Smart Practice

3 steps to solving your money woes

2nd March 2020
Even just the mention of ‘budgeting’ can be enough to send some people into a panic. Images of austere living, sacrificing…
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Money
Medical Observer Opinion

Which non-GP specialist deserves your referral? Here's how this GP decides

24th February 2020
There are many interested parties who try to influence our clinical activities. Sometimes it is Big Pharma, with the latest…
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Referral
Australian Doctor News

GPs 'forced to refer' under MBS wound care plan

14th February 2020
GPs could be forced to refer patients with unhealed wounds to specially trained pharmacists and nurses for management, under…
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Dressing wound
Smart Practice

Will the NBN end the fax fixation?

14th February 2020
No topic rears its dusty head as frequently as the various failed efforts to axe the fax in medical practice. The promise…
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Fax machines
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COVID-19 in diabetes patients: timely advice for GPs

6th April 2020
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cohen-neale
Medical Observer Opinion

4 letters GPs receive that aren't worth the paper they're written on

29th January 2020
I’m not sure if it’s being back at work after the summer break, the drought and the bushfires, or just that I am now a…
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GP letter
Medical Observer Opinion

This GP worked long hours but her clinic failed anyway - here's why

13th January 2020
Late last year, I became an Australian citizen. It was a long but worthwhile journey (special thanks to my fellow GP and AMA…
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Rural GP
Australian Doctor News

Scrap ban on charging for wound dressings in bulk-billed consults, says MBS taskforce

10th January 2020
GPs should be allowed to charge for bandages and dressings given to patients in bulk-billed consultations, an MBS review…
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bandage