01 Sep 2023
Simple SMS prompt improves heart health
A Heart Foundation pilot program that sent out 42,000 text messages to eligible patients resulted in a 14-fold increase in check-ups with GPs.
31 Aug 2023
In Practice: Future Leaders
Applications for the college’s leadership program, which attracts more than 40 CPD hours, will open soon.
31 Aug 2023
Researchers develop improved dementia screening tool
The new test can more accurately predict a person’s 14-year risk of developing the disease when compared with other widely used tools.
31 Aug 2023
New blood test predicts preeclampsia risk
The test looks for changes to the chemical tagging of DNA in the mother’s blood, determining patients at highest risk down the track.
31 Aug 2023
Sixty-day dispensing: What GPs need to know
After a long and hard-fought push, the landmark changes will finally be in place from September. Here’s what to expect when the reform goes live.
30 Aug 2023
GP resources for voluntary assisted dying
New laws mean GPs are ‘almost certain’ to be asked about VAD, and an upcoming event aims to help them answer.
30 Aug 2023
CAC score: To test or not to test?
Measuring how much calcium is in the walls of a heart’s blood vessels is ‘not free of problems’, and may contribute to overtreating.
30 Aug 2023
Psychiatrist responds to GP’s open letter
When the ‘system’ is broken, it’s individual patients who feel it most acutely, writes RANZCP NSW Chair Dr Angelo Virgona.
30 Aug 2023
RACGP to host MyMedicare webinars
GPs’ questions will be answered at the events, which will include representatives from the college and the Department of Health and Aged Care.
30 Aug 2023
‘To my respected psychiatry colleagues’
A near-constant stream of referral rejection has prompted one frustrated GP to address an open letter to Australia’s psychiatrists.