Helen Tobler

The division between care for physical health compared to mental illness is akin to apartheid, experts say following the release of an AMA report.

Researchers have called for paediatric formulations to reduce the risks that come with splitting adult tablets into child-size doses.

What does that mean for health information providers?

That could be because it’s easier for GPs to ignore pressure for unnecessary antibiotics during remote consultations, and there’s less reliance on ‘just in case’ prescriptions, researchers say.

If you were worried that the AI tool wouldn’t be very helpful in life and death situations, you were right.

The Medicare Mental Health Check In is now live, and the service will be expanded to include self-paced online therapy at the end of May.

Accuracy using text-based scenarios doesn’t mean AI tools are ready for wider use, Australian researchers say.

Three in four aged care providers aren’t meeting their legal obligations to offer VAD or provide information on how to choose it, a new report says.

Local councils are calling on NSW Health to help combat the ‘shameful’ inequity in life expectancy and access to healthcare in rural, regional and remote areas.

Those crunching the numbers in their ‘Canberra bubble’ need to check their assumptions with doctors working at the rural coalface, an inquiry into rural Medicare access has heard.