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US: American Thoracic Society publishes joint statement on renal failure in the ICU patient
15 May 2010: Despite the fact that recent medical advances have allowed healthcare professionals to stabilize patients who would have otherwise died, many stabilized patients later develop organ system failure. In fact, acute renal failure is one of the biggest threats to critically ill patients: forty percent of patients with this condition die. And yet, there is an acute lack of clinical information—and even consensus on the definition of renal failure in critical care settings—that experts cannot even agree upon its name.
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Roxon super-clinic sensitive
25 May 2010: After Labor's promise at the last election to establish more than 30 super clinics, only three are fully operational although 35 contracts have been signed. So when a federal Health Department official gave the Portland District Health board two hours to sign up for a GP super clinic last week, locals suspected that the sudden action was driven by higher government forces.
Doctors blast delay in release of Queensland hospital safety report
25 May 2010: A six-month delay in releasing the latest Queensland Health patient safety report has been labelled a scandal by the Australian Medical Association. The 2007-08 report was given to Health Minister Paul Lucas's office last year but only posted on the Queensland Health website this month.
Legionnaire's on the march in Victoria as 34 people struck down in 2010
25 May 2010: Legionnaire's disease has struck down 34 Victorians this year, twice as many as last year. The state Department of Health said cases of the potentially fatal influenza-like illness were "isolated" and spread across metropolitan and regional areas.
Doctor warns of alt-med costs to health
25 May 2010: The move by private health insurers to cover alternative therapies could lead to a blow-out in costs both for policy holders and the public, an academic has warned.
Elliott media release: More beds and jobs for the ACT – Aged care boost
24 May 2010: Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot and ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, today officially opened IRT’s $99 million aged care village ‘Kangara Waters’ in Belconnen. ‘Kangara Waters’ offers both residential aged care services and independent living apartments. The aged care facility can care for up to 100 older people and offer both high and low care accommodation, including care for people living with dementia.
WA govt to match Rudd's health funding
24 May 2010: The Western Australian government has vowed to match any money that flows into other states' health systems if WA is denied funding from the federal government's health reforms. But Premier Colin Barnett says he is confident Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is just playing games.
Greens argue dental scheme is affordable
24 May 2010: The Australian Greens leader Bob Brown who proposed a national dental scheme, earlier this month, has exclaimed that the scheme will be affordable for everyone if the Government's proposed profits tax on the mining industry gets through.
Ad panel approves health reform blitz
24 May 2010: The government-chosen panel set up to vet government advertisements has given the tick to a $10 million blitz on health reform, even though the reforms are still to pass Parliament and have been rejected by Western Australia.
Keneally urged to lobby on dental health
23 May 2010: NSW Premier Kristina Keneally is being urged to lobby the federal government for a national dental health service, after it emerged that nearly half a million Australians in urgent need of dental care are on waiting lists for longer than two years.
Greens media: Dental health care crisis: call for Keneally to back universal Denticare
23 May 2010: Responding to today’s report that more than half a million people wait more than two years for urgent dental care, Greens MP and health spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on Premier Kristina Keneally to lobby the federal government to expand the $7.3 billion health reform package by including overhauls to dental health services.
Greens say dental scheme 'affordable'
24 May 2010: The Australian Greens say a universal dental scheme is affordable if it's funded by revenue raised from the Rudd government's proposed super profits tax on the mining industry.
ANF: More nurses needed in rural and remote communities
24 May 2010: The Australian Nursing Federation wants more incentives to boost nurse numbers in rural and remote communities where there is a severe drought of healthcare professionals.
Mums' love can protect children from lifelong diseases says study
23 May 2010: The love of a big-hearted mum is so powerful it can make biological changes in their children to better protect them from heart attacks and strokes throughout their lives. New research has found the impact of a devoted mum is strong enough to overcome the problems of growing up poor, including much greater chances of suffering heart disease and a range of mental and psychological illnesses.
Health figures conceal issues
22 May 2010: Australian Medical Association Queensland president Dr Mason Stevenson is accusing Queensland Health of shrouding negative Toowoomba Hospital performance figures in a blaze of positive spin.
Biggest injection of funds to health sector
21 May 2010: Fresh from rejecting Kevin Rudd's demand to hand over his GST to fund health reform, Colin Barnett has announced "the biggest ever injection of additional funding" into Western Australia's health system.
Health reform cash may flow before law passes
21 May 2010: The federal government could start handing extra health funds to the states before its health and hospital reforms are enshrined in law. With only four parliamentary weeks and two Senate sitting weeks scheduled between now and July 1, there appears little chance the legislation for the health and hospitals overhaul will be passed by then.
Snowdon media release: National workshops to assist Indigenous health bodies a success
21 May 2010: Workshops held across Australia supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health organisations to improve the quality of their health care services wrapped up this week.
Butler media release: More answers for doctors on genetic tests
21 May 2010: Australian health professionals and the public will benefit from Medical Genetic Testing: Information for Health Professionals released by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) today. Designed to provide doctors and other health professionals with up-to-date information on the genetic tests available to their patients, the broad-ranging document also includes advice on handling the clinical, ethical, legal and social considerations involved.
Minister welcomes release of Productivity Commission’s Aged Care Inquiry Issues Paper
21 May 2010: Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot welcomed the Productivity Commission’s release of the Issues Paper for its public inquiry into the future of Australia’s aged care system.
Elliott media release: More than $19 million to train more than 4,000 aged care workers
21 May 2010: The Rudd Government will invest more than $19 million to upskill more than 4,000 aged care workers Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot announced today.
Doctors, nurses warn against GP changes
21 May 2010: Doctors in Tasmania say proposed changes to Federal funding under the national health plan will put nurses' jobs at risk. The Federal government is scrapping the Medicare rebates GPs currently claim for health services performed by nurses in general practices.
Outcry on plan to slash health
21 May 2010: The Coalition may boost Medicare rebates for GPs to work after hours and treat patients with a mental illness or chronic disease, as it seeks to quell an outcry over its proposed budget cuts to other health programs.
Macklin, Snowdon media release: Indigenous Women’s Health Strategy welcomed
20 May 2010: Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin and Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, have welcomed the release of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Health Strategy.
