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Tackling future global health threats
The Lancet COVID-19 Commission report outlines recommendations to hasten the end of the ongoing pandemic emergency and lessen the impact of future health threats. [ + ]
Flying high with a nursing dream
Rose Webster is hoping her love of aviation and nursing might one day merge, after swapping life in the Royal Australian Air Force for a QUT nursing degree. [ + ]
Health-tech innovator bags design award
Leah Heiss, a health-tech innovator and Associate Professor, Monash University, has received the 2022 Australian Women in Design Award. [ + ]
Five food safety questions to ask
Food safety management requires monitoring and supervision at a senior corporate level. [ + ]
What I've learned as a male midwife in Arnhem Land
It was a dry Thursday afternoon in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, when young mum Tanisha's* waters broke at just 23 weeks of gestation. [ + ]
Connecting Australian health care
In a healthcare system that values cutting-edge technology to diagnose, treat and manage conditions, consistent sharing of consumer health information remains an elusive target. [ + ]
Keeping rural Australians out of hospital
If you need urgent medical attention in a regional or rural area in Australia, you may find that you'll end up in an urgent care centre staffed by nurses. [ + ]
Using humour to improve paediatric care
Doctor Ben Anderson first attended to Havana's heart condition when she was only three months old — 12 years later he's considered part of the family. [ + ]
DCM + HDR to deliver $478m biomedical research facility
Denton Corker Marshall + HDR, in collaboration with Arcadia Landscape Architecture and Aileen Sage, have won the design competition for the SBA health, research and education facility. [ + ]
New allergy initiatives to accelerate research, clinical care
Two new health organisations aim to improve the lives of five million Australians living with allergies and prevent anaphylaxis, including needless deaths. [ + ]
Why empowerment is key for mental health gains and recovery
It's no secret that healthcare workers are among those most vulnerable to mental health issues, but more than two years of pandemic-related restrictions and uncertainty has had a huge impact on employee wellbeing across sectors. [ + ]
St Vincent's digital solution to improve risk management
St Vincent's Health Australia's Manager of Clinical Governance & Assurance, Edel Murray, reflects on the organisation's new initiative to reduce risks and improve safety. [ + ]
'Brain fingerprinting' of adolescents might be able to predict mental health problems down the line
Despite the best efforts of clinicians and researchers for decades, we still do not fully know why some people develop mental disorders and others do not. [ + ]
AI in health — can we program human dignity?
A new survey designed to understand the role of dignity in machine-assisted medical treatment has brought the thorny issue of integrating AI into human health care back into the spotlight. [ + ]
Preventing patient lift injuries
Studies have linked a higher risk of pain and injury in the healthcare sector to a worker's decision to leave their job. [ + ]
