General practice is crying out for a social media hero
You do not have to do an opinion poll to know that people have no idea what we do. If you asked the general public,…
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GP corporate behind pharmacy HPV screening launches $20 ‘menopause blood test’
Wesfarmers-owned GP telehealth corporate InstantScripts is offering a $20 “Menopause and Perimenopause Blood Test”, weeks after it was criticised for its pharmacy HPV screening plan.…
The Willy Wonka of death: Why Dr Philip Nitschke is making an implantable kill switch
Dr Philip Nitschke, the long-time euthanasia campaigner and one-time Aussie GP, was back in international headlines last month. The media’s interest had been stirred by…
Govt decision to tie care plan rebates to MyMedicare will ‘punish special interest GPs’
A GP with a non-accredited solo practice says the MyMedicare patient enrolment scheme is fragmenting care and hurting special interest GPs. Rebates for level C…
Path labs that don’t upload results to My Health Record will lose MBS rebates, Mark Butler warns
Medicare will take back rebates if imaging and pathology companies do not upload results to My Health Record in near real time, the Minister for…
Why this GP is tracking his patients in real time from his computer
A sizeable chunk of patients who visit Dr Kean-Seng Lim can expect to walk out attached to a variety of wearable monitoring devices. The GP…
Bupa clinical director defends decision to offer free telehealth consults for scripts and referrals
This week, Bupa revealed its offering 24/7 access to free telehealth consults, with patients able to secure prescriptions and referrals without having to see their…
AI producing medical notes for more than 10,000 consults a day, says Lyrebird boss
Doctors are using AI scribes to draft medical notes in more than 10,000 consult a day, claims Lyrebird co-founder Kai Van Lieshout. While the numbers…
Private health insurer offers free telehealth consults to two million members
Bupa is offering its two million members free telehealth consults with doctors, claiming they will avoid hundreds of dollars in gap fees. The patients will…
Four GPs admit breaches of Medicare’s 30/20 rule for phone consults: PSR
The PSR has reported its first cases of doctors repaying Medicare rebates after breaching the 30/20 rule on phone consults. Introduced in October 2022, the…
