Health services administration

It is time for the entire profession to accept responsibility

Joanna M Flynn MB BS, MPH, FRACGP

Sexual abuse in the medical profession is a complex, multifaceted problem that needs evidence-based solutions

Louise E Stone MPH, MQHR, PhD · Kirsty Douglas DipRACOG, MD, FRACGP · Imogen Mitchell PhD, FRACP, FCICM · Beverley Raphael AM, MD, FRANZCP

Responsibility for health care in detention must be transferred from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection to an independent body

Peter Young MB BS, FRANZCP

Policy interventions should support clinician-led efforts regarding consensus on low-value care and how to reduce it

Ian A Scott FRACP, MHA, MEd · Stephen J Duckett DSc, FASSA, FAHMS

Current strategies are not doing enough

Stephen J Duckett DSc, FASSA, FAHMS · Peter Breadon MPA, MPP, BA · Danielle Romanes BA(Hons)

Tracking publication output from intervention research is important for accountability

Lesley A King BSc, MPsychol · Robyn S Newson BPhysiother, MPH · Gillian E Cohen BAppSci, MPH · Jacqueline Schroeder BSc, MA · Selina Redman AO, PhD · Lucie Rychetnik PhD, MPH · Andrew J Milat PhD, MPH(Hons), BHMS(Ed)(Hons) · Adrian Bauman PhD, FFAPHM · Simon Chapman PhD, FASSA, HonFFPH

Sexual harassment in medicine has implications for employers, professional colleges and associations, and regulators

Ben Mathews PhD, LLB, BA · Marie M Bismark MB ChB, LLB, MPH

Medical colleges should take the lead in abolishing discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment

David AK Watters ChM, FRCSEd, FRACS · David J Hillis MHA, FRACMA, FRACS(Hon)

More enlightened teaching would go a long way towards solving problems of discrimination in medicine

Merrilyn M Walton BA, MSW, PhD

Effective partnership requires professionals and consumers to redefine their roles and responsibilities

Stephen D Gill PhD, BPhysio · Melinda Gill DRANZCOG, FRACGP, MPH

HIV infection is not only seen in men who have sex with men

Ian J Woolley MB BS, FRACP, MD · Tony M Korman MB BS(Hons), FRACP, FRCPA

The reduction in infection rate observed by Entesari-Tatafi et al may have been due to a variation of the Hawthorne effect

Philip G Reasbeck MD, FRACS FRACMA · Sue Flockhart RN, GradDipInfCont, MNursing

Effective revalidation processes based on performance measurement would be cost-effective and could lead to cost savings

Stephen N Bolsin FANZCA, MHSM, DLit(Hon) · Elizabeth Cawson MB BS(Hons) · Mark E Colson MB BS, FANZCA

Parents have little difficulty getting same-day GP appointments for their mildly ill children

Gary L Freed BA, MD, MPH · Amie Bingham MPH, BSc, BA · Amy R Allen BSc(Hons), GradDipAlcohol OtherDrugStudies · Michele Freed · Lena A Sanci MB BS, FRACGP, PhD · Neil Spike MB BS, FRACGP

More is not always better when it comes to using oxygen for patients in acute care

E Walters FRCP, FRACP, DM · Greg King PhD, FRACP

Inconsistent Schedule 8 prescription requirements between Australian states and territories create unnecessary complexity for health professionals

Andy C Hua BPharm · Finna Shen BPharm · Xiaoting Ge RN, CCRN

Doctors-in-training are well positioned to continue Australia’s strong history of biomedical innovation and entrepreneurship

Harris A Eyre MB BS(Hons) · Timothy Lindsay MB BS, MPhil, PGDipSurgAnat · James A Churchill MB BS, BMedSc · Oliver Cronin MB BS(Hons) · Arlen Meyers MD, MBA

Have universities forgotten their role in promoting open enquiry?

Kypros Kypri PhD

A brief survey highlights the high level of NIPT awareness among pregnant women

Susannah J Maxwell MPH, BSc · Jan E Dickinson MD, FRANZCOG, DDU · Peter O’Leary PhD, MAACB, FFSc(RCPA)

The PIP after-hours incentive funding mechanism does not preferentially support practices that provide after-hours care

Amanda L Neil BSc(Hons), GradDipEc, PhD · Mark R Nelson MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACGP · Tracy Richardson BBus, GradDipHlthHumServ · Meghan Mann-Leonard BSpThy · Andrew J Palmer BMedSc, MB BS

Understanding push and pull factors helps in targeting medical workforce maldistribution in rural and remote areas

Matthew R McGrail BSc(Hons), GradDipIT, PhD · John S Humphreys BA, DipEd, PhD

Linked data show that readmission to hospital is common for patients with stroke or TIA

Monique F Kilkenny MPH, GDipEpiBiostats, BAppSc(MRA) · Helen M Dewey MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Vijaya Sundararajan BA(Hons), MD, MPH · Nadine E Andrew PhD, MPH, BAppSc(Physio) · Natasha Lannin PhD, GradDip(CaseMgmt), BSc(OT) · Craig S Anderson MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Geoffrey A Donnan MB BS, MD, FRACP · Dominique A Cadilhac PhD, MPH, BN

Statin therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease can be risky

Debasish Ghosh MB BS · Philippa M McGann BPharm · Timothy J Furlong PhD, FRACP · Richard O Day MD, FRACP

Health practitioners who close a practice have immediate and ongoing legal obligations to their patients

David J Carter LLM(Res), LLB(Hons), BAComm