In the media
My Health Record can help Australians better manage
their diabetes
My Health Record improves communication between providers
by ensuring they can all see the same information, including
medicines, shared health summaries, specialist reports, allergies
and test results. Diabetes Australia CEO Professor Greg Johnson
said My Health Record is particularly important for the management
of complex health conditions, such as diabetes (17 July 2019).
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Health complaints attract Ombudsman
The Commonwealth Ombudsman has responded to recent media
reports relating to private health insurers and pre-existing
conditions, setting out the rules and regulations in place to
protect consumers (15 July 2019).
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Medicare fraud detection program pays dividends
A new sophisticated Medicare fraud detection program
incorporating advanced fraud risk and data analytics capabilities
is already yielding strong results (13 July 2019).
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Coffee doesn't increase cancer risk, researchers
find
Drinking coffee does not change a person's risk of
being diagnosed with or dying from cancer, a new Queensland study
has found, with researchers saying the results could have public
health implications worldwide (18 July 2019).
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The history and purposes of private health
insurance
Australia's private health insurance industry fears it is in a
death spiral, and politicians need to rethink whether or to what
extent taxpayers should continue to subsidise the industry. This
paper finds that Australians are increasingly dissatisfied with
private health insurance, and policy reform is urgent (16 July
2019). More...
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