The Medical Journal of Australia 2013 www.mja.com.au Matters arising TO THE EDITOR: In a recent article,1 Elkin and colleagues concluded that, compared with Australian-trained doctors (ATDs), international medical graduates (IMGs) posed a greater risk of attracting complaints to medical boards....
The Medical Journal of Australia 2013 www.mja.com.au Matters arising TO THE EDITOR: In a recent article,1 Elkin and colleagues concluded that, compared with Australian-trained doctors (ATDs), international medical graduates (IMGs) posed a greater risk of attracting complaints to medical boards....
Lawsuit risk appears to be highest during the first 10 years of practice.16,17 At the other end of the career trajectory, age-related declines in cognitive and motor skills have led to questions about late-career physicians’ patient-related skills and quality of medical care.18-24 ...
In response to ‘Correspondence: Identification of doctors at risk of recurrent complaints: a national study of healthcare complaints in Australia’ Given this perspective, doctors who were complained against at least once are the appropriate focus; these doctors are visible to regulators, there is ...
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It will empower them to better understand their disease and communicate its severity to their doctors. It will enable providers to better diagnose, select effective therapies and monitor the course of treatment. And it will help health systems to intervene promptly and avoid expensive and dangerous ...
By listening to our customers, we can continue to enhance the service we offer.2. How Bupa Global acts on our customers comments Pre-authorisation of treatment We realised that we needed to better explain how important it is to contact us for pre-authorisation before receiving medical ...
serious cases even among vaccinated individuals7, there is a need for knowledge of post-Omicron risks for medical doctors, health personnel and health policy makers. If the Omicron variant leads to temporary or persistent post-covid complaints, it may impose a large burden on healthcare and ...
(2) The room smelt musty so when I opened the window to get fresh air into the room their was absolutely no screen on the window ! (3) I went to take my medical pills and then their was no cup or glass to take water with for my medications. (4) I then thought about taking a...
Diagnoses of mental disorder were previously based on the DSM-IV and are currently based on the DSM-5, or by referral to psychiatrists in daily medical practice. When extracting the data for this study, two physicians independently checked the clinical records to determine the final diagnosis (...