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How Do Medical Practitioners Obtain Australian Permanent Residency?

What you need to know In Australia, doctors can be classed into specialist medical practitioner and generalist medical practitioner categories. When a student finishes their studies they usually...

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Good Health Records Are Essential

If a medical or health practitioner receives a patient complaint or claim, one of the requests the medical practitioner may be asked by their medical indemnity insurer is...

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Regulating Medical Devices in The ‘Internet of Things’

Any device that can collect its own data and communicate via a network is now part of the billions of gadgets collectively known as the Internet of Things (IoT). In...

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Obtaining informed consent for a Telehealth Consultation

Telehealth services are now more than ever being utilised to provide medical treatment to patients. The benefits work for both parties involved – patients can continue to receive...

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Working in the Public Sector – How to Avoid Legal Hazards

There are many similarities as well as differences in challenges and stresses that medical practitioners experience when working in the public sector compared with the private practice. One...

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Managing Emergency Blood Transfusions for Minors

There are legal implications when dealing with blood transfusions for minors. It is not uncommon for Health and Medical Practitioners to face difficult situations when a child’s parent...