Health professionals

Factors influencing the implementation of early discharge hospital at home and admission avoidance hospital at home: a qualitative evidence synthesis – Jason A Wallis et al.

2024-04-07T12:50:24+10:00Ageing, Emergency Department, Health professionals, Health system, Publications, Shared decision making, Virtual Care/Telehealth|

Worldwide there is an increasing demand for Hospital at Home as an alternative to hospital admission. Although there is a growing evidence base on the effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of Hospital at Home, health service managers, health professionals and policy makers require evidence on how to [...]

Integrating a climate lens into the design of education programmes for health professionals – Tara Tai-Wen Chen et al.

2024-02-13T13:51:26+11:00Carbon footprint, Carbon neutral, Climate change, Health professionals, Health system, Policy, Publications, Sustainable health care|

Climate change should be incorporated in to educational and training programmes for all health professionals to ensure they are able to urgently adapt and transition our health systems to low carbon and low waste models of care and to become climate resilient. However, the uptake [...]

Attitudes, beliefs, behaviours and perspectives on barriers and enablers of Australian general practitioners towards non-drug interventions: a national survey – Loai Albarqouni et al.

2024-02-11T15:15:06+11:00Health professionals, Prescribing, Primary Care, Publications, Treatment|

Many guidelines recommend non-drug interventions (NDIs) for managing common conditions in primary care. However, compared with drug interventions, NDIs are less widely known, promoted and used. We aim to (1) examine general practitioners’ (GPs’) knowledge, attitudes and practices for NDIs, including their use of the [...]

Attitudes, knowledge and practice regarding the anti-müllerian hormone test among general practitioners and reproductive specialists: A cross-sectional study – Tessa Copp et al.

2024-02-11T15:09:59+11:00Fertility, Health professionals, Public comprehension, Publications, Women's health|

Although clinicians acknowledged the limitations of the AMH test in predicting natural conception and would not offer the AMH test in the hypothetical scenario, many reported having used the test in their clinical practice for reasons not supported by the evidence (e.g. reproductive planning). Further, [...]

Stakeholder perspectives on short-stay joint replacement programs: results from a national cross-sectional study – Ilana N Ackerman et al.

2024-02-11T13:59:45+11:00Health professionals, Hip, Insurance, Knee, Musculoskeletal, Publications, Surgery|

The capacity to meet anticipated growth in joint replacement demand requires safe, efficient models of care. While short-stay joint replacement programs are being used internationally, they have not been widely implemented in many countries. Importantly, the critical challenges that need to be addressed ahead of [...]

“It’s not a one operation fits all”: A qualitative study exploring fee setting and participation in price transparency initiatives amongst medical specialists in the Australian private healthcare sector – Hana Sabanovic et al.

2023-12-04T12:53:51+11:00Ethical considerations, Health policy, Health professionals, Health system, Insurance, Low-value care, Publications|

The Australian government, through Medicare, defines the type of medical specialist services it covers and subsidizes, but it does not regulate prices. Specialists in private practice can charge more than the fee listed by Medicare depending on what they feel ‘the market will bear’. This [...]

Evaluating the use of clinical decision aids in an Australian emergency department: A cross-sectional survey – Zoe A Michaleff et al.

2023-12-01T15:43:13+11:00Decision aids, Diagnostic system, Health professionals, Publications|

The objective of this study is to identify healthcare professionals' knowledge, self-reported use, and documentation of clinical decision aids (CDAs) in a large ED in Australia, to identify behavioural determinants influencing the use of CDAs, and healthcare professionals preferences for integrating CDAs into the electronic [...]

Telehealth follow-up consultations for melanoma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: Patient and clinician satisfaction – Ali Al-Rikaby et al.

2024-04-06T14:51:33+11:00Cancer, COVID-19, Health policy, Health professionals, Insurance, Melanoma, Publications, Virtual Care/Telehealth|

The COVID-19 pandemic caused rapid implementation of telehealth for melanoma follow-up care in Australia. This study explores Australian melanoma patients and clinicians' level of satisfaction with telehealth.

Multi-stakeholder preferences for the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare: A systematic review and thematic analysis – Vinh Vo et al.

2023-12-01T14:16:09+11:00AI, Ethical considerations, Health professionals, Publications|

Despite the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology over the last decade, clinician, patient, and public perceptions of its use in healthcare raise a number of ethical, legal and social questions. We systematically review the literature on attitudes towards the use of AI in healthcare [...]

Comparison of Telephone and Video Telehealth Consultations: Systematic Review – Oyungerel Byambasuren et al.

2024-04-06T14:51:43+11:00Clinical quality, COVID-19, Health professionals, Health system, Practitioners, Publications, Virtual Care/Telehealth|

Telehealth has been used for health care delivery for decades, but the COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated the uptake of telehealth in many care settings globally. However, few studies have carried out a direct comparison among different telehealth modalities, with very few studies having compared the [...]

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