Quiz – What’s the best defence when prescribing off label?
There are risks associated with off-label prescribing. If the patient has serious side effects, or a colleague lodges a complaint about your script…
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The average GP bills $350,000 a year: Is it enough?
It is important to make sure your practice is financially sound, with money being invested in the right tools to enable growth.
Quiz – Registrars and vicarious liability
If something goes wrong while a registrar is working in your practice, can you be held liable? Take the quiz: × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling…
App Review: The early menopause app with all the answers
Ask Early Menopause is an app designed to equip patients with the knowledge and tools to manage early menopause symptoms and establish a healthier lifestyle.…
The Govt still doesn’t know if the My Health Record has a ‘meaningful use’
Almost 608 million documents have been uploaded by patients and doctors.
Quiz – GP or surgeon: Who is liable for this patient’s chronic postoperative pain?
A 45-year-old builder can no longer work and starts abusing analgesics after a problem with the surgery you referred him for. Are you liable?
Quiz – What is the key element needed for patients to sue for ‘failure to warn’?
When a plaintiff claims they weren't warned of the material risks of their treatment, they must satisfy a second step to succeed. What is it?
Quiz – Your former patient is diagnosed with HIV: Have you been negligent?
You order STI checks for a couple, but don't see the results. Sometime later, you hear that one of them is HIV-positive and her partner has left th…
Podcast: For all the latest on everything COVID-19
Show Me the Science is a podcast featuring interviews from frontline doctors and scientists on all things COVID-19. The latest episode focuses on how the…
App Review: A tool for Australia’s most common genetic disorder
It’s estimated one in 200 people of northern European origin are at risk of haemochromatosis, making it Australia’s most common genetic disorder. For those with…
