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  1. ๐Ÿ—’ Telehealth and the effective delivery of healthcare

    Tips and knowledge to help you assess the scope and limitations of telehealth consultations in your practice.
  2. ๐Ÿ—’ Using the new MBS telehealth item numbers

    MIPS panel lawyers Meridian explains the Medicare Benefit Scheme (MBS) โ€˜telehealthโ€™ items.
  3. ๐Ÿ—’ Using the new MBS telehealth item numbers

    Ensure you follow effective and practical legal advice to deliver safe and clinically appropriate telehealth consultations.
  4. Prescribing of Nicotine Vaping Products from 1 January 2024

    Author: Dr Owen Bradfield What are the changes? From 1 January 2024 , the importation of disposable nicotine vaping products (NVPs) has been banned. From 1 March 2024 , importation of reusable NVPs will also be banned, unless they meet new pro...
  5. Being Patient-Centred Is the Key to Gender-Affirming Care

    Author: Dr Clara Soo Known for her dedication to the LGBTIQ+ community, Dr Clara Soo has the rare experience of providing gender-affirming care to her patients but has also gone through the process of gender affirmation herself.    N...
  6. Key Takeaways on Updated Guidelines to Telehealth

    In September 2023, the Medical Board of Australia released its new publication  Guidelines: Telehealth consultations with patients  (“the telehealth guid elines”) .    Here are&...
  7. The Scope of Duty of Care

    Doctors are legally obliged to provide a reasonable standard of care to their patients. This is uncontroversial. However, determining what is reasonable is more challenging. In other words, how many times must a practitioner follow up with a non-com...
  8. The Dr Nichola Davis Scholarship

    In March 2022, the medical community mourned the loss of Dr Nichola Davis, a skilled general practitioner, and a compassionate medico-legal advisor who once served as the Chair of Claims at the Medical Indemnity Protection Society (MIPS). Beyo...
  9. What to Look for in an Employment Contract

    The age-old handshake agreement, surprisingly, is often still used between a doctor and their workplace. If you do not have a contract and are simply working off a handshake agreement, where does this leave&n...
  10. GP Successfully Appeals Negligence in Failing to Follow Up on Electronic Referral

    The ACT Supreme Court of Appeal has overturned a decision in which a GP was initially found to have breached his duty of care to the patient by failing to follow up on referrals to a surgeon at a public ...
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