Health services administration

The text within the guidelines did not reflect either the established literature or the systematic review

John B Dixon

Australia and New Zealand would do well to emulate some aspects of US health care, such as the can-do approach

Matthew H R Anstey MB BS, MPH, FCICM · Adam G Elshaug MPH, PhD · Lesley M Russell BSc(Hons), BA, PhD · Susan Wells MB ChB, MPH, PhD

Willing participants help cut the costs and time involved in recruitment for cancer research

John L Hopper · Carmel Apicella · Alison J Butt

Paediatric hospitals are making decisions about drugs based on poor evidence and incomplete documentation

Yashwant K Sinha MB BS(Hons), FRACP, PhD · Jonathan C Craig MB ChB, FRACP, PhD · Peter G Barclay BPharm, DipHospPharm · Hugh Miller BScPharm(Hons), DipHospPharm(Admin), GradCertMan · Sean C Turner BPharm, MSc, DipClinPharm · Joseph P Whitehouse BPharm(Hons) · Jo-anne E Brien BPharm, BS(Pharm), PharmD

Closing the implementation gap: making sure CPD improves quality of care

Matthew J Links

Do Australian trends in cardiovascular disease have lessons for other countries?

Peter L Thompson AM, MD, FRACP, FACC

Reassessing the benefits, harms and risk levels of statin therapy

Ian R Hamilton-Craig PhD, FRACP, FCSANZ

Although good for patient safety, introducing a short-stay unit did not increase overall bed capacity

Patrick T Russell MD, FRACP · Paul Hakendorf BSc, MPH · Campbell H Thompson MD, DPhil, FRACP

Australian researchers are proving the usefulness of data linkage, but their access to data is hindered

Ian N Olver MB BS, MD, PhD

While fee-for-service is still important, other more flexible forms of funding are needed

Liz Marles BMed(Hons), BSc(Hons), FRACGP

A growing shortage of academic clinicians provokes calls for an explicit academic training pathway

Harris A Eyre · Rob D Mitchell · William J Milford

A Senate inquiry offers an opportunity to redress the balance

Adam P Vogel · Sarah E Plant

Safety concerns about sleep deprivation in a growing junior doctor workforce present a chance for roster reforms

Dev A S Kevat MB BS, LLB, MPH · Peter A Cameron MB BS, FACEM, MD · Andrew R Davies MB BS, FRACP, FJFICM · Chris P Landrigan MD, MPH · Shantha W Rajaratnam BSc, LLB, PhD

Linking data improves monitoring of hospital performance and identification of patients at risk

Mikaela L Jorgensen BAppSc(SpPath)(Hons) · Jane M Young MB BS, PhD, FAFPHM · Timothy A Dobbins BMath, PhD · Michael J Solomon MB BCh, MSc(ClinEpi), FRACS

Current national monitoring excludes subarachnoid haemorrhage, but a separate national registry to monitor process of care may be warranted

Dominique A Cadilhac · Craig S Anderson

Complex matters of health care demand considered, holistic and compassionate responses

Diana McKay

In an era of active health reform, what might we expect from the new Australian Government?

Christine C Bennett AO, MB BS, MPaed, FRACP

Assessing groups of doctors likely to be performing poorly would be better than wholesale assessment

Peter C Arnold

How should we treat patients who may lack the capacity to decide in their own best interests?

Joanne F Bradbury BNat(Hons), BA(Psych), PhD · Matt Ireland BA(Psych)(Hons) · Helen Stasa BA(Hons), PhD

AMA president Steve Hambleton challenges doctors to accept that they have stewardship of the health system

Steven J Hambleton MB BS, FAMA

We need better data before we stop inserting “just in case” catheters in the ED

Peter Lewindon