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Medical Observer retweeted
A doctor’s guide to being a successful healthcare advocate: sharing some of my favourite #advocacy tips in @MedObserver today. medicalobserver.com.au/profe…
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Latest edition of @australiandr is out today. Inside we sit down with IT guru Tim Kelsey tasked with reviving the My Health Record system.
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Medical Observer retweeted
Latest edition of @australiandr magazine hitting desks nationally today - see inside for your chance to win a luxury medical trip to Russia
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Get behind @gdtoogood campaign wearing #crazysocks4docs tomorrow, read his remarkable story in this week's @australiandr magazine!
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From the dean of Harvard Medical School #NoBanNoWall #MuslimBan
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Medical Observer retweeted
#BREAKING - Sydney GP Brian Crickitt found guilty of murdering his wife Christine by insulin injection.
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Medical Observer retweeted
'We do not always realise the difference we make in people's lives' Great article @annemalatt @MedObserver medicalobserver.com.au/blog/…
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Freeze starting to bite. Was only a matter of time before tipping point reached. Practices can't continually absorb rising costs @ama_media xitter.cf/Sue_Dunlevy/status/798…
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PIP money may not change but someone has to be paid to prepare the monthly data reports and other tasks that are being added to our workload xitter.cf/MedObserver/status/791…
A planned overhaul of GP incentives will whittle 11 payments down to five. Learn more: buff.ly/2expeEG
Online training available to assist GPs with SHS uploads and more ama.com.au/gp-network-news/p…
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Medical Observer retweeted
Medicare rebate freeze set to cost patients more to see doctors. Lazy health policy which needs to be changed #auspol
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Endless whinging about Labor's Medicare election tactics just weak. How long ago was it? Play on.
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Medical Observer retweeted
In response to financial pressures, has your practice implemented new business models and billing practices? ow.ly/AwON3055Wp1
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Medical Observer retweeted
CAM lobby says Ken Harvey 'conflicted' by role on complaints panel. bit.ly/2dKiS71 (Med Obs log-in reqd)
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MEDIA RELEASE: RACP offers scholarships to increase Indigenous specialist numbers bit.ly/2e1pgkH
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Medical Observer retweeted
Need the facts for the anti-vaxxers? Look out for this one on Monday .@amapresident @Science_Academy @sussanley @ProfPCDoherty #vaccination
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This is what our @WikiEducation project is trying to address - good information, freely available. xitter.cf/MedObserver/status/784…
Patients are struggling to access decent consumer medicines information buff.ly/2dgulpG
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Medical Observer retweeted
..and ANOTHER ‘just a script’ consult leads 25mins deprescrbing, establish treatment ceilings & opportunistic health intervention #justagp
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#JustAGP Expert, Contextual, continuous, comprehensive health care=General Practice