Quiz — Are your paper-based patient records error-proof?
You have computerised your practice but still rely on your old paper files. Take the quiz: × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering the medical…
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Do you know the dollar value of what your GP practice is actually worth?
Successful practice owners maximise their investment returns by continuing to evolve the way they do business. They continue to set new goals to counter existing…
Quiz — Are you liable for this rural patient’s prolonged hospital stay?
You are one of two GPs in a small country town. Once a month a surgeon flies in to do a list for you and…
Quiz — Can you agree to withhold information from a divorced parent?
A young mother of two children seeks your help. Their schoolteachers have recommended they have counselling and their mother is seeking your assistance with the…
Quiz — Is this situation covered by mandatory reporting legislation?
One of your medical school classmates is a specialist and reports that he was recently found guilty of driving under the influence of a high level…
Quiz — How can you defend against a claim of failure to follow up?
You practise in a regional centre and see a 28-year-old man with a history of intermittent chest pain with radiation. Take the quiz: × Welcome…
Quiz — Can you deflect this claim over abnormal test results found during an insurance medical?
You are asked by an insurance company to prepare a medical report on a 55-year-old man that includes a list of blood tests. Take the…
Quiz — Are you covered by good samaritan laws when acting as a volunteer doctor?
Your daughter plays hockey for her high school and has been selected to go on a three-week overseas tour. Knowing that you will be one…
Quiz — Does your MDO cover punitive damages in a medical negligence claim?
You read in the media of an American medical negligence claim, where a court awarded a plaintiff not only general damages but also punitive damages.…
Quiz — Will you lose this delayed diagnosis claim by a patient who ignored your advice?
A 65-year-old man consults you, for the first time, for a checkup. He says he is perfectly fit and healthy and only came to see…
