Articles
Malnutrition: the silent killer in aged care
It's been one year since the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety handed down its report identifying 'food and nutrition' as an area for immediate attention in the ailing industry. [ + ]
Cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility
Health care continues to become increasingly digitised with an ever-expanding range of infrastructure options, technology platforms and devices being implemented and accessed both internally and externally by hospitals and healthcare organisations. [ + ]
Remote health monitoring — have we learnt our lessons?
If we ever needed proof that our healthcare systems have a sustainability problem, the pandemic provided it. [ + ]
Hospital pharmacists' role in COVID-19 treatments
The introduction of oral antiviral treatments calls on the expertise and services of hospital pharmacists as we progress towards the endemic stage of this pandemic. [ + ]
The road to net zero emissions in health care
Health care will face substantial challenges transitioning to a net zero future, but those challenges must be faced sooner rather than later. [ + ]
General practice and the unconscious gender bias
Unconscious gender bias remains a significant barrier to women's careers all over the world, and the healthcare sector is no exception. [ + ]
Improving organisational performance in health care
The dedication that doctors and hospitals pour into delivering optimal patient outcomes must be matched by the same intensity of focus on the sector and how it operates. [ + ]
Mild COVID-19 linked to changes in brain structure: study
New research reveals the damaging effects of COVID-19 and improves our understanding of how the disease spreads through the central nervous system. [ + ]
Unaffordable innovation? The rising cost of patient care
The past two years have seen Australia's medical industry undergo significant changes, with e-health and telehealth quickly becoming the norm. [ + ]
Aged care and the great reset
The aged-care sector has begun to emerge from the challenges encountered over the summer from the COVID-19 Omicron wave. [ + ]
New guide urges stronger protection for healthcare workers
A new WHO/ILO guide is encouraging countries to strengthen the protection of health workers by improving the management of occupational health. [ + ]
NWMPHN calls for urgent structural changes to primary care
Melbourne GPs and their staff are under incredible strain after two years of pandemic response, and the situation is expected to worsen over coming months, says NWMPHN. [ + ]
How to alleviate the shortage of critical care nurses
The spread of the Omicron variant and the COVID-19 pandemic overall have contributed dramatically to the shortage of nurses in the nation's hospitals. [ + ]
Risk management in emergency care with timely test results review
Severe staff shortages, a surge in Omicron cases and an ageing population have put our already-stretched emergency departments and health system under enormous pressure. [ + ]
Health care's silver lining
Health care's digital transformation was well underway when the pandemic first hit, but the crisis led to a massive increase in adoption and acceptance of technology by hospitals and healthcare facilities as well as consumers, patients and carers. [ + ]
