No heartsink: Why GPs should encourage patients to draw up The List
Dr Marguerite Tracy wants to convince GPs that patients turning up at the consult with the dreaded list can be a positive, not heartsink, moment.…
Dr Marguerite Tracy wants to convince GPs that patients turning up at the consult with the dreaded list can be a positive, not heartsink, moment.…
If doctors present weight loss interventions as an “opportunity” and with a “smiley” tone, patients are more likely to have success, according to a UK…
The Federal Government’s Medical Costs Finder is touted as the answer to ‘bill shock’, with the website revealing the out-of-pocket fees specialists charge for a…
A GP in the UK has written to her patients demanding an end to the hostility aimed at her fellow doctors and her practice staff.…
A judge has stopped the PSR demanding up to 25 years’ worth of records from a GP whose Medicare claims for a one-year period are…
A new patient presented and summarised her medical history for me. It was only when I got a copy of her medical records, that I discovered…
GPs who do not bulk-bill have been dubbed unethical in an annual survey of 1000 people. The Ethics Index, an annual report by corporate ethics…
The long and winding road to voluntary patient enrolment in Australia is nearly complete. In about three weeks, patients will be able to register with…
The consultation is winding down. You’re getting ready to move on, saying goodbye, and then you hear: “Doctor, one more thing…” Or perhaps the patient…
MyMedicare is officially here. Since 1 July, practices can register for the Federal Government’s voluntary patient enrolment scheme before the incentives start flowing later this…
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