The 2024 health budget — the big announcements
There were a lot of pieces in last night’s federal budget, even if nothing was on the scale of the $3.5 billion for bulk-billing incentives…
Tag: Pathology
‘Still no recurrence’: Professor Richard Scolyer celebrates another clear MRI
Professor Richard Scolyer’s latest MRI scan reveals no recurrence of his brain tumour, almost a year after a seizure led to the discovery of a…
‘A nightmare’: Doctors react after govt promises patients immediate access to test results
“A patient with a large uterine fibroid read and misunderstood the radiologist’s report. “She believed her condition was terminal. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and…
6 central facts about serum-free light chain testing for multiple myeloma
Most clinical guidelines now recommend serum in place of urine testing
Patients will be given immediate access to pathology and diagnostic imaging results, officials confirm
The seven-day delay before pathology and diagnostic imaging results posted on the My Health Record can be viewed by patients will be scrapped, health officials…
It’s time to dump Medicare rebates for pathology testing
Pathology fees have been frozen for almost a quarter of a century. Is that fair? × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering the medical community…
Medical Must-See: What’s wrong with this former athlete’s foot?
A former professional athlete was misdiagnosed with chronic neurodermatitis and stuck on a merry-go-round of specialist appointments before doctors finally diagnosed his rare vascular disorder.…
Medical Must-See: First case of giant malignant melanoma on the leg
The importance of tailoring care to each patient has been made all too clear for a team of US internists whose patient had a giant…
Chronic UTIs and test flaws overlooked in ‘archaic’ guidelines: urologists
UTI guidance is outdated and needs an overhaul to acknowledge chronic UTIs and the limits of culture assessments, urologists say. Adelaide urological surgeon Dr Ashani…
Most medical tests sold directly to patients ‘lack clear benefits’ — even the ones costing $1900
Direct-to-patient medical tests are a growing business, but Australian researchers are warning that most tests achieve nothing. A University of Wollongong study found 484 direct-to-consumer…
