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Unfairly fingered: Is your employer allowed to collect your biometric data?

Increasingly, healthcare employers are using biometric and electronic databases and surveillance cameras to monitor their employees, who need to be…

Hospitals could face rise in prosecutions for failing to protect nurses: lawyer

Health departments are risking an uptick in compensation claims if they don't take steps to ensure staff safety. That’s the…

Needle and the damage done: moment of carelessness lands nurse in court

In any action alleging negligence by a nurse, it is for the plaintiff to prove a number of ‘ingredients’. One…

What one doctor’s ‘vulgar’ online posts mean for all health professionals

When nurses use social media, whether at home or at work, they need to be aware of their professional obligations.…

Unauthorised access to medical records: just don’t do it

An increasing number of hospital and health services are collating, storing and utilising medical and nursing records in electronic databases.…