September 30, 2009 – 12:04 pm
Health reform is generating much activity and interest right around the world. What can we learn from the experiences overseas?
Dr Mary Haines, Editor of the Hospital Alliance for Research Collaboration (HARC) eBulletin, has been investigating the lessons from the UK.
She has filed this report, based on the latest HARC eBulletin, released today:
“For those unconvinced about [...]
September 28, 2009 – 12:03 pm
Some people have called it a tsunami; others argue that “a rising tide” is a more accurate description. Whatever methaphor you prefer, one thing is clear. Australia is going to be awash with medical graduates in the very near future.
According to some estimates, the number of domestic medical graduates will rise from 1,348 in 2005 to an [...]
September 10, 2009 – 12:13 pm
In voting down the Government’s efforts to reform the private health insurance rebate, the Opposition has revealed its poor grasp of health financing issues.
So says health policy analyst Jennifer Doggett, who describes the rebate as “a textbook example of the worst health funding policy in Australia’s history“.
She writes:
“Imagine if car insurance provided rebates for [...]
September 8, 2009 – 11:30 am
The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s final report made many suggestions requiring much more work if they are ever to have any chance of implementation. Consultancies must be rubbing their hands in anticipation of the business that health reform will generate.
Here at Croakey, we thought we’d do our bit to save the public [...]
September 2, 2009 – 3:51 pm
“Primary healthcare reform is the single most important strategy for improving our health and making the health system sustainable. Community-level prevention and primary healthcare is essential to restoring universalism and efficiency in Australian healthcare.”
That quote actually comes from the Preventative Health Taskforce report. I thought it worth mentioning because the draft of the first national [...]
We shall soon know the future, or at least how the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission would like to see the future of health care evolve in Australia.
Its final report is expected to be released within days but health policy analyst Jennifer Doggett warns that one important issue – the impact of out-of-pocket [...]
Professor Garry Jennings, Director of the Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, has responded to recent Croakey posts raising concerns about his organisation’s close ties with industry. It seems there will be no more Baker staff appearing in pharmaceutical advertorials. He writes:
“The Croakey posting on Conflict of Interest points to both the diversity of views [...]
The Crikey Register of Influence – which details links between opinion leaders, organisations and industry marketing campaigns – has been updated.
The new entries are Professor Simon Stewart, Head, Preventive Cardiology at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, and his colleague, Dr Melinda Carrington, General Manager of the Baker’s Disease Management and Preventative Programs.
They appeared [...]
In case there are any researchers or journalists out there with too much time on their hands, here are two ideas for stories or research projects.
• What is the role of the media in Mr Ward’s death?
The 4 Corners report on the death of Mr Ward, an Aboriginal man who was incarcerated in the most [...]
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Tagged 4 Corners, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, media, Mr Ward, NHMRC, prisoners, Sanofi-Aventis
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Simon Chapman, professor of public health at the University of Sydney, has provided a robust critique of Jennifer Doggett’s recent critique of increased tobacco taxes:
Erstwhile Croakey correspondent Jennifer Doggett has written a piece for ABC-Online challenging the wisdom of increasing tobacco tax, arguing that it would be regressive and harm the poor (it will “mean [...]
