6minutes News

Alert over patients' ability to secretly record telehealth consults

30th April 2021
Patients can easily secretly record telehealth consults, which they can use later in disciplinary proceedings, a group of…
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Australian Doctor News

Medicare billing experts: The story of a $600,000 GP defamation stoush

26th April 2021
Back in September 2017, Dr Rajan Anand was being called a scumbag.  The Adelaide GP had just begun a new business called…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Why are GPs so worried about COVID-19 vaccine indemnity?

23rd April 2021
There's currently anxiety in some quarters about consent and professional liability associated with the COVID-19 vaccination…
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6minutes News

Doctor considered amputating leg to save teen's life: inquest

23rd April 2021
An infectious diseases specialist has told an inquest he was considering amputation to save the life of a gravely ill…
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Heavy menstrual bleeding: a video on treatment choices for women

11th May 2021

Watch this useful refresher on best practice assessment and management 
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Doctors could end up taking the blame for adverse events, warns AMA Vic

22nd April 2021
Doctors could become “scapegoats” for adverse events in Victorian hospitals under landmark proposals requiring an apology to…
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Associate Professor Julian Rait.
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Doctor regrets not doing full obs on teen with infected toenail: inquest

20th April 2021
The first doctor to treat a teenager, whose death from septicaemia is believed to have been caused by an infected toenail,…
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Australian Doctor News

'You are covered': MDO reassures GPs over AstraZeneca vaccine

15th April 2021
ATAGI’s declaration that there is a “likely causal link” between AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and thrombosis with…
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Georgie Haysom