Below Associate Professor Christopher Carter, Chief Executive Officer, Inner North West Melbourne Medicare Local (INWMML), shares the interesting findings of their recent study into non emer... Read more
The likelihood of a “federal takeover” of health (as mooted by Kevin Rudd in 2007) looks ever more remote. However, there seems to be a growing chorus of support for this in Tasm... Read more
This article was first published at The Conversation. Robert Wells writes: Health professionals and patients alike breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when Prime Minister Julia Gillard annou... Read more
Below are some links to recommended reading. They cover everything from the challenged role of doctors, and the federal health budget, to inequality, AMA chest-beating, health policy –... Read more
Just in case the previous two Croakey posts haven’t satiated your appetite for reading about COAG and health reform, below is more commentary and analysis… Beyond the hyperbole A... Read more
In health policy, it is rare to find an initiative that is universally blessed. This is partly because health policy is frequently about finding the “least worst option”, there being few mea... Read more
A National Forum on Safety and Quality in Healthcare will be held in Canberra next week, with the theme, Society, Regulators and Health Providers: a clash of expectations? The forum is hoste... Read more
From next month, Australians will be able to search a MyHospitals website to find out information about public hospitals, according to recent statements from Health Minister Nicola Roxon and... Read more
(Part 3 of a Croakey series on health reform). Cost-shifting, blame-shifting and patient-shifting are an integral part of our health system, and the COAG health reforms are unlikely to signa... Read more
