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ASOS media release re QLD VMO fiasco
Chief negotiator for the Visiting Medical Officers (VMO) in the 3 year old VMO contract dispute, Dr Ross Cartmill has the complete support of the Queensland orthopaedic VMOs. ... The message has been conveyed to him by the QLD Chairman of ASOS, Dr Kelly Macgroarty, "Dr Cartmill is simply trying to ensure that Qld patients have access to quality medical care in their public hospitals. He has put a very reasonable position in front of the Qld Department of Health who have decided to leave this matter unresolved for 3 long years," he said. "This matter needs to be resolved urgently. It should not be left on the agenda prior to Christmas," Dr Macgroarty said. (December 2011)
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Orthopaedic Groups Endorse Changes to Registration for Senior Doctors
The Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) and the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ASOS) have come out in support of the Australian Doctors' Fund's (ADF) proposal to extend the active role of senior doctors in the health service. ... The ADF is putting forward a new category of Senior Active Medical Practitioner to encourage doctors over 55 years old to continue working, even though they want to scale down their medical practice. (June 2011)
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Orthopaedic Surgeons back GP open letter
Orthopaedic surgeons are being called on by the National Chairman of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons Dr Gary Speck, to sign an open letter to Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon raising concerns about the future of primary healthcare. (September 2009)
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Surgeons tell Ms Roxon to stay out of operating theatre
"Sermons by Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon concerning choice of joint replacement are unhelpful and inaccurate", Chairman of Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Dr Gary Speck said in Melbourne today. Dr Speck rejected the claim attributed to Ms Roxon in today's Australian "that 99% of the patients receiving artificial joints did not get the best types". (August 2009)
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Orthopaedic Surgeons Warn Against Health Fund Managed Care
Attempts to force patients to demand cheaper prostheses
by price discrimination of some implant products could be counter productive to good clinical care. (1.06.07)
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Cutting Of Bone & Tendon Should Be Done By
Doctors With Special Training
"The Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
maintains that anyone licensed to cut bone and tendon
should have successfully completed a medical degree,"
President of the Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle
Society, Dr Kim Slater said today. (9.12.05)
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Productivity Commission Report Into Hospital Costs - Public vs Private Hospitals
Administration costs are growing in hospitals Australia-wide while waiting times for elective surgery rise and bed numbers remain static, according to a Discussion Draft released by the Productivity Commission.
An increase in the annual number of hospital treatments per capita, against a stable number of beds per capita, also suggests that people are staying in hospital for shorter periods of time, the draft report found. On average, half of all in-patient treatments administered by Australia' public hospitals are same-day admissions.
At the same time, out-patient services increased more than 10 per cent from 2003-04 to 2007-08, the report found.
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| What is ASOS? |
The Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons was founded in 1997 with the following objectives:
 The advancement of orthopaedic surgery.
To promote and maintain the highest standard of orthopaedic patient care in the community.
To promote and maintain the highest standard of professional conduct by orthopaedic surgeons.
To promote mutual understanding and fellowship between orthopaedic surgeons.
To promote good relations between orthopaedic surgeons and others engaged in the practise of medicine and between orthopaedic surgeons and the community.
To promote and safeguard the professional interests and the conditions of practice of orthopaedic surgeons.
To promote and safeguard the freedom of choice of individual members of the community to seek and obtain the services of orthopaedic surgeons and others practising in both the private and public sectors of medicine.
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Eulogy: Kevin Fuller
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25th Anniversary of the Doctor's Dispute
The 1984 Doctor's Dispute left an indelible mark on Australian society and in particular on the psyche of health care decision makers at all levels. Unlike elsewhere, Australian doctors had demonstrated that they were not prepared to be walked over and lose their ability to treat patients to the highest standards of medical care. ... Since then the private healthcare sector has grown substantially while the public sector has in many cases succumbed to the blights of over-promising but often under-delivering particularly to the chronically ill, the mentally ill and the electively ill. ... This Review Analyses the events of that time and their enduring social / professional impacts.
E-health System May Be Doomed
A national electronic health care record system would cost Australia billions of dollars and the highly fragmented nature of healthcare record keeping across Australia could make a centralised system difficult to implement.
Medicare Select
In its June 2009 final report, the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission included a proposal for the future of Medicare, called 'Medicare Select'. The report recommended that the Commonwealth Government continue to examine the Medicare Select proposal over the next two years. This report describes Medicare Select, and then outlines two major problems with Medicare Select.
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