More than half of US doctors don’t vote
In the run up to the American election, new research shows fewer than 40% of doctors vote, probably because they're too busy.
Tag: Workload
After nearly four decades in medicine, I am tired
I have a lot of energy. I have been going and going and going for so long. And today, it hit me. I’m tired. I…
COVID-19: Burnout rising among medical oncologists
Surveys show the profound changes to doctors’ jobs wrought by the pandemic are taking a toll.
Hospital in the nursing home failed in COVID outbreak: inquiry
A review into the Newmarch House outbreak has found the program was compromised by lack of staff.
Doctor warns Vic hospitals to hit capacity ‘within weeks’
The state has been 'blindsided' by healthcare worker infections, says Dr Sarah Whitelaw, an emergency consultant at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
The darker fears haunting the battle over ECGs
Comment: This row stems from the deep fracture line that has cut through the MBS Review Taskforce from the very beginning, writes AusDoc's editor P…
MBS Review: As chair of the taskforce’s cardiac committee I’d like to explain the ECG revamp
The cuts in Medicare funding for GPs to perform and interpret ECGs has sparked a political stoush. The Federal Government says the changes were based on…
Doctors’ lack of sleep not always to blame for errors
Workload seems to be the important factor, US study in intensive care shows.
Why so-called coronavirus clearance certificates are a waste of everybody’s time
Last week, my two-year-old niece was sent home from daycare for having a runny nose — a sin that would otherwise be commonplace on a windy…
Stop asking GPs for virus clearance certificates, college demands
RACGP President Dr Harry Nespolon says doctors are fed up with being asked for the certificates.
