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Healthcare
“A fate worse than death..?”
Dr Colin Currie, Chair, Hip Fracture Audit Database Special Interest Group, Fragility Fracture Network; Clinical Lead (Geriatric Medicine), 2007-2013, UK National Hip Fracture Database will be presenting at the upcoming 3rd Annual Hip Fracture Management Conference, taking place on the 3rd and 4th December 2014 at the Sydney Harbour Marriott. Dr Currie joined us to share some interesting insights…
22 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsHealthcare
Hip fracture audit matters! Effectively managing hip fracture patients to improve outcomes
Dr Colin Currie, Chair, Hip Fracture Audit Database Special Interest Group, Fragility Fracture Network; Clinical Lead (Geriatric Medicine), 2007-2013, UK National Hip Fracture Database, joined us recently to discuss the importance of hip fracture management and audit. Colin will be presenting at the upcoming 3rd Annual Hip Fracture Management Conference, which will take place on…
22 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsHealthcare
Raising awareness and developing a medical tourism industry in Australia
Australia has always been a popular tourist destination due to its unique natural beauty, but now Australia is taking steps to establish itself as a medical tourism destination. Despite having some of the world’s best medical facilities, Australia’s market share in global medical tourism has been relatively small. This is due to a number of…
15 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsHealthcare | Technology
Stephen Munn on healthcare technology assessment
In the lead up to the 3rd Annual Health Technology Assessment Conference, Professor Stephen Munn, Clinical Director, Transplantation at Auckland District Health Board joined us to talk about healthcare technology assessment. My expertise in HTA comes from 9 years as the chair of a hospital-based HTA unit during which time we've received more than 75 submissions…
3 Oct 2014, by Informa InsightsHealthcare
The challenge of gaining international consensus in clinical testing
Despite the routine nature of comparing sequence variations identified during clinical testing to database records, few databases meet quality requirements for clinical diagnostics. To address this issue, The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) in collaboration with the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA), and the Human Variome Project (HVP) is developing standards for…
30 Sep 2014, by Informa InsightsHealthcare | Technology
The role of ethics in emerging health technologies
In the lead up to the 3rd Annual Health Technology Assessment Conference, which is taking place on the 24th and 25th November at Swissotel Sydney, we caught up with Dr Monique Jonas, Lecturer in Health Systems at the University of Auckland. Dr Jonas will be presenting a session on "Integrating Ethics in the HTA" at the event…
24 Sep 2014, by Informa InsightsHealthcare
Domestic violence – The hard truth in numbers
Between 2008 and 2010, 89 women were KILLED by their current or former partner - this equates to almost 1 woman killed every week. A 2012 survey revealed that 17% of women participants had suffered physical or sexual violence by a current or former partner since the age of 15, and 5.3% of their male counterparts…
17 Sep 2014, by Informa InsightsHealthcare
Heel healing made easy
Dressing the heel is rather awkward and is made difficult by the fragility of the skin in this area. Mepilex Border Heel is an all-in-one foam dressing shaped to fit the heel that effectively absorbs and retains exudate and maintains a moist wound environment. The Safetac layer seals the wound edges, prevents exudate leakage onto…
16 Sep 2014, by Informa InsightsHealthcare
The impact of delegation and supervision on improving patient safety
Sally Sutherland-Fraser, Education Consultant and Founding Partner, Health Education and Learning Partnerships spoke at the 6th Annual Operating Theatre Management Conference last month. Sally and her colleague Menna Davies, Perioperative Education Consultant and Co-founder of Health Education & Learning Partnerships, bring together considerable educational experience and clinical nursing expertise to provide consultancy services for the healthcare industry.…
15 Sep 2014, by Informa InsightsDefence & Security | Healthcare
Doing more with less on healthcare security
The vast majority of healthcare security functions do not generate revenue, and those few that do rarely generate enough to be self-sustaining. Security costs money, but it should be viewed more as an investment rather than an expense. Unfortunately within the current climate, how healthcare security should be viewed and how it is often viewed, are entirely…
11 Sep 2014, by Informa InsightsInforma Connect Australia is the nation's leading event organiser. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.
