Specialist Updates Cardiology

Do STEMI patients do better in intensive care?

12th June 2019
Patients with STEMI who have borderline need for intensive care after initial treatment are less likely to die if they are…
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Medical Observer Opinion

How artificial intelligence uses chaos theory to predict death

6th June 2019
How does artificial intelligence make its decisions? What is the nature of its rational thought? It’s a question that…
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AI death prediction
6Minutes News

7 facts about hospital admissions

24th May 2019
The number of patients being admitted to hospital for vaccine-preventable diseases has jumped by almost 50% in the past two…
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Hospital
Medical Observer Opinion

Hospital discharge woes: In summary, GPs aren't magicians or mind-readers

22nd May 2019
This is a time when patients are most at risk of iatrogenic illness: discharged from hospital, with changes to medications…
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Magician
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Survey: What’s your approach to psoriasis?

12th June 2019
This survey is produced and distributed by Australian Doctor Group on behalf of Leo Pharma. Australian Doctor wants to hear…
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Australian Doctor News

Doctor who wrote scripts for girlfriends loses bid to return to practice

21st May 2019
This story has been updated. A doctor struck off after prescribing antibiotics to his girlfriends has lost his bid to…
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Court
6Minutes News

Fessing up to errors reduces patient deaths

9th May 2019
Having open discussions about errors or poor patient care helps reduce mortality rates in hospitals, according to UK-based…
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hospitals
Smart Practice

Cheap USB sticks may be the key to better discharge summaries

9th May 2019
Hospital discharge summaries are still the bane of too many GPs’ professional lives. An up-to-date electronic health record…
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