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COVID-19: A message from College President, Dr Sarah Chalmers
Jul 1, 2021This week has been fairly tumultuous for most of us, for many reasons. There remains a significant threat of outbreaks of the pandemic in some of our most vulnerable communities... -
SPONSORED: Nutrition, the gut microbiome and bowel cancer: what should we tell our patients?
Jun 24, 2021Dr Adrian Griscti, ACRRM Fellow, proud rural GP for over 35 years, and South Australian Ambassador for health-promotion charity Doctors For Nutrition, is passionate about the role of whole food plant-based nutrition in disease prevention and care. -
SPONSORED: Virtual Health Monitoring empowers patients at Goondir Health Services
Jun 17, 2021Telstra Health partnered with Goondir Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Corporations for Health Services (Goondir Health Services) to help support patients on their health journey using Telstra Health’s Virtual Health Monitoring solution. -
Consultation on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2022-23
Jun 17, 2021The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) has released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2022–23 for public consultation. -
PBS Update - June 2021
Jun 17, 2021There are a number of new and amended listings to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from 1 June 2021. Additional listings and changes to current listings include for short term and long term opioids on the Palliative Care Schedule. -
Revised Implementation Guide - Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
Jun 17, 2021The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has completed a review and update of the Implementation Guide for the Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. -
SPONSORED: This Way Up - free digital mental health CPD course available online
Jun 10, 2021THIS WAY UP’s internet-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (iCBT) Foundations course for clinicians has recently been accredited by ACRRM. -
COVID-19 Vaccination Update
May 27, 2021The Commonwealth Department of Health has released a range of updates on COVID-19 Vaccination, including: Pfizer vaccine storage, the transfer of AstraZeneca vaccines, a statement on Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS), and more. -
Compliance letters to practices - Procedural Practice Incentive Payment
May 20, 2021Some member practices may have received correspondence regarding failure to comply with the guidelines of the Procedural Practice Incentive Payment (PIP). It has been identified that due to the Commonwealth Government not being able to access public hospital data in most States, GP and Rural Generalist Procedural Practices who may have met their required targets have received these letters. -
Review for Endorsement - Draft revised Delirium Clinical Care Standard
May 20, 2021The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has written to the College to seek feedback and potential future endorsement of the draft revised Delirium Clinical Care Standard. -
Attention Victorian members: COVID-19 vaccinations now available for healthcare workers
May 13, 2021Victorian healthcare workers are now eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccination. Eligible workers within phase 1 of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout include a range of healthcare workers across health services, private practices and community settings. -
Public Consultation: NTC Assessment of Fitness to Drive
May 6, 2021The National Transport Commission (NTC), in collaboration with Austroads, is reviewing Assessing Fitness to Drive in preparation for the release of an updated version later this year. A draft of the updated guidelines is now available for public consultation. -
New and amended PBS listings implemented on 1 May 2021
May 6, 2021The following new and amended Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listings were implemented on 1 May: Trastuzumab emtansine, Ritalin LA and Concerta, Cannabidiol, and Mesalazine. -
COVID-19 update: Increase of AstraZeneca allocations to GPs
May 6, 2021Following a review of the available stock of AstraZeneca vaccine, the Commonwealth Department of Health has increased allocations to general practice, with the first priority being those practices which are currently receiving 50 and 100 doses per week. -
Minister Coulton officially opens new ACRRM office
Apr 29, 2021Minister for Regional Health the Hon Mark Coulton officially opened the new office of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) on Thursday 29 April 2021. -
SPONSORED: Online Spirometry Training - win a spirometer
Mar 25, 2021Asthma Australia is now offering an online course - Fundamentals in Spirometry. Spirometry is the best practice approach to asthma diagnosis and ongoing monitoring in general practice. Register for online spirometry training between 9 March and 25 June 2021 and you will go into the draw to win a Medikro® Primo Spirometer (compatible with the Medikro inline bacterial/viral filter). -
Department of Health Targeted campaign – GP Telehealth
Mar 24, 2021The Benefits Integrity and Digital Health Division of the Department of Health has advised the College that it intends to contact some GPs within the next week regarding potentially non-compliant claiming patterns for MBS telehealth services. -
Opportunity to participate for Queensland members – trial of Online Cause of Death Certificate
Mar 24, 2021The Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM) is currently trialling the use of an online cause of death certificate, for deaths in Queensland. They are seeking rural medical practitioners to join the trial. -
Continued Dispensing Arrangements Extended
Mar 24, 2021The Government has agreed to further extend the Continued Dispensing emergency arrangements until 31 December 2021 while COVID-19 continues to put pressure on our health resources. -
Consultation open – draft Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard
Mar 24, 2021The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released a draft Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard for consultation.