Bill shockers: $1099 for an IV push and other tales of US healthcare madness
If anyone needs a reason to be grateful for Australian healthcare — for all its current troubles — they can always look at life in…
If anyone needs a reason to be grateful for Australian healthcare — for all its current troubles — they can always look at life in…
“You have got a community that thinks modern medicine is amazing and can tell them everything with certainty — and the reality is it cannot.”…
A major study has shown the dramatic benefits of continuity of GP care in terms of patients’ future care needs as well as future healthcare…
Direct-to-patient medical tests are a growing business, but Australian researchers are warning that most tests achieve nothing. A University of Wollongong study found 484 direct-to-consumer…
Dr Marguerite Tracy wants to convince GPs that patients turning up at the consult with the dreaded list can be a positive, not heartsink, moment.…
If doctors present weight loss interventions as an “opportunity” and with a “smiley” tone, patients are more likely to have success, according to a UK…
The Federal Government’s Medical Costs Finder is touted as the answer to ‘bill shock’, with the website revealing the out-of-pocket fees specialists charge for a…
A GP in the UK has written to her patients demanding an end to the hostility aimed at her fellow doctors and her practice staff.…
A judge has stopped the PSR demanding up to 25 years’ worth of records from a GP whose Medicare claims for a one-year period are…
A new patient presented and summarised her medical history for me. It was only when I got a copy of her medical records, that I discovered…
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