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e-Health Records Blueprint released as National Health Reform continues to deliver |
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Tuesday, 12 April 2011 21:30 |
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12 April 2011
THE HON NICOLA ROXON MP
Minister for Health and Ageing
MEDIA RELEASE
e-Health Records Blueprint released as National Health Reform continues to deliver
A national blueprint for the development of e-health records ready for their 1 July 2012 launch, helping Australians to better manage their own healthcare, has been released today.
Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon said the release of the blueprint was a major step forward for national health reform and the development of personally controlled electronic health records (PCEHR).
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Hospital's magic wound wand |
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Friday, 01 April 2011 06:14 |
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The Standard
Hospital's magic wound wand
TINA LIPTAI
31 Mar, 2011 04:00 AM
AFTER years of living with chronic wound on his foot, Chris Schussler has a spring back in his step thanks to a new technology being used in Warrnambool.
The Low Frequency Ultrasonic Debridement machine uses new technology in the fight against chronic wounds and the $100,000 machine being used at Warrnambool's South West Healthcare is one of only four available in the state.
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National E-Health Conference Report |
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10,000 patients seen at walk-in clinic |
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Thursday, 03 February 2011 07:05 |
The Canberra Times
BY PETER JEAN, HEALTH REPORTER
02 Feb, 2011 01:00 AM
Waking up with conjunctivitis-type symptoms sparked some unpleasant thoughts in Tim Blair's mind.
Besides coping with the gunk in his eyes, the Downer father would face the inconvenience of making arrangements to see a doctor as soon as possible.
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Tuesday, 16 November 2010 13:32 |
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Wednesday, 30 March 2011 07:15 |
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Wound Awareness Week: You Don't Have To Suffer In Silence, Australia
Source: Queensland University of Technology
Article Date: 29 Mar 2011 - 2:00 PDT
It's not something people like to talk about much - but it's an issue which affects more than 470,000 Australians and absorbs $2.6 billion of the health care budget each year. It can stop your social life in its tracks and cause a lot of physical pain. Many people think there is nothing that can be done about chronic wounds. But that's not true.
This week is Wound Awareness Week. And nurse practitioner in wound management Michelle Gibb from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) wants to get a very important message out there: "There are simple things you can do to improve your healing outcomes and to prevent wounds from coming back. You don't have to suffer in silence."
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Nurse practitioners: changing the healthcare landscape? |
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Thursday, 03 March 2011 16:32 |
Nurse practitioners: changing the healthcare landscape?
The Pulse
by Rebecca Jenkins
Published 24/02/2011
When we're sick most of us think of the doctor. But with access to doctors an issue for some of us, could nurse practitioners be the answer to some of our healthcare needs?
Most of us have memories of visiting the family doctor when we were sick as children. This friendly and familiar figure checked your sore ears, listened to your heartbeat and gave you jellybeans at the end of your visit.
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Why has the Nurse Practitioner been granted Prescribing Privileges? |
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011 12:16 |
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Why has the Nurse Practitioner been granted
Prescribing Privileges?
Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research Volume 40, No. 4, 2010.
First November 2010 saw the enactment of legislation pertaining to nurse practitioners and midwives and their access to the Medical Benefits Schedule and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. The Federal Health Minister, the Honorary Nicola Roxon announced: ‘For the first time, Nurse Practitioners are able to access relevant new items under the Medicare Benefits Schedule and to prescribe certain medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme'.
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SA NURSE PRACTITIONER SCHOLARSHIP |
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Monday, 08 November 2010 19:55 |
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The Nurse Practitioner Scholarship and Support Scheme is an initiative of the South Australian Government supporting registered nurses to undertake additional study required to become Nurse Practitioners.
Click here for more infromation
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