From: https://www.ausdoc.com.au/opinion/my-fit-and-active-patient-woke-up-to-find-an-nfr-on-her-hospital-record-the-scourge-of-ageism/ My patient presented to a private hospital, haemorrhaging, and was assessed as too unstable to be managed there. She was transferred to the ED of a public hospital and taken straight into resuscitation. She was asked if she wanted to be resuscitated. “It depends on what I have,” she said. At that point no-one knew. She was asked if she had an advance care directive. “Yes,” she told them. Did she bring it with her? No,
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Source | PDF Independent hospital pricing an opportunity for genuine health reform The reality is private hospitals need fairer agreements with health funds. Providers, insurers, and government need to start a conversation. Martin Bowles | CEO Calvary Health Care As models of care and medical technology continue to advance, patient outcomes in Australia remain second to none. Our healthcare structure stands out in its balance of public and private sectors complementing each other to offer patients both accessibility and choice.
Book Review: How to Get Better Value Healthcare by J.A. Muir Gray Oxford Press, Oxford, Second edition (2011) PP138 $27.00 Buy on Amazon Like most of us, I have to read numerous documents from state and federal health and other statutory bodies. Some are helpful, containing useful information if you can find it. The problem with many of these publications is their length and size, including meandering preambles, numerous photographs of contented, curious and cooperative health professionals and lengthy descriptions
By Harriet Grayson in Health Services Daily From: https://www.healthservicesdaily.com.au/doctor-supported-death-squads-make-an-appearance/21901 It was just another day at the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into Healthcare Spending, where today’s death squad is tomorrow’s complex care committee. Establishing hospital or LHD-based committees to make decisions about further interventions for complex patients would be beneficial in reducing low-value care but carry a reputation of being “doctor-supported death squads”, an inquiry has heard. A senior clinician with Mid North Coast LHD told the NSW Special
Original Link: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/whistleblower-alleges-widespread-fraud-by-dozens-of-double-dipping-specialist-doctors-sparking-probes-20241113-p5kq5h.html November 16, 2024 | Age, The/The Sunday Age (Melbourne, Australia) | Melissa Cunningham | CRIME AND JUSTICE REPORTER | Page 6 Dozens of anaesthetists and surgeons have been accused of systematic fraud, double-dipping and pocketing off-the-book fees in a damning whistleblower complaint that has sparked probes by a federal regulator and private health insurers. The complaint centres on allegations that a group of doctors based on the Mornington Peninsula have been charging patients hidden out-of-pocket costs
Original Link: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/call-for-cheating-doctors-to-be-named-and-shamed-20241116-p5kr5b.html November 16, 2024 | Age, The/The Sunday Age: Web Edition Articles (Melbourne, Australia) | Melissa Cunningham Doctors who overbill patients should be named and shamed on a public register, according to one of Australia’s top health economists, and a class action against a group of Mornington Peninsula doctors allegedly overcharging might be on the cards. Patients have also been urged to check their Medicare records to ensure they have not been wrongly charged by their doctors. The
September 20, 2024 | Australian, The: Web Edition Articles (Australia) Author/Byline: Steve Robson | Section: Inquirer 2240 Words Australians could be forgiven for thinking their health system is crumbling around them at the worst possible time. We read reports of patients dying while waiting for ambulances to arrive, or in the back of ramped ambulances queueing up outside emergency departments. The number of Australians waiting for surgery in our public hospitals has reached an unprecedented level. Outside of public hospitals,
DANIELLE LONG 12:15am August 26, 2024 New York University marketing professor, best-selling author and award-winning podcaster Scott Galloway Ozempicand similar GLP-1 medicationsfor diabetes and obesity are set to dramatically transform the market as the drug’s flow-on effects impact food, drinks, quick-service restaurant brands and beyond, New York University marketing professor, best-selling author and podcaster Scott Galloway says. Speaking in Sydney last week at the ADMA Global Forum, Mr Galloway predicted the GLP-1 agonists would have a more significant impact on the
original article (FT paywall) PDF Opinion Food diet Ultra-processed and fast food is everywhere — and causing us harm It’s time we saw these products for what they are, stripped of their disingenuous branding Simon Wroe The writer is the author of the novel ‘Chop Chop’ and of ‘Sweet Dreams’, an immersive cinema experience Picture a world where Tony the Tiger is caged, Ronald McDonald has hung up his clown shoes, and Colonel Sanders is court-martialled; where what’s euphemistically
:: Meeting Notes Ross Gittins’ dinner remarks Further insights into prevention: The largest leap in life expectancy occurred towards the end of the 1960s through to around 2010, where we enjoyed an unprecedented extra 20 years in life expectancy within that short period of time. Its thought this is mostly due prevention and subsequently improved treatment of cardiovascular disease (given that other determinants hadn’t changed that much during this time – prior to this period, nutrition and control communicable diseases).