Author: Dr Michael Daly
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MyHealthRecord -Setting Up
My Health Record is a government managed service through which you may access your health information from anywhere within Australia.Registered Healthcare providers may also access this information; a record is maintained of who and when information has been accessed.I find it increasingly useful to checking immunisation history (although apart from immunisations given to children born…
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Avoiding sudden Cardiac Death
Australian GPs were said to be using an outdated algorithm to identify patients at risk of cardiovascular disease, in a 2020 article published in the MJA (Medical Journal of Australia).Cardiovascular disease presents most seriously as Heart attack or stroke (where the blood supply to brain is interrupted, resulting in paralysis, loss of speech or other…
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Coughs, Colds and Coronavirus
Patients with Respiratory* symptoms can be assessed by telephone or by video consultation, as we currently do not have the capacity to adequately protect waiting patients and staff from patients with infectious respiratory disease wishing to attend in person. Note that in order to bulk bill phone/video consultations to Medicare, a face to face attendance…