Pathology company starts using My Health Record again after minister’s rebuke
Pathology company Healius has started uploading test results to My Health Record again, a week after it was accused of risking patient safety. Minister…
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How telehealth consults can go seriously wrong: study
When a GP heard a 16-year-old girl’s symptoms of lethargy, fever and poor oral intake during a telehealth appointment, he thought it was likely glandular…
Why GPs want to move on from ‘dingy’ baby health books
They are treasured by parents, but a leading GP has described baby health books as dingy, outdated and in need of a digital upgrade. Newly…
Bacteriophage renaissance: Could ‘hungry’ viruses save us from antibiotic resistance?
“Long before mammals evolved, bacteria and viruses were fighting it out on this planet. “Some viruses adapted to live quietly in bacteria. “But a lot…
Telehealth and COVID-19 Quick Guide for December
AusDoc’s December telehealth and COVID-19 MBS items Quick Guide is now available, including the big changes implemented in November. These include new item numbers for telehealth…
Mark Butler accuses pathology company of withholding results from My Health Record
Pathology giant Healius is putting patients at risk by not uploading results to My Health Record, Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler claims.…
Doctors revert to pen and paper after electronic medical record glitch hits hospitals
Doctors were back to using paper and pen after a glitch meant digital patient records at Queensland’s public hospitals were down for nine hours. Up…
More than 200 emergency calls failed during Optus outage
Optus says 228 calls to triple zero failed during a 12-hour outage that affected internet and phone services to millions of customers on 8 November. …
Most GP work could be done over the phone, says top researcher
Could GPs make 80% of their diagnoses over the phone? This GP turned professor of evidence-based medicine thinks so. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and…
Major pathology provider could be fined millions over hack response
Australian Clinical Labs could face millions of dollars in fines over a 2022 hack involving data on 200,000 patients. Australian Information Commissioner Angelene Falk has…
