Items of Interest
The most recently issued Ministerial or departmental media releases for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing are available on the DHA's website
COUNTRY SOUTH SA MEDICARE LOCAL UNDERESTIMATING THE FLU THIS SEASON COULD PROVE DEADLY It’s a little known fact that complications from influenza kill more than 2500 Australians each year. That’s more than the average national road toll of 1500. Country South SA Medicare Local (CSSAML) is urging the local community to protect themselves and get immunised for the flu season that is creeping up on us again. CSSAML Board Member and practicing GP Dr Grant…
Impact of improvements to Indigenous identification in hospital data on patterns of hospitalised injury This report examines the effects of improvements in Indigenous identification in hospitals data on patterns of hospitalised injury among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The inclusion of hospitalisation data from New South Wales and Victoria has led to a change in the injury profile of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which appears to be driven by the differences in…
Primary Care and General Practice in Australia The overall health of a population is directly linked to the strength of its primary care system; a strong primary care system delivers higher quality of care and better health for less cost. Placing primary care, as delivered through general practice and supported by Medicare, at the centre of the health care system has long been a key tenet of Australia’s health care system. It is a major…
Patient Solidarity Day 30 October 2013 Health Systems In Africa Are Under Increasing Pressure And Cannot Cope If They Continue To Focus On Diseases Rather Than Patients. Africa Has The Highest Rates Of Under-Five Mortality, The Highest Rates Of Maternal Mortality And The Largest HIV Prevalence Of Any Other World Region. In Response To This Evidence, On 30 October 2013, Patients In Countries Across Africa Will Come Together To Mark The First Regional Patient…
Planetree Inc. Is A Non-Profit Organisation Founded In 1978 By A Patient, Angelica Thieriot. Her Vision Was To Personalise, Humanise And Demystify Healthcare Through Patient Empowerment, Healing Partnerships And Healing Environments. Planetree Promotes Development And Implementation Of Models Of Health Care That Focus On Healing And Nurturing Body, Mind And Spirit And Provides Education And Information To Health Care Providers. Planetree’s Philosophy Is Based On A Simple Premise: Care Should Be Organized First And Foremost…
The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about groups in The Cochrane Collaboration. It includes: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Methodology Register, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessment Database, NHS Economic Evaluation Database and information about the Cochrane Collaboration. It is free to…
A New Book By E-Patient Dave De Bronkart (With Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH. Introduction by Eric J. Topol, MD) Concise reasons, tips & methods for making patient engagement effective. This is the third book by e-Patient Dave, cancer beater, blogger, internationally known keynote speaker and advocate for patient engagement; co-founder and past co-chair of the Society for Participatory Medicine. The book's web page is here Buy the book at www.createspace.comk/3682541 Extraordinary praise for Let…
Promoting a Healthy Australia (the Australian National Preventive Health Agency) is committed to improving health outcomes for all Australians. The most recently issued Ministerial or departmental media releases from the Australian National Preventive Health Agency are available on the ANPHA website at: www.anpha.gov.au/internet/anpha/publishing.nsf/Content/media-releases
Journal of Public Deliberation is a peer review, open access journal with the principal objective of synthesizing the research, opinion, projects, experiments and experiences of academics and practitioners in the emerging multi-disciplinary field and political movement called "deliberative democracy." Current Issue: Volume 8, Issue 2 (2012) The Spread of Participatory Budgeting Across the Globe: Adoption, Adaptation, and Impact available here
