New clinical informatics roles for nurses have the potential to transform IT in healthcare, writes Linda Belardi. As Victoria's first formally appointed Chief Clinical Information Officer, Jenny O'Brien says she's part of an emerging hybrid of clinical leaders straddling the ...

A nurse-led study has profoundly influenced our understanding not only of stroke care but how to change clinicians' behaviour. Acute stroke patients who receive three clinical protocols to manage fever, sugar and swallowing are 16 per cent more likely to ...

Australia's first standalone nurse practitioner-led clinic was launched in Brisbane last month. Linda Belardi speaks to the woman at the helm of the model. "It's been a pretty hectic month," says Julie Farrelley, lead nurse practitioner at the Brisbane-based SmartClinics, ...

Paul Osborne reports on the highlights from last month's tax forum in Canberra. The federal government will set up a business tax review, increase the personal tax-free threshold and work with the states to make their revenue raising systems more ...

Secret documents reveal a proposal by Ballieu government to cut $100 million from nursing budget. The Victorian Government has considered a plan to cut the Victorian nursing budget by more than $100 million and replace highly qualified nurses with less ...

Negative attitudes to bottle feeding may be contributing to a lack of information for mums. Mothers who choose to bottle feed their babies lack adequate education in hospital, research suggests. While breastfeeding mothers tend to be given ample information, Lisa ...

Social justice commissioner will not pursue racial discrimination complaint over ABS decision. The Australian Human Rights Commission has decided not to investigate whether the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) was discriminatory in its decision to exclude indigenous children from voluntary ...

First comprehensive report of lung cancer statistics shows effects of smoking in women. Lung cancer cases have soared among women but fallen for men, a new government report shows. Rates of the disease surged 72 per cent for women while ...

Admissions have increased by more than 50 per cent, latest data reveals. Palliative care admissions have increased by more than 50 per cent in ten years, according to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released ...

New prevention guidelines launched in Sydney to target children. Encouraging children to exercise and eat enough calcium will be at the heart of new guidelines designed to curb Australia's growing osteoporosis problem. Health experts met in Sydney last week to ...