Value-based care and mental health outcomes
By Dr Vash Singh
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Value-based care and mental health outcomes
The central paradox of acutely pressured Australian mental health care is that expenditure is rising and demand is growing, with no agreed national standard for what constitutes a good outcome let alone a mechanism to measure, compare, or learn from one.
Clinical management of tinnitus
Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of an external acoustic source. Patients commonly describe ringing, buzzing, humming, hissing or pulsatile sounds in one or both ears.
Imaging for multidisciplinary management of musculoskeletal disease
The future of orthopaedics is not simply about performing more surgery, it is about delivering smarter, more personalised care.
Persistent pelvic pain - a multidisciplinary approach
Persistent pelvic pain consists of pain felt in the pelvis and pelvic organs lasting more than three to six months. It affects an estimated 15-20% of women and a minority of men.
Is it time for the MAN-ogram to replace PSA testing?
Prostate cancer should be a simple disease. Find it early and cure it, before growth and genetic dedifferentiation evades our weapons.
Management and treatment of haemorrhoids
Haemorrhoidal disease is one of the most common anorectal conditions encountered in primary care and, although often benign, symptoms can significantly affect quality of life and can overlap with more serious pathology.
Familial hypercholesterolaemia: A treatable paediatric disorder
Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a common inherited disorder causing markedly elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) from birth.
The efficacy of RSV vaccination in adults
Three RSV vaccines for adults have been developed and successfully completed positive phase III studies.
Screening for obstructive sleep apnoea
A middle-aged woman presented following a motor vehicle accident; she denied excessive sleepiness and described her sleep as 'normal' with no prior suspicion of a sleep disorder. A subsequent sleep study demonstrated severe obstructive sleep apnoea.
A pragmatic approach to the painful and swollen knee
The painful swollen knee is the “syncope” of musculoskeletal medicine as a similar systematic approach can be applied to management.
