The Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA) has called for the major parties to make fixing the health workforce shortage their number one health policy priority for the upcoming federal election. [ + ]

The work of nurses and midwives has been recognised with eight finalists announced for the 2022 HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards. [ + ]

While foods were the highest cause of anaphylaxis episodes, antimicrobial drugs, non-steroid anti-inflammatories, penicillin and cephalosporins made up the bulk of medication-related episodes. [ + ]

Construction company Multiplex has won the enabling works contract for the $835 million John Hunter Hospital Innovation Precinct (JHHIP). [ + ]

Monash University's registry-based clinical trial, PROpatient, aims to determine if symptom monitoring and care coordination, using digital patient pathways, improve quality of life for cancer patients. [ + ]

An Adelaide father–son duo — UniSA's Associate Professor Chris Alderman and his son Jonathon — have developed a free medical word game, Meddle. [ + ]

Five childhood risk factors that predict stroke and heart attacks in adulthood have been identified after being tracked for up to half a century in the world's largest international prospective cardiovascular disease study. [ + ]

The spread of drug-resistant bacteria in the community is increasing the risk of death for common infections such as urinary tract infections (UTIs) — which affect around one in two women and one in 20 men in their lifetime. [ + ]

Labour and natural childbirth cause stress on a mother's body but an emergency caesarean is associated with even more inflammatory gene expression in the placenta, according to a new study. [ + ]

ASX-listed TALi Digital has appointed Mary Elizabeth Brinson, former vice president, Global Clinical Affairs, Cochlear, as its new Chief Medical Officer. [ + ]

The winners of the Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA) 2022 Awards For Excellence were announced at a gala dinner in Adelaide on 4 April 2022. [ + ]

The $60.5 million Weststate Private Hospital in Townsville has appointed Rauland Australia to deploy technology aimed at ensuring patient experience is at the forefront of its services. [ + ]

Offering mailed nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and Quitline support to patients encouraged almost one-third of smokers to quit before their elective surgery. [ + ]

The controversial mitochondrial donation Bill — called Maeve's Law — has passed the Senate by 37 to 17 votes. [ + ]

Metro North Health's The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) has introduced new radiation protection technology to safeguard cardiologists from potentially harmful radiation while performing life-saving procedures. [ + ]