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Can the government really protect your privacy when it 'de-identifies' public data?
5 December 2016 - We don't yet know to how to use big data and protect privacy at the same time. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2016
Online booking tool could be the key to sweeping public health reforms
5 December 2016 - Patients wanting knee replacements or skin cancers removed could use an online booking tool to pick ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2016
Hepatitis C drugs Australia's most expensive, cost taxpayers $1 billion in four months
5 December 2016 - Hepatitis C medications approved in March this year have already topped the list of Australia's most ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2016
GSK’s Anne Belcher says certainty on government policy is crucial
5 December 2016 - British pharmaceutical giant GSK’s Australia head, Anne Belcher, has called for long-term consistent government policy as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2016
Review of pharmacy remuneration and regulation - pharmacy financial survey
2 December 2016 - In his December Message from the Chair, Prof Stephen King extends an invitation to all Australian ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2016
My mother bought me PrEP for Christmas: How far we've come in the fight against AIDS
1 December 2016 - When we look back on the history of HIV and the AIDS crisis on World AIDS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2016
PrEP: Advocates call for greater affordability and access to new preventative HIV method
1 December 2016 - A new AIDS prevention method known as PrEP is the most effective tool yet to reduce ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2016
Patients gain subsidised access to expensive new medicines
1 December 2016 - Australians from 1 December will pay no more than $38.30 for a medicine to treat thyroid cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2016
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 December 2016 update
1 December 2016 - The 1 December 2016 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits sees a number of new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2016
Expensive thyroid cancer drug now $38
30 November 2016 - Thyroid cancer patients spending more than $100,000 a year on treatment will be able to access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2016
87 per cent of Aussies believe private health insurance is expensive
30 November 2016 - Over 5 million Aussies reviewed their policy in the last 12 months. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2016
Pharmacies need 6CPA risk share
30 November 2016 - The reason why the Federal Government and community pharmacies have entered into six successive agreements for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2016
South Australia to commence PrEP trials
30 November 2016 - The South Australian Premier Jay Wetherill has announced people at high risk of contracting HIV will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Nov 2016
Utilisation and cost model workbook to accompany PBAC Guidelines
29 November 2016 - A utilisation and cost model workbook has been developed to accompany the Pharmaceutical Benefit Advisory Committee ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2016
Pressure on meningococcal vaccine for WA
27 November 2016 - An increase in W strain meningococcal cases in Western Australia has prompted state Health Minister John ...