Last April, journalist Ray Moynihan wrote this Crikey article revealing that public hospital “guidelines”, recommending widespread use of a group of drugs to stop serious blood c... Read more
The awful irony about maternity care, as an important new report from the US makes clear, is that it is the field that helped launch the evidence-based health care revolution. The irony aris... Read more
Brett Forge, a physician and cardiologist from Warragul in Victoria, has sent in the following comments regarding his inclusion on the Crikey Register of Influence: Dear Crikey Many thanks f... Read more
As the blurb to the right indicates, the Croakey blog takes a sharp interest in evidence-informed policy and practice, transparency and informed public debate. In the interests of all these... Read more
Dr Patrick Bolton, Vice President, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association, has some further interesting points to make on surgical safety: “The recent study which showed tha... Read more
Professor Guy Maddern, professor of surgery at the University of Adelaide, has sent in the following comment re previous posts on whether Australian hospitals should implement the WHO checkl... Read more
Unlike most diagnostic tests, the retrospectoscope is universally reliable, even in the hands of a journalist like myself. With the benefit of the retrospectoscope, it now seems so obvious.... Read more
A study comparing outcomes for public and private hospital births was published in the Medical Journal of Australia in February. It attracted dramatic headlines. “Public hospital births doub... Read more
Should Australian hospitals be required to implement the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist which has been shown to reduce post operative deaths and complications? The UK National Patient Safety... Read more
The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association is circulating this press release as part of its regular news update. The release quotes “a recent study by University of Westminste... Read more
