Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) has concerns about the results of the new South Australian study, reported in this week’s Australian Medical Journal (MJA). The results of the study show higher risks for perinatal deaths associated with home births when compared to hospital births.
‘This study raises again significant [...]
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Filed under: Government, Health
Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
MONEY will top the agenda at the second round of talks between Kevin Rudd and John Brumby on reforming the nation’s health system.
After the first meetings, the Victorian Premier called for less “pollie speak” from the Prime Minister and the early release of billions of dollars to improve Victorian patients’ lives.
Mr Brumby said there were [...]
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Filed under: Funding, Government, Health
Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Victorian Premier John Brumby will hold further discussions after today failing to hammer out an agreement on a federal hospital funding takeover.
The Federal Government wants to fund 60 per cent of hospital costs by taking back a third of GST revenue from the states.
Mr Rudd has vowed to take the [...]
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Filed under: Government, Health
Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
Nearly all working age people reported at least one health risk factor, and three quarters reported multiple health risk factors, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The report, Risk factors and participation in work, looked at the work patterns of people who reported health risk factors, and [...]
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Filed under: Career, Health
Posted on March 30th, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
PAUL Reid should be dead. Diagnosed with a rare, incurable lymphoma, he was given five years, seven tops, by his oncologist. But, having cheated death in the Ash Wednesday bushfires, he was not about to surrender his life without a fight.
His weapon of choice? Apricot kernels. Thirty a day. Reid turned down chemotherapy, vowing to [...]
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Filed under: Health
Posted on March 30th, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
HOSPITAL patients are facing shock bills of thousands of dollars because of restrictions and exclusions in health insurance policies.
Others hit with yearly premium rises still risk being charged up to $10,000 or more in out-of-pocket fees for some doctor services.
A State of the Health Funds report, released yesterday, reveals complaints to the nation’s private health [...]
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Filed under: Government, Health Insurance
Posted on March 30th, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned the states the country’s long-term prosperity depends on his health reform package.
Some states have raised questions about the plan, which involves the Commonwealth taking over 60 per cent of the health funding in return for the states giving up a third of their GST income.
Three weeks from today, Mr [...]
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Filed under: Government, Health
Posted on March 29th, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
Do you think notions of privacy are changing, is there a generational change going on in how we view privacy? Social media like Facebook and Twitter mean you can live your life as an open book, but it can come back to haunt you as we see frequently in the media.
We’ve seen a rash of [...]
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Filed under: Privacy
Posted on March 29th, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
2009 has given employers and employees a run for their money — literally. Budgets have been cut, layoffs made and furloughs instituted, and benefits and perks have evaporated.
At the beginning of the year, 38 percent of employers said the economy would force them to make administrative cuts sometime during 2009, according to a survey by [...]
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Filed under: Management
Posted on March 29th, 2010 by Catherine Obuch
PREMIER John Brumby has delivered a devastating critique of Kevin Rudd’s hospital take-over plan, saying it will not achieve the Prime Minister’s key goal of ending the blame game between Canberra and the states.
‘How will people know who is managing the system and where the buck stops?” the Premier asked of Mr Rudd’s proposal to [...]
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