REFORMS to the federal health system as proposed by government has NSW doctors concerned existing local practices may be forced to close as GPs are starved of funding.
29/09/2009
MEDICARE will now be able to demand records from doctors suspected of over-claiming.
23/09/2009
GENETIC testing for warfarin sensitivity is now being offered in the U.S., helping doctors prevent excessive bleeding in their patients
12/01/2009
THE FEDERAL Government Budget announced last night will see money being injected into Australian research, Universities and Hospitals as well as seeing changed conditions for private health insurance holders and rural doctors.
13/05/2009
KODAK and MyMedicalRecords (MMR) have signed an independent software vendor (ISV) agreement to enhance how doctors provide electronic patient information online. As part of the ISV, Kodak Scanners and Kodak Capture Pro Software will work with the MMRPro System and Personal Health Records (PHR) products.
27/08/2009
QUEENSLAND medical professionals are on standby in case they are needed as part of the national response to the Samoa tsunami.
01/10/2009
AMID the global economic crisis, hospitals continue to spend on medical equipment spelling good news for suppliers.
19/01/2009
A HEALTHCARE industry report has seen women projected to dominate the ranks of Australia's medical and healthcare professions within 30 years.
07/08/2009
INDIGENOUS affairs proponent Chicka Dixon has taken out the Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health at the prestigious Deadly Awards on 15 October.
16/10/2009
The University of Queensland and hospital partners will unveil a $1 million MRI incubator, especially designed for brain scans of premature and sick newborns.
20/11/2009
A POTENTIAL new syndrome called cannabinoid hyperemesis which afflicts heavy cannabis users has gained more credibility after the worlds first cases were diagnosed in South Australia.
26/03/2009
THE QUEENSLAND state government has implemented a health listening tour across Queensland allowing the Health minister to meet frontline staff and see the first-hand challenges facing the health network.
30/03/2009
ALCON has received FDA approval for its aspheric AcrySof IQ Toric intraocular lens (IOL).
03/03/2009
RECENT developments in the electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) and secure individual electronic health records aim to deliver significant benefits to general practitioners and patients.
14/04/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Government has announced the $94m expansion of Townsville Hospital has entered early construction stages on the North Block.
07/05/2009
QUEENSLAND is poised to recruit health specialists whose jobs are threatened at the Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) as a result of budget cuts by the West Australian Liberal/National Government.
13/10/2009
AMA has released a report stating Australia’s public hospitals continue to be seriously under-funded and are struggling to meet growing public demand for their services.
15/10/2009
DOCTORS at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Centre have started treating cancers and neurological disorders with highly-accurate, non-invasive, image-guided radiosurgery using the Novalis Tx radiosurgery platform from Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB.
04/09/2009
SCIENTISTS at the National Centre for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers (NCVAC) in conjunction with the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine Wayne State University have announced the use of a new technology to aid in the diagnosis of asbestos-related lung disease.
31/03/2009
THE WESTERN Australian government has announced state residents will soon be able to make important decisions regarding their future medical treatment under new legislation to be implemented in the next three months.
11/06/2009