respiratory
Bronchiectasis

Children with bronchiectasis deserve MDT model of care clinics

Children with bronchiectasis should have access to dedicated multidisciplinary team (MDT) clinics similar to those routinely provided for children with cystic fibrosis (CF), NSW clinicians say. A study of care provided for 22 children with bronchiectasis at a tertiary centre...

Children with bronchiectasis should have access to dedicated multidisciplinary team (MDT) clinics similar to those routinely provided for children with...

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Budget

The $4 billion question: why have specialist copayments risen by 35%?

Academics are questioning why specialists have increased their consultation fees to make out of pocket healthcare expenses for patients rise by 35% in recent years, ahead of other healthcare costs and the cost of living index. Average out of pocket costs...

Academics are questioning why specialists have increased their consultation fees to make out of pocket healthcare expenses for patients rise...
Financial

Physician pharma payments are now viewable on searchable database

A new era of financial disclosure and scrutiny for doctors has begun with all payments from pharma companies now displayed on a single publicly searchable website. The disclosureaustralia.com.au site lists all payments and financial support provided by Medicines Australia member...

A new era of financial disclosure and scrutiny for doctors has begun with all payments from pharma companies now displayed...
Asthma

Language matters: why the term ‘exacerbation’ should be dropped

Clinicians should avoid the term asthma ‘exacerbation’ because it confuses and misleads patients who think it means a slight deterioration in lung function or modest increase in symptoms, an Australian study has found. Asthma ‘attack’ should be the preferred language...

Clinicians should avoid the term asthma ‘exacerbation’ because it confuses and misleads patients who think it means a slight deterioration...