Australia is renowned as the ‘sunburnt country’, but this title comes with a dark side: we have the highest melanoma rates in the world. Sadly, melanoma claims the lives of approximately 1,400 Australians every year (Melanoma Institute Australia [MIA], 2022). What makes this even more tragic is that melanoma and other skin cancers are among…
What is nursing informatics? Imagine a world where technology works for you, making nursing care delivery more efficient, patient care safer, and your role more impactful. That’s where nursing informatics comes in—a rapidly growing field that is shaping the future of health care in Australia. Nursing informatics blends nursing, computer science, and data analysis to…
An evaluation report of Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs) provides promising evidence that the clinics achieve their desired objective of providing care for illnesses and injuries that are urgent, but not life-threatening, and reduce expensive visits to hospital emergency departments. ACN CEO, Adjunct Professor Kathryn Zeitz FACN, said the evaluation report, by the Department of…