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Moral distress and burnout at ‘crisis’ point in health sector

Moral distress and burnout are at crisis proportions in the health sector, say two bioethicists who will discuss the topic in a webinar on Wednesday. Source: ACU.

Health

Private maternity hospitals face collapse without major reforms

Australia’s private maternity hospitals face collapse without major reforms to combat the soaring costs of running the services for a shrinking pool of women, who pay thousands in out-of-pocket fees and increasingly unaffordable health insurance. Source: The Age.

Health

Conference to consider future of mission-led healthcare

Artificial intelligence expert Joel Pearson, motivational speaker and London bombing survivor Gill Hicks and health economist Stephen Duckett will speak at Catholic Health Australia’s annual conference next month.

Health Technology

Headsets connect doctor to patient – in high definition

Catholic Healthcare is using Microsoft’s holographic headset HoloLens to carry out telehealth appointments between residential care nurses and remote doctors. Source: iTnews.

Health

Advocates push for umpire to regulate private health care pricing

After very public blows traded between hospital service St Vincent’s and insurer NIB, health advocates are lobbying for a private “umpire” charged with regulating prices and preventing future disputes. Source: The Australian.

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Thousands of patients face massive cost hikes as St Vincent’s pull plug on NIB

Thousands of patients face massive rises in out-of-pocket costs at St Vincent’s private hospitals after funding negotiations with major health insurer NIB collapsed amid a deepening crisis in the $22 billion private hospital industry. Source: The Age. 

Health Pope Francis

Anointing of the sick offers strength to seriously ill, elderly: Pope

Pope Francis has reminded Catholics that there is no need to wait until a person is at the point of death to receive the sacrament of the anointing of the sick. Source: CNS.

Health

Call for independent body to set insurance premium rises

Catholic Health Australia is calling for a fundamental overhaul of the way private health insurance premium rises are calculated and approved. Source: The Australian. 

Health

NDIS overhaul blocks hospital funding negotiations

State and territory hospital funding negotiations are on pause to focus on the overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, despite public hospitals being under pressure. Source: ABC News.