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Last Updated: 12/02/2024
in Advice and Support Telehealth
Tips and knowledge to help you assess the scope and limitations of telehealth consultations in your practice.
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MIPS panel lawyers Meridian explains the Medicare Benefit Scheme (MBS) โtelehealthโ items.
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Last Updated: 09/02/2024
in Advice and Support Telehealth
Ensure you follow effective and practical legal advice to deliver safe and clinically appropriate telehealth consultations.
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Last Updated: 06/02/2024
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...
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Last Updated: 30/01/2024
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...
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Last Updated: 24/01/2024
In September 2023, the Medical Board of Australia released its new publication Guidelines: Telehealth consultations with patients (“the telehealth guid elines”) . Here are&...
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Last Updated: 23/01/2024
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...
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Last Updated: 22/01/2024
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...
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Last Updated: 18/01/2024
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...
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Last Updated: 18/01/2024
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 ...