Health professionals

French professional society guidelines on improving patient and planetary health: Liberté, égalité, fraternité… et durabilité! – Forbes McGain, Clifford Shelton, Scott McAlister

2023-10-23T15:13:57+11:00Guidelines, Health professionals, Publications, Sustainable health care|

Editorial associated with the recommendations for professional practice of the Société Française d’Anesthésie et Réanimation (SFAR), the Société Française d’Hygiène Hospitalière (SF2H), and the Société Française de Pharmacie Clinique (SFPC) guidelines for reducing the environmental impact of general anaesthesia. *French language

Introducing Australia’s clinical care standard for low back pain – Christopher G. Maher et al – ANZ J Surg

2023-07-03T16:01:14+10:00Back pain, Clinical guidelines, Health policy, Health professionals, Low back pain, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Publications|

The Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard provides an excellent guide for how each of the professions can contribute to better care of low back pain. The Standard points to the key areas of care where the need for quality improvement is greatest, by describing [...]

Introducing Australia’s clinical care standard for low back pain – Christopher G Maher et al – J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol

2023-07-03T16:02:19+10:00Back pain, Clinical guidelines, Health policy, Health professionals, Low back pain, Low-value care, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Publications|

The Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard provides an excellent guide for how each of the professions can contribute to better care of low back pain. The Standard points to the key areas of care where the need for quality improvement is greatest, by describing [...]

Introducing Australia’s clinical care standard for low back pain – Christopher G. Maher et al – Intern Med J

2023-07-03T15:55:57+10:00Back pain, Clinical guidelines, Health policy, Health professionals, Low back pain, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Publications|

The Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard provides an excellent guide for how each of the professions can contribute to better care of low back pain. The Standard points to the key areas of care where the need for quality improvement is greatest, by describing [...]

Introducing Australia’s clinical care standard for low back pain – Christopher G Maher et al – Emerg Med Aus

2023-07-03T15:50:57+10:00Clinical guidelines, Health policy, Health professionals, Low back pain, Low-value care, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Publications|

The Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard provides an excellent guide for how each of the professions can contribute to better care of low back pain. The Standard points to the key areas of care where the need for quality improvement is greatest, by describing [...]

Measures of socioeconomic advantage are not independent predictors of support for healthcare AI: subgroup analysis of a national Australian survey – Emma Kellie Frost et al

2023-06-28T15:42:02+10:00AI, Ethical considerations, Health professionals, Publications, Risk|

Applications of artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to improve aspects of healthcare. However, studies have shown that healthcare AI algorithms also have the potential to perpetuate existing inequities in healthcare, performing less effectively for marginalised populations. Studies on public attitudes towards AI outside of [...]

Interactions between Australian cancer physicians and the pharmaceutical industry: a qualitative study – Adrian M J Pokorny et al

2023-06-28T15:37:53+10:00Cancer, Conflicts of interest, Health professionals, Prescribing, Publications, Risk, Treatment|

Cancer physicians may have difficulty balancing the perceived need to interact with industry in modern cancer care while maintaining distance to minimise conflicts of interest. Further research is needed to assess management strategies in this area.

Ethical issues in big data: A qualitative study comparing responses in the health and higher education sectors – Annette Braunack-Mayer et al

2023-06-27T17:34:56+10:00Clinical guidelines, Health professionals, Publications, Research ethics, Risk|

The health and higher education sectors are increasingly using large administrative datasets for secondary purposes. Both sectors experience ethical challenges in the use of big data. This study identifies and explores how these two sectors are responding to these ethical challenges.

Coping with uncertainty in clinical practice: a narrative review – Ian A Scott et al

2023-06-27T17:27:17+10:00Clinical quality, Health professionals, Publications, Risk, Shared decision making|

Uncertainty is intrinsic to clinical practice, affecting both trainees and experienced clinicians. As Sir William Osler wrote: “Medicine is the science of uncertainty and the art of probability”. Limitations in knowledge, complexities of care, and variation in patient preferences contribute to uncertainty. Personal factors such as [...]

Key items for reports of primary care research: an international Delphi study – Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss et. al

2023-01-25T14:58:26+11:00Health professionals, Primary Care, Primary Health Networks, Publications, Research|

Reporting guidelines can improve dissemination and application of findings and help avoid research waste. Recent studies reveal opportunities to improve primary care (PC) reporting. Despite increasing numbers of guidelines, none exists for PC research. This study aims to prioritise candidate reporting items to inform a [...]

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