We don’t know much about the nature of this large-scale ransomware attack. But it’s not entirely surprising – health data is a prime target for cybercrime.
An ACCC taskforce may well prove effective in controlling unfair overcharging and NDIS costs. But the scheme’s pricing model could also use a redesign.
The budget sets the foundation for a new approach to community-based mental health care, eases cost-of-living pressures and aims to keep people out of hospital. Will they work? And what’s missing?
States could be in for another summer of unhealthy wildfire smoke as ‘zombie fires’ resurface in western Canada and more blazes break out in the dry conditions.
The federal government has announced almost $50 million in funding for gynaecological health care. But there’s more to do to help women with chronic pain.
A 2020 training session resulted in the death of NRL player Keith Titmuss. An inquest has recommended several changes to training protocols as a result.
Making the wrong decision about how to access care can impact both your health and finances. So what are your options? And what policy reforms are needed to improve affordable access to health care?
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne