World Health Day 7 April — living with a black dog
07 April, 2017The WHO campaign for World Health Day is focusing on the prevention and treatment of depression.
Heart risk for people with schizophrenia
08 February, 2017Australians with schizophrenia die 25 years earlier than others due to poor heart health.
Nearly a third of med students suffer depression
12 December, 2016"There's work stresses, there's the pressure to succeed, a lot of us are type-A personalities by nature, that's often what draws us to the profession, we're perfectionists." — Dr Dov Degen
Ethics and Aged Care
01 November, 2016 by AHHBIn this AHHB exclusive, Professor of Law at the University of Wollongong unpacks the issues facing an Australia with an increasingly ageing population. The number of people aged 65 or older has more than tripled over the last fifty years and was 3.4 million in 2014, while the number of people aged 85 and over increased nine fold to 456,600. The Australian Bureau of Statistics predicts that there will be 9.6 million people aged 65 and over and 1.9 million people aged 85 and over by 2064.
New clinical care standard for hip fracture
13 September, 2016 by Corin KellyThe Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care in collaboration with the Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand has released the Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard and accompanying resources. The resources provide guidance to consumers, clinicians and health services on delivering appropriate care to people with a hip fracture.
Inquiry supports RNs in aged care
11 November, 2015 by Corin KellyA four-month inquiry into the role of registered nurses within residential aged care in NSW, found shifts led by a registered nurse often reduced unnecessary hospitalisations and increased the quality of clinical care within residential aged sites.
Regional Assessment Services Providers Announced
02 April, 2015 by Petrina SmithAssistant Minister for Social Services Senator Mitch Fifield has announced 13 organisations selected to operate the My Aged Care Regional Assessment Services.
National Carer Awards Announced
17 November, 2014 by Petrina SmithFive carers have been announced as the inagural winners of the National Carer Awards, recognising the work they do to help people reach their full potential.
'My Access Checker' Helps Patients Access Support Tools
27 August, 2014 by Petrina SmithAs the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) expands its reach, health professionals are reminded to direct patients to the online self-assessment tool, My Access Checker.
Study Shows Antibiotics are Overused in Aged Care Facilities
21 July, 2014 by Petrina SmithAntibiotics are being overused in residential aged care facilities (RACFs), and more integrated efforts to improve antibiotic prescribing practices need to be introduced, researchers say.
No GP Tax in Our Name Campaign
30 May, 2014 by Petrina SmithThe Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) has thrown its support behind the ‘No GP Tax in our name!’ Campaign.
Policy Blue Print Set for Age Services Industry
08 April, 2014 by Petrina SmithMore than 60 senior provider members delivering the full spectrum of age services in both private and not for profit facilities have banded together to form a policy blue print for the age services industry.
Aboriginal Doctors Creating Blueprint for Indigenous Healthcare Across Australia
13 March, 2014 by Petrina SmithA new general practice centre operated by four Aboriginal doctors on Palm Island is streamlining healthcare in the region and creating a blueprint for Indigenous healthcare across Australia. The move heralds a new dawn in healthcare in the remote corner of Australia, a fantastic milestone for the community.
TGA Project Facilitates Health Professionals Reporting Adverse Events
07 March, 2014 by Petrina SmithThe Therapeutic Goods Administration is inviting medical software vendors to participate in a pilot project to facilitate reporting adverse events by health professionals. The project is to develop a TGA web service to assist software vendors who wish include access to reporting adverse events for health professionals in medical software. Following this pilot project, which is expected to run until April 2014, a TGA web service will be available to software vendors at no cost. Any company providing software to health professionals - such as general practitioners, hospital and community pharmacists, specialists and nurses - who submit reports of adverse events to medicines is welcome to participate. The web service will be compatible with both mobile and desktop devices. Involvement in the pilot will require vendors to develop a reporting interface within their own software program and to test transmission of reports using the web service from their software to the TGA in XML format. Reports of adverse events from health professionals are essential to the TGA’s safety monitoring activities. Feedback to the TGA indicates that the time required to report is a significant barrier to reporting by health professionals. Providing an adverse event reporting mechanism in medical software, particularly one that allows reports to be automatically populated from clinical record data, has been suggested as a way of reducing the time required to find, complete and send reporting forms. Development of the adverse event report web service is one of a number of projects that the TGA is currently undertaking to encourage adverse event reporting by health professionals and consumers by:
Message from leading age services Australia
17 September, 2013 by ahhbChief Executive Officer of Leading Age Services Australia, Patrick Reid, presents the spring edition foreword.
