Perspectives

Environmentally sustainable equitable digital transformation is central to delivering low carbon health care models

Zerina Lokmic‐Tomkins · Ann Borda · Kimberly Humphrey

Australian skin cancer registries need to sensitively capture data on race and ethnicity to improve skin cancer outcomes for people with skin of colour

Ayooluwatomiwa I Oloruntoba · Michelle Rodrigues

Until we have strategies to reduce the barriers of video consultations, Australia needs long telephone consultations

Feby Savira · Eva Yuen · Anna Ugalde · Katherine Graham · Anna Peeters

Indigenous-specific mobile clinics improve access to health care by delivering care to underserviced communities

Deborah A Askew · Ethan Kettyle · Kim Passante · Tamika Campbell · Maree R Toombs

Queensland’s approach to Indigenous health equity planning and implementation should align with existing international frameworks

Maree R Toombs · Caitlin Curtis · Claire E Brolan

Future studies should focus on patient selection for interventional therapy, best practices for stent surveillance, and long term anticoagulation

Jana‐Lee Moss · Frederikus A Klok · Uyen G Vo · Toby Richards

Focusing solely on financial measures is unlikely to deliver a comprehensive view of the value of digital health

Leanna Woods · Rebekah Eden · Oliver J Canfell · Kim‐Huong Nguyen · Tracy Comans · Clair Sullivan

Medical practitioners are poorly compensated for their time and services in supporting patients through the voluntary assisted dying process

Casey M Haining · Lindy Willmott · Simon Towler · Ben P White

Implementation science based health care research is urgently needed for genomic and precision medicine in Australia

Rosie O'Shea · Alan S Ma · Robyn V Jamieson · Nicole M Rankin

Better reporting of harms is needed in clinical trials to support better decision making

Christina Abdel Shaheed · Christopher G Maher · Ann‐Mason Furmage · Tammy Hoffmann · Andrew J McLachlan

Strategies to increase and sustain the COVID-19 vaccination rate among Australian children are needed

Katelyn Barnes · Sally Hall Dykgraaf · Lucas Toca · Michael Wright · Michael Kidd

Australia has effectively instituted a vaccination mandate while maintaining critical workforce capacity in aged care

Sally Hall Dykgraaf · Jane Desborough · Anne Parkinson · Elizabeth A Sturgiss · Paul Kelly · Michael Kidd

Enforceable indoor air quality standards are needed to minimise the risk of airborne infection transmission in shared indoor spaces

Lidia Morawska · Guy B Marks · Jason Monty

Australia should develop a sustainable evidence-based pharmacogenomic screening program, with DPYD genotyping at the forefront

Cassandra White · Rodney Scott · Christine L Paul · Stephen P Ackland

From 2023, the National Health and Medical Research Council aims to award equal numbers of Investigator Grants to women and men

Anne Kelso

The largest health workforce has the greatest research potential; investing in nursing and midwifery researchers is an investment in better care and cost outcomes

Marion Eckert · Claire M Rickard · Deborah Forsythe · Kathleen Baird · Judith Finn · Andrea Gilkison · Richard Gray · Caroline SE Homer · Sandy Middleton · Stephen Neville · Lisa Whitehead · Greg R Sharplin · Samantha Keogh

When chlamydia is detected, retesting and thorough contact tracing and management can help to interrupt transmission and reduce the risk of reinfection and reproductive complications

Stephanie C Munari · Jane L Goller · Margaret E Hellard · Jane S Hocking

Health professionals must be prepared to address the health risks and impacts of climate change

Hayden Burch · Laura J Beaton · Grace Simpson · Ben Watson · Janie Maxwell · Kenneth D Winkel

If colleges aspire to be leaders in health, they must show leadership on climate

Henry Oakley · Caroline Shaw · Jesse Gale

Improving patient communication on fertility risk and cancer is vital for quality in oncofertility care

Violet Kieu · Catharyn Stern · Jessica Harris · Yasmin Jayasinghe · Natalie Bradford · Wanyuan Cui · Rebecca Deans · Tamara Hunter · Catherine Allingham · Stefan C Kane · Lei Shong Lau · Shanna Logan · Robert McLachlan · Kristen Neville · Michelle Peate · Marianne Phillips · Carla Saunders · Marianne Tome · Rita Upreti · Kate White · Antoinette Anazodo · Roger J Hart

An understanding of the landscape of clinical trials in pancreatic cancer available to the Australian population may assist in informing gaps and opportunities for future trial interventions and increased participation

Nadia N Khan · Harleen Basrai · Sue M Evans · Liane J Ioannou · Charles HC Pilgrim · John R Zalcberg · Gayle M Jones · Susan Hanson

Australia’s transition to renewables and zero carbon remains unacceptably slow

Paul J Beggs · Ying Zhang · Alice McGushin · Stefan Trueck · Martina K Linnenluecke · Hilary Bambrick · Anthony G Capon · Sotiris Vardoulakis · Donna Green · Arunima Malik · Ollie Jay · Maddie Heenan · Ivan C Hanigan · Sharon Friel · Mark Stevenson · Fay H Johnston · Celia McMichael · Fiona Charlson · Alistair J Woodward · Marina B Romanello

Future threats require an integrated approach to the health of humans, animals and the environment

Sandra G Steele · Jenny‐Ann LML Toribio · Siobhan M Mor

Addressing the social determinants and the structural consumptogenic system is critically important if we are to avert a planetary health inequity crisis

Sharon Friel

Our efforts to prepare and respond to the challenges posed by climate change must focus on community support and recovery, providing sustainable financial security and social connectedness

George Braitberg