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Healthcare
How a clinical quality registry is redefining short stay surgery
A clinical quality registry, developed by anaesthetist Dr Ken Sleeman, has now surveyed more than half a million surgical patients - and its responses are helping to refine short-stay care throughout Australia. Boasting an 86 percent response rate, the DayCOR survey is introduced to patients in pre-operative consultations and sent to their phones for completion…
3 Jun 2026, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Short stay mental health units – a patient or insurer-driven model?
Ever since short-stay mental health units were introduced in the early 2000s, there has been speculation about whether reduced bed days are in patients’ best interests, or a proxy for insurer cost control. And while both arguments have merit, Mark Sweeney of Avive Health claims the debate is less binary than many assume. Mark says…
26 May 2026, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Australia’s biotech boom is real, but has the capital stack caught up?
Australia’s biotechnology industry is picking up after an $829 million injection of venture capital last year - but is the stack large enough to capitalise on the global biotech boom? Sarah Meibusch who leads the Life Science practice at OneVentures believes Australia’s chances are strong - but cautions that the market is still “highly selective”.…
7 May 2026, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
What is the best way to structure an urgent care model?
The staffing models of Medicare-funded urgent care clinics (UCCs) in Australia are currently being scrutinised, after researchers have warned the ‘one doctor, one nurse’ structure is being stressed by growing patient volumes. Professor John Adie of ForHealth Group says his research - published today in the AJGP - shows that some UCCs see everyone who…
6 May 2026, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
What can we learn from urgent care in the US?
Urgent care clinics (UCC) were born from a need to absorb patient overspill from the US’s overburdened emergency departments (ED) - but decades on, they have overtaken them in popularity, seeing almost twice as many annual visits. With walk-in access to medical teams, the clinics are an attractive proposition for low-acuity patients, who can be…
4 May 2026, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Private healthcare is facing a crisis – is a hybrid model still the answer?
Australia’s private health sector is facing a “fiscal cliff” and must be treated as one half of a hybrid system alongside its “public health sibling” if both are to stay above water, according to Cathy Ryan of Cabrini Health. Speaking ahead of the Health Insurance Summit, Ms Ryan said that governing private and public health…
21 Apr 2026, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
A novel approach to treating cancer in dementia patients
When someone has dementia, routine treatments for cancer can cause major psychological disturbances – but thanks to award-winning nurse Lorraine Burgess, there could now be a safer way to bring these patients back to health. Having worked for the UK's National Health Service for fifty years, Ms Burgess has watched countless people with dementia undergo…
30 Mar 2026, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Are advance care plans truly serving people with dementia?
Advance care plans are designed to extend a person’s autonomy following a dementia diagnosis and give them a voice in the later stages of their illness. When executed well, they can provide comfort to the patient and their support network who are facing an uncertain future. In practice, however, Dr Denise Craig – who studied…
12 Mar 2026, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Reimagining Hospital in the Home: how Philips is supporting the next phase of virtual care
As Australian health systems work to expand Hospital in the Home (HITH) services to meet a targeted 15 percent year-on-year growth, the focus is shifting from incremental change to scalable models of care. As a global leader in virtual care and remote monitoring, Philips is working with Health Districts across Australia to help design and…
11 Mar 2026, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
What does ‘quality’ aged care really mean?
The quality of Australia’s aged care system has been under scrutiny since the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, where it was alleged the sector needed stricter clinical governance. But what if the focus was less clinical and more about users’ quality of life, recognising their needs as people, irrespective of their age…
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