09 Nov 2023
Get your additional Medicare provider number and prescriber number online
Some health professionals can apply online for their additional Medicare provider number and prescriber number.
09 Nov 2023
Electronic prescriptions no longer available via MediSecure
The Department of Health and Aged Care has informed prescribers that from 15 November e-prescriptions will no longer be possible via MediSecure.
09 Nov 2023
Prescribers invited to shape Active Ingredient Prescribing Program
AMA members are asked to participate in a survey for the Department of Health.
09 Nov 2023
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Psychotropic Medications in People Living with Dementia – supporting materials released
This week the Centre for Medicine Use and Safety of the Monash University Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences released,
09 Nov 2023
AMA President’s Remembrance Day message
Professor Robson served aboard HMAS Sydney during the first Gulf War as a navy doctor.
09 Nov 2023
CAR SHOW AND CRUISE FUNDRAISER IN MEMORY OF 20-YEAR-OLD MUM-TO-BE
A community fundraiser car show and cruise will be held in memory of Hannah Henderson-Wilson and her unborn son Carter, who died suddenly from an asthma attack last November, age 20.
09 Nov 2023
Private health webinar accredited for CPD
Attendees of the AMA’s upcoming private health webinar will be eligible to claim time towards their continuous professional development with the Australian College of Rural and Remote medicine.
09 Nov 2023
AMA urging government to keep telehealth strong
The AMA lodged a submission highlighting the many benefits of a well-funded telehealth service.
09 Nov 2023
More evidence testosterone safe for gender-affirming care
New research also shows GPs are ‘very much capable’ of providing the treatment, but experts say significant barriers still hamper access.
09 Nov 2023
Study calls for population-wide genomic screening
Expanded testing for three genetic conditions could save lives and money, Monash University research suggests.