Perspectives

Obtaining high quality evidence relating to adoption of robotic surgery presents challenges

Wei Shen Tan · Anthony Ta · John D Kelly

Coordinated systemic change and enhanced access to care are needed to improve doctors’ wellbeing

Chanaka Wijeratne · Margaret P Kay · Mark H Arnold · Jeffrey CL Looi

By learning from Australia’s response to the pandemic and breaking down siloes, we can build a more integrated and resilient health system

Sarah L Larkins · Nicole L Allard · C Paul Burgess

Strep A POCT is a critical element in preventing acute rheumatic fever and will contribute to the elimination of rheumatic heart disease in Australia

Dylan D Barth · Gelsa Cinanni · Jonathan R Carapetis · Rosemary Wyber · Louise Causer · Caroline Watts · Belinda Hengel · Susan Matthews · Anna P Ralph · Janessa Pickering · Jeffrey W Cannon · Lorraine Anderson · Vicki Wade · Rebecca J Guy · Asha C Bowen

The key themes from the 21 years of MSIC experience are that good policy, with clear legislation and careful management of clients within a harm reduction framework, can and does alleviate problems that may be perceived as inherent to the operation of such services

Carolyn A Day · Allison Salmon · Marianne Jauncey · Mark Bartlett · Amanda Roxburgh

Seafarers’ access to health care is limited, pre-employment screening is variable, and delayed presentations to Australian facilities are common in this vulnerable patient group

John J Bockxmeer · Nilukshi Ranwala

Given the unique geographic, socio-economic and health care system considerations, Australasian-specific research evaluating trauma care verification is essential

for the Trauma Care Verification and Quality Improvement Writing Group †

Despite significant government expenditure on headspace, youth mental health outcomes still need improvement

Steve Kisely · Jeffrey CL Looi

Early detection remains an important strategy to reduce melanoma mortality and improve survival, and novel precision medicine technologies for melanoma diagnosis are rapidly changing this field

Rashidul A Mahumud · Monika Janda · H Peter Soyer · Pablo Fernández‐Peñas · Victoria J Mar · Rachael L Morton

People with long term disability after stroke should have access to the services they need, when they require them

Katharine Scrivener · Catherine Dean · Ian D Cameron · Louise Ada

The burden and costs of potentially inappropriate medications and polypharmacy are major public health challenges, but the effectiveness of deprescribing interventions in routine care remains unclear

Ian A Scott · Emily Reeve · Sarah N Hilmer

Police watch-house detainees have complex health needs that involve multiple agencies and require coordinated, interagency solutions

Julia L Crilly · Caitlin Brandenburg · Stuart A Kinner · Ed Heffernan · Joshua Byrnes · Cathy Lincoln · Paul Gardiner · Peter Davidson · Annabel Somerville · Daniel Wilson · David Green · Stuart Thomas

The obesity epidemic has been escalating for over 30 years, but little attention has been paid to delivery of effective treatments in the public system

Ahmad Aly · Michael L Talbot · Wendy A Brown

Breast cancer commonly causes significant physical and psychological sequelae; guidelines and models of care exist to ameliorate these

Christobel M Saunders · Lesley Stafford · Martha Hickey

MS risk is becoming less of a mystery as we gain a better understanding of its causes

Bruce V Taylor

Without data on access to, or quality of, the care for people with disability, it is impossible to determine drivers of health inequities, and to develop evidence-informed policies to improve care and track progress towards reducing health inequities

Jodie Bailie · Nicola Fortune · Julie Gordon · Richard C Madden · Gwynnyth Llewellyn

Fostering engagement among older patients and families and creating opportunities for decision making about medications are crucial for improved safety and quality across transitions of care

Elizabeth Manias · Carmel Hughes · Robyn E Woodward‐Kron · Christine M Jorm · Guncag Ozavci · Tracey K Bucknall

Assessing a person’s eligibility for VAD is difficult because prognostication is difficult, prognosis is inherently uncertain, and the eligibility criteria are not clearly specified

Sharon H Nahm · Martin R Stockler · Belinda E Kiely

SGLT2 inhibitors show promise in improving metabolic and cardiovascular health in type 1 diabetes, yet ideal candidates for therapy require careful selection

Jennifer R Snaith · Jerry R Greenfield

Many technical and regulatory hurdles have been overcome, but the field has a long way to go

Gabrielle O'Sullivan · Joshua G Philips · John EJ Rasko

With a history of border politics and deterrence strategies underpinning the Australian Government’s refugee and immigration policies, when it comes to refugee and asylum seeker health, politics can no longer be removed from advocacy

Nilanthy Vigneswaran

mRNA vaccine development will continue to accelerate, and further improvements to the technology may mitigate some of the current limitations

Isabella Overmars · George Au‐Yeung · Terence M Nolan · Andrew C Steer

First Nations Yol?u women are speaking up to reclaim control and return of childbirth services

Sarah Ireland · Yvette Roe · Suzanne Moore · Elaine Ḻäwurrpa Maypilama · Dorothy Yuŋgirrŋa Bukulatjpi · Evelyn Djota Bukulatjpi · Sue Kildea

The convergence of excessive heat, poor housing, energy insecurity and chronic disease has reached critical levels

Simon Quilty · Norman Frank Jupurrurla · Ross S Bailie · Russell L Gruen

The current lack of a national strategy for Indigenous adolescent health in Australia is a glaring gap

Seth Westhead · Quinton Appleby · Brittney Andrews · Tina Brodie · Alex Brown · Karla Canuto · Josh Cooke · Mahlia Garay · Thomas Harrington · Djai Hunter · Corey Kennedy · Jaeda Lenoy · Olivia Lester · Hannah McCleary · Odette Pearson · Lorraine Randall · Rachel Reilly · Hamish Rose · Daniel Rosendale · Jakirah Telfer · Peter Azzopardi