmer reality Sydney Morning Herald A well-intentioned Australian project in Kabul has foundered on bureaucracy, corruption and lack of security, writes Rory Callinan. It was envisaged as an Afghan utopia for returned asylum seekers - a purposebuilt housing estate with running water, ... Failure of grand Afghan dreamThe Age all 70 news articles » Real Gap launches one-of-a-kind medical internship in Namibia e-Travel Blackboard (press release) THE newest medical miracle of its kind in Australian travel, Real Gap Experience is offering the inimitable experience of working in a rural medical clinic in eastern Namibia for between eight and 12 weeks. If you're looking for an impressive addition ... and more » UK prison has ambitions for inmates beyond its gates Reuters In the world's first payment-by-results model, Doncaster's operator, Serco, a FTSE 100-listed outsourcing giant responsible for running services from London's traffic lights to Australian immigration centers, will gamble part of its 250-million-pound ... and more » |
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