As an SBS documentary featuring musician Peter Garrett puts the spotlight on the harmful history of healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, there are calls for global ac... Read more
The private health sector and many other areas of Australia’s health system are under-researched, and offer ripe pickings for health services researchers, according to presentations at the #... Read more
Michael Greco, a founding Director and the Chief Executive of Patient Opinion Australia, is tweeting for @WePublicHealth this week – so Croakey readers will have the chance to question... Read more
Professor Michael Wolf, Director of Health Literacy and Learning Program at Northwestern University in Chicago, is a keynote speaker at an International Health Literacy Network conference at... Read more
An Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW conference on chronic diseases in Sydney next month will include a session looking at the use of online media to connect with communi... Read more
As previously suggested, health organisations and others wondering how to harness the potential of social media should have a look at the efforts of the Australasian College of Health Servic... Read more
Among the many competing principles in healthcare delivery and policy are the notions of providing the ‘best possible care for any individual’ versus ‘doing the best for the most at a... Read more
In North America, hospitals seem to have been quicker than other parts of the health sector to realise the potential of social media. As a recent Canadian report investigating the potential... Read more
Last night, a diverse group (in both disciplines and locations) came together on Twitter to discuss the place of social media in health organisations. The #hcsmanz discussion group included... Read more
This post is the first in a Croakey series based upon links found on Twitter over the past several weeks. It covers health news from the world of social media and related technologies. Other... Read more
