Improving mental health care of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals
26 April, 2024Questions that mental health nurses ask on the frontline help them guide consumers to the safest place in the emergency department, clinic or ward.
Can training help care teams shape patient mindset, improve outcomes?
27 February, 2024A new pilot study explores the effectiveness of patient mindset training on provider learning, behaviour and care outcomes.
Vitamin D helps reduce depressive symptoms: meta-analysis
17 August, 2022The analysis, carried out as part of an international collaboration between Australian, Finnish and US researchers, features results from 41 studies.
Diabetes: 175 diagnoses a day, least recognised complication revealed
12 July, 2022More than 1.3 million Australians received a diabetes diagnosis between 2000 and 2020, according to 'Diabetes: Australian facts' from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14, say health experts
08 December, 2021A coalition of 30 health and medical organisations has called on all state and territory premiers, health ministers and attorneys-general to urgently raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to at least 14 years of age.
Preparing the older brain for workforce re-entry
25 May, 2021 by Dr Michael Merzenich*At any age, every brain is capable of very substantial change, in an improving and strengthening direction.
Hospital trials show low-cost tools help reduce medical errors
25 August, 2020A series of trials run in Victorian hospitals over three years reveal that simple, low-cost behavioural interventions could help reduce the risk of avoidable medical errors.
The cost of underemploying nurses in aged care
21 February, 2020 by Amy SarcevicNurses' submissions to the ongoing Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety call for better nurse-to-resident ratios.
Paramedic PTSD double that of other health professionals
18 June, 2019Paramedics are the 'forgotten profession' within health care, and are not receiving enough help to overcome psychological injuries caused by their work.
Fake psychologist charged $40K in fines, costs
10 April, 2019Within two weeks of a conviction for similar behaviour, a counsellor again alleged he was a 'psychologist'.
Get your (globally recognised) game face on
23 January, 2019A new study has found that, despite humans having hundreds of facial expressions, only 35 are universally recognised.
Collaboration is key in aged care
08 November, 2016 by AHHBCollaboration is a word that is often used but not often enough put into practice.
The PASA 2nd Annual Aged Care Procurement Conference
15 March, 2016 by ahhbIntensive Care: Decision-Making for the Critically Ill
05 July, 2015 by ahhbAustralian Mental Health Care Classification Consultation Paper Released
06 January, 2015 by Petrina SmithThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) has released the first public consultation paper on the Development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification.
