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Report: ACN calls for greater nurse UCC program recognition
In the wake of an interim evaluation report of Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, the Australian College of Nursing is calling for greater nursing staff recognition. [ + ]
Budget: AMA welcomes investment but calls for system reform
In a post-Budget 2025–26 statement, the Australian Medical Association welcomed investment, including $8.5bn for Medicare, but said system reform is needed. [ + ]
Don't Rush to Crush+ — the new digital edition
Australia's essential guide to administering oral medicines safely, Don't Rush to Crush, has entered a new era. [ + ]
Local spirit: new Footscray Hospital, Melbourne
The new Footscray Hospital will be partly a result of local community campaigning — it's affectionately referred to as "the People's Hospital". [ + ]
Digital Health Festival: transformation through connection
Across two days in May, DHF25 will bring together 8000 attendees, 400 speakers and 200 exhibitors with the theme "transforming healthcare through connection". [ + ]
Out of crisis mode: how digital mental health can help
The recent wave of NSW psychiatrist resignations underscores an urgent need for systemic reform — a telehealth professional sets out how digital can help. [ + ]
Healthcare jobs rising: key learnings from a job site's data
Australian healthcare jobs are on the rise. Drilling down into its own data and survey findings, a job site's senior economist draws out some key learnings. [ + ]
Connected care: bridging the gap
With the My Health Record 'Sharing by Default' amendment bill now passed both houses of parliament, 'connected care' has never been more relevant. [ + ]
How and why safety and quality standards are evolving
After 30 years in the healthcare sector, Dr Karen Luxford has seen many changes to safety and quality standards, but there is one new trend keeping her on her toes — AI. [ + ]
Pain, differential diagnosis and avoiding the wrong rabbit hole
The idea that a patient's pain is always trying to tell us something is an increasingly outdated notion. [ + ]
A Day in the Life of Mater Midwife Gabby Rowsell
Midwife Gabby Rowsell shares her day working in the birth suites at South Brisbane's Mater Mothers' Hospital. [ + ]
The privacy dilemma: safeguarding patient data
The use of AI-driven analytics can improve patient outcomes, but also seems to conflict with the patient privacy mandate. A privacy-by-design strategy may help overcome this. [ + ]
Simple sessions for PCC staff wellbeing
Paediatric critical care staff experience higher levels of moral distress; a recent UK wellbeing project developed two simple, easy-to-deliver sessions to help. [ + ]
Building awareness around deprescribing and sustainability
MedsAware Deprescribing Action Week from 10–16 March is designed to raise awareness around polypharmacy and deprescribing. [ + ]
Why data access holds the key to better care
An AI-enabled healthcare sector is a potentially idyllic place, where healthy habits are supported, early disease is detected and, ultimately, deaths are prevented. [ + ]
