The number of hospital emergency department presentations has increased between 23% and 49% globally in the past decade, and care is the casualty.
A new five-year study aims to build a broad picture of illicit drug use in regional Victoria, to better-understand the gaps in local health service planning.
The Victorian Heart Hospital, which opened in February, brings researchers to where the patients are, and already there’s a real buzz about the place.
Medical students in Melbourne spent much of 2020-21 learning via Zoom, but for rural students it was a case of hands-on healthcare with real patient outcomes – and now many of them are staying put.
Hospitals are struggling, with ambulances ramping outside emergency departments, and patients facing long waits for care. But doing more of the same won’t fix the problem.
A drug-monitoring program in hospital emergency departments is tracking the alarming rise of strange new psychoactive synthetic drugs in Australia.
A new study shows almost one in four university and vocational education students report extremely high levels of distress during the pandemic.
Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout priority should move from those most at risk of the disease to those most likely to spread it, according to new modelling.
Although it was a century ago, there are parallels between the Spanish Flu pandemic and COVID-19. What was it like on the frontline for our healthcare workers this time around – and what have we learnt as a society?
The $543 million Victorian Heart Hospital will be Australia's first dedicated facility to tackle the country's No.1 killer.
Unnecessary treatments, tests and advice to rest are making the problem worse worldwide, when in reality sufferers should simply remain active.
Advances in simulation are allowing trainee and professional surgeons to hone their craft, and so improving outcomes for the world’s youngest patients.
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