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Medical education

A tale of three hospitals: solving learning and workforce needs together

Tarun K Sen Gupta, Richard B Murray, Neil S Beaton, David J Farlow, Clare B Jukka and Natasha L Coventry

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (2): 105-109 Free

Postcard from New York

President Obama’s health care plan

Jeffrey D Zajac

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (2): 54

Reforming Policy

An open letter to the federal Minister for Health from a general practitioner in outback Australia

Susan M Wearne

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (2): 67-69

Research enterprise

The challenge for academic health partnerships

Peter M Brooks

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (1): 26-27 Free

Health care

Sustaining Medicare through consumer choice of health funds: lessons from the Netherlands

Johannes U Stoelwinder and Francesco Paolucci

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (1): 30-32 Free

Editorials

A conversation about health care safety and quality

Christopher J Baggoley, Imogen E Curtis, Nicola J Dunbar and Christine M Jorm

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (1): 7-8

Conference report

Acute medical admissions in our hospitals: getting it right

Harvey H Newnham, Campbell H Thompson, Paul F Jenkins and Lauri T O’Brien

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (1): 9-10

Health care reform

Are we ready for the next big thing?

Stephen J Duckett

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 687-688

Health care reform

Health care workforce crisis in Australia: too few or too disabled?

Ian A Scott

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 689-692 Free

Letters

Mandating sustainability in Australian hospitals

Forbes McGain, Grant A Blashki, Kevin P Moon and Fiona M Armstrong

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 719-720

Research

Pathology processes and emergency department length of stay: the impact of change

Andrew J Francis, Michael J Ray and Mary C Marshall

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 665-669 Free

Supplement

“HAND ME AN ISOBAR”: a pilot study of an evidence-based approach to improving shift-to-shift clinical handover

Kwang C Yee, Ming C Wong and Paul Turner

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S121 Free

Supplement

Inpatient care to community care: improving clinical handover in the private mental health setting

Susan K Wood, Allison K Campbell, Judith D Marden, Lavinia Schmidtman, George H Blundell, Noella J Sheerin and Patricia M Davidson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S144 Free

Supplement

The PACT Project: improving communication at handover

Eileen Clark, Sally Squire, Anne Heyme, Mary-Ellen Mickle and Eileen Petrie

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S125 Free

Supplement

Clinical handover: critical communications

Christine M Jorm, Sarah White and Tamsin Kaneen

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S108-S109 Free

Supplement

SHARED maternity care: enhancing clinical communication in a private maternity hospital setting

Sara J Hatten-Masterson and Marnie L Griffiths

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S150 Free

Supplement

Teams communicating through STEPPS

Karen Stead, Saravana Kumar, Timothy J Schultz, Sue Tiver, Christy J Pirone, Robert J Adams and Conrad A Wareham

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S128 Free

Supplement

Patient care handovers: what will it take to ensure quality and safety during times of transition?

Julie K Johnson and Paul Barach

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S110 Free

Supplement

iSoBAR — a concept and handover checklist: the National Clinical Handover Initiative

Jill M Porteous, Edward G Stewart-Wynne, Madeleine Connolly and Pauline F Crommelin

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S152 Free

Research

The effect of compensation on health care utilisation in a trauma cohort

Ian A Harris, Darnel F Murgatroyd, Ian D Cameron, Jane M Young and Michael J Solomon

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): 619-622 Free

Supplement

Handover — Enabling Learning in Communication for Safety (HELiCS): a report on achievements at two hospital sites

Rick Iedema, Eamon T Merrick, Ross Kerridge, Robert Herkes, Bonne Lee, Mike Anscombe, Dorrilyn Rajbhandari, Mark Lucey and Les White

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S133 Free

Supplement

A shared electronic health record: lessons from the coalface

Brett V Silvester and Simon J Carr

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S113 Free

Supplement

Examining communication and team performance during clinical handover in a complex environment: the private sector post-anaesthetic care unit

Mari Botti, Tracey Bucknall, Peter Cameron, Megan-Jane Johnstone, Bernice Redley, Sue Evans and Shelly Jeffcott

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S157 Free

Research enterprise

Building quality in health — the need for clinical researchers*

Graham V Brown and Tania C Sorrell

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): 627-629 Free

Supplement

Whiteboards: one tool to improve patient flow

Wendy Chaboyer, Karen Wallen, Marianne Wallis and Anne M McMurray

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S137 Free