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Healthcare
Surgery Connect program to hit major milestone
By the end of this financial year, The Queensland Government will have expedited the care of more than 30, 000 public patients, to stabilise the statewide elective surgery waiting list, thanks to a $1.75 billion investment, which includes the Surgery Connect program. Established in 2008, Surgery Connect leverages relationships with 58 private providers, who deliver…
4 Jul 2025, by Amy SarcevicBusiness | Healthcare
Could R&D financing keep biotech’s wheels in motion amid geopolitical uncertainty?
Australia’s biotechnology industry is facing an uncertain period, amid sweeping changes to US healthcare policy, which have already seen investors take a more cautious approach to biotech financing. With the US representing biotech’s largest market, companies who use conventional capital raising methods, are seeing more closed doors in their bid to fund clinical trials, or…
27 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Legal
Overcoming birth trauma, post inquiry – what needs to happen?
In 2024, a landmark parliamentary inquiry found ‘unacceptable’ rates of birth trauma in Australia, with one in three women directly affected. One year on, how much progress has the sector made; and what more needs to be done, to further drive down these figures? Ahead of the Obstetric Medico Legal Conference, we spoke with Professor…
24 Jun 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Inside Southern Cross Care’s innovative aged care model
Matt Martin, Head of Strategy at Southern Cross Care Queensland (SCCQ), knew the Known and Loved cultural transformation program, was making a difference, when a 96-year-old resident told workers she was “living her best life”, and “couldn’t be happier” with her care. The resident, who was receiving respite services in Chinchilla, west of Brisbane, appeared…
22 May 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
The new model of care that reconceptualises dementia
A diagnosis of dementia has historically been seen as the start of a downward slope, in which continual cognitive decline is inevitable. However, a Scandinavian-inspired rehabilitative program, led by occupational and family therapist, Jane Verity, founder of Dementia Care International - is helping to reconceptualise the condition. The program, which was later developed into an…
29 Apr 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
How this aged care CEO is attracting recruits in an under-supplied sector
An aged care job interview at St Basil’s looks different to that from a typical residential aged care facility (RACF). Candidates, who are interviewed in groups, will each meet senior leaders, whose combined presence conveys the message that all new recruits are valued. And soon, as part of an incoming strategy, they will get face-time…
23 Apr 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Calls to fund nurse practitioners in private hospitals
Funding nurse practitioners through private health insurance could be instrumental in tackling Australia’s chronic disease burden, according to CEO of the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners, Adjunct A/Prof Leanne Boase. Speaking ahead of the Health Insurance Summit, Boase said the current lack of funding for nurse practitioners in private hospitals was an “artificial barrier” to…
26 Mar 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
How can insurers help tackle the growing disease burden?
CEO and Managing Director of AIA Australia, Damien Mu, says the health insurance industry needs to urgently redirect its focus upstream, to help tackle the country’s health burden, which data shows is largely preventable. Speaking ahead of the Health Insurance Summit, Mr Mu said that, alongside digital health, prevention was the sector’s best value-for-money investment,…
20 Mar 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Legal
When regulatory decisions are challenged – insights from Dr Jamie Orchard of Ahpra
On a daily basis, Dr Jamie Orchard of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) is faced with significant regulatory decisions around the practice of health professionals – either through his registration advisory, complaint handling, or in taking action to protect the public, following allegations of substandard care. In the course of taking that action,…
12 Mar 2025, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare | Technology
Inside Medibank’s Home Hospital Report – 5 Key Takeaways on the Future of Home-based Care
A report commissioned by Medibank has highlighted the economic benefit of home hospitals, and is calling for Australia to extend the model, claiming up to 30 percent of all medical conditions are potentially eligible for home treatment. The report – compiled by KPMG - suggests that broader adoption of home hospitals could substitute up to…
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