I’m sure that I say this every month, but what a big month this has been. We’ve known for some time that emergency departments and health systems are the busiest we’ve seen them in our careers.
It is August, again, and we are being dumped by another COVID-19 wave. At times I am reminded of the movie Groundhog Day where Bill Murray’s TV weatherman wakes up, over and over, on the exact same day – February the 2nd – regardless of what he does to avoid or change this.
It is October, and it is hard to believe that we are already in the last quarter of 2022.
It is hard for many of us who work in chronically under-resourced and overcrowded emergency departments to not get cynical. After all, it is an honestly earned cynicism. But I find it harder to be cynical in spring. Especially when the waratahs are out.
Ahead of Saturday’s election, the peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand has warned The Coalition and Labor the systemic problems in healthcare require sophisticated solutions, not slogans.
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The use and benefits of new technologies by the healthcare sector has recently been in the news, with British Prime Minister Theresa May announcing plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) and data in the diagnosis of chronic diseases.
The appointment of Dr Elizabeth Gass as Independent External Reviewer is part of the College’s commitment to address and implement the recommendations of the Expert Advisory Group (EAG).
The inaugural ACEM research network symposium was held on 22 November in Hobart immediately following the ASM.