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Agreement found on stillbirth recommendations
The Federal Government recently accepted the recommendations made by the Senate Select Committee on Stillbirth Research and Education Report, engendering...
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New restraints regulations for residential aged care facilities
BY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ANDREW C MILLER AM, CHAIR, MEDICAL PRACTICE COMMITTEEYou don’t have to look far to find examples of inappropriate use of restraints on...
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Funding, not penalties, for hospitals, says AMA
The AMA lodged a submission on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2020-21, and welcomes Independent Hospital Pricing Authority’s (...
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Artificial intelligence in public health – not the slow to emerge oxymoron you may have imagined
BY DR RODERICK MCRAE, CHAIR, AMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC HOSPITAL DOCTORSEvery day may appear the same as the last in the public hospital system, but...
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Government agency updates charter on healthcare rights
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has launched a revised charter of rights that encourages people to be actively involved in...
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AMA Report Card becomes reality TV
BY AMA PRESIDENT DR TONY BARTONEThe 2019 AMA Public Hospital Report Card, which was released to great effect early in the May election campaign, has become...
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Commitment to help wipeout TB in Asia Pacific
Australian has committed $13 million towards global efforts in eradicating tuberculosis in South-East Asia and the Pacific region.TB is the world’s most common...
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Fifty years on and it remains a highlight
BY CHRIS JOHNSON A lot happened in the history of the world 50 years ago.In July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped foot on the moon....
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Progress made by some countries in fight against tobacco
The World Health Organisation’s seventh report on the global tobacco epidemic shows that while many governments around the world are making progress with...
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WMA condemns arrest of Turkish health professionals
The arrest of four Turkish health professionals for providing medical care to a wounded child in Turkey during a curfew has been deplored by the World Medical...
