Published on December 8, 2010 by Technology Slice
Elizabeth Edwards Death – Elizabeth Edwards lost her hair to cancer, her son to an accident, her husband to another woman. No wonder she called one memoir “Resilience.” And another “Saving Graces.” Edwards’ death Tuesday at age 61 ended a struggle of extraordinary and multiple dimensions, any one of which might have consumed the more [...]
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Published on November 22, 2010 by Technology Slice
Hositals Turning Away Ambulances – Ambulance Victoria data reveals that while Melbourne’s largest 14 hospitals were on bypass for the equivalent of 76 days between July 2009 and April this year, they also used the Hospital Early Warning System (HEWS) for 165 days between them. The early warning system allows hospitals to tell ambulances they [...]
Tags: 10 Months, Advertisement, Ambulance Victoria, Ambulances, Australia State, Benchmark, Dandenong, Doctors, Early Warning System, Frankston, Freedom Of Information, Freedom Of Information Laws, Hospitals, Medical Centre, Paramedics, Royal Melbourne Hospital, State Government, State Secretary, Target
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Published on October 19, 2010 by Technology Slice
iPad sales in Australia have finally hit 250,000. This is actually surprising considering the small market for the ipad here. The iphone was a mega hit because everyone was already using mobile phones at the time of the release. The ipad however is in a market most Australians don’t even bother with. There’s desktops, laptops, [...]
Tags: apple, Australia, australians, Consumers, Desktops, Doctors, Ipad, iphone, Laptops Notebooks, Mobile Phones, Patient Records, Web Surfing Experience
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Published on August 14, 2010 by Technology Slice
IVF Costs Soar – An analysis of government figures shows use of assisted reproduction technology plummeted immediately after the introduction of new Medicare rules in January. Specialists say these have doubled patients’ out-of-pocket contributions to an average $2000 for one IVF cycle, putting the treatment beyond the means of many.
Tags: Assisted Reproduction Technology, Attempts, Australia, Babies, Caps, Chief Executive, Dill, Doctors, Government Figures, Infertility, Infertility Network, Ivf, Medicare, Medicare Rules, Patient Group, pregnancy, Proportion, Rebates, Sandra, Soar
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Published on June 7, 2010 by Technology Slice
Bowel Cancer Affecting The Young – It is the most common internal cancer found in Australian men and women. Every year, 4,500 die from bowel cancer and doctors say they are now seeing many patients in their 20s and 30s.
Tags: 30s 40s, 50s, 60s, 80s, Australia, Australian Men, Bowel Cancer, Doctors, Internal Cancer, Little Bit, Men And Women, Newstead, Olsen, People, Shingles, Shock, sydney, toilet
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