Introduction by Croakey: Australian mining executive Clive Palmer recently took out massive three page advertisements in a number of capital cities, announcing he had secured 32.9 million do... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: If large numbers of Australians require urgent hospital treatment for the novel coronavirus, how will the system cope? With great difficulty, one would assume, given... Read more
Please download, read and share a report compiling our coverage of the recent Choosing Wisely Australia National Meeting in Melbourne. Croakey editor and conference reporter Marie McInerney... Read more
The recent Choosing Wisely Australia National Meeting in Melbourne heard from clinicians and others at the forefront of efforts to reduce low value care. Marie McInerney covered #OKtoAsk2019... Read more
Researchers and health reformers have been urged to hone their skills in story-telling and to unlearn scientific teachings that do not value the power of narrative. In arguing for the merits... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: In her ode to primary care in the article below, GP Dr Karen Price warns against the “cherry picking of diseases”, such as the Coalition’s 10-year... Read more
Lesley Russell writes: If you are new to The Health Wrap, I offer this round-up every two weeks. It reflects my idiosyncratic interests and biases – and I try to focus on interesting things... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Low-value healthcare is defined as that which “provides little or no benefit, may cause patient harm, or yields marginal benefits at a disproportionately high cost”.... Read more
At the recent Choosing Wisely National Meeting, CEO of the Consumers Health Forum of Australia, Leanne Wells, made the comment that in the health sector there should be ‘no design without co... Read more
Please download, read and share this report from a recent 2018 Choosing Wisely Australia National Meeting in Canberra, in which Jennifer Doggett reports on wide-ranging conversations about t... Read more
