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Medical Journal of Australia |
| Australian
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| Australian
Healthcare Association |
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The Australian Health Care
Association is the national industry body for publicly funded
hospitals and healthcare organizations, including aged and
extended care, primary and community health |
| AUSTRALASIAN
SOCIETY FOR HIV MEDICINE (ASHM) |
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ASHM is the peak Australasian
organisation representing the medical and health sector in
HIV/AIDS and related areas |
| AUSTRALASIAN
SOCIETY FOR IMMUNOLOGY (ASI) |
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The ASI is a broadly-based
Society, embracing clinical and experimental, cellular and
molecular immunology in humans and animals. The Society
provides a network for the exchange of information and for
collaboration within Australia, New Zealand and overseas |
| AUSTRALIAN
DIVISIONS OF GENERAL PRACTICE |
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Australian Divisions of General
Practice Ltd. (ADGP) is the peak national body representing
118 Divisions of General Practice and 7 State Based
Organisations across Australia, and was
established in 1998. The first local Divisions were
established in 1992. About 94 per cent of GPs are
members of a local Division of General Practice |
| Australian
Lung Foundation |
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The ALF is committed to:
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Raising
funds in support of medical research into lung disease.
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Distributing
research findings and knowledge.
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Educating
patients and the broader public on the treatment and
prevention of lung disease.
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Fostering
Patient Support Activities
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Influencing
public and corporate policy to ensure a safe living and
working environment.
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| AUSTRALIAN
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) |
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The Australian Medical
Association (AMA) is an independent organisation which
represents more than 27,000 doctors, whether salaried or in
private practice, whether general practitioners, specialists,
teachers and researchers, or doctors in training. |
| AUSTRALIAN
MEDICAL COUNCIL (AMC) |
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The Australian Medical Council
is an independent national standards body for medical
education and training. Its mission statement is:
“To promote and protect public health and safety by ensuring
a safe and competent workforce distributed across Australia to
meet community needs.” |
| AUSTRALIAN
RHEUMATOLOGY ASSN (ARA) |
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The ARA supports and educates
members and other practitioners in the musculoskeletal field
to enable provision of best possible management for patients.
It fosters excellence in the diagnosis and management of
musculoskeletal and inflammatory conditions through training,
professional development, research and advocacy |
| AUSTRALIAN
SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH (ASMR) |
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The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) is the peak
professional society representing Australian health and medical
research.
The ASMR, in addition to direct membership, represents 18,000 people actively involved in health and medical research through
forty-seven (47) affiliated professional societies and Medical Colleges.
Corporate and disease related foundation memberships bring a further 95,500 Australians with an interest in health and medical
research into the ASMR network. |
| BETTER
HEALTH CHANNEL |
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The Better
Health Channel was established in May 1999 by the Victorian
(Australia) Government. Its role is to provide the community
with access to online health related information which is:
- Quality
assured
- Reliable
- Up-to-date
- Locally
relevant.
Consumer health
information on the Better Health Channel is constantly
expanded and regularly reviewed. |
| HEALTHINSITE |
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HealthInsite is an Australian Government initiative, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing . It aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about human health.
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| Informed
Health Online |
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HealthInsite is an Australian Government initiative, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing . It aims to improve the health of Australians by providing easy access to quality information about human health.
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| MEDICARE
AUSTRALIA |
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Medicare Australia is an Australian government agency and plays an integral role in the Australian health sector. Its objective is to assist in improving health outcomes in Australia.
These health programs include:
- Australia's universal health insurance program, Medicare (including the compensation recovery program for Medicare and nursing home benefits)
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
- Australian Government 30% Private Health Insurance Rebate
- Special Assistance Schemes (including Bali 2005 Special Assistance, London Assist, Tsuanami Healthcare Assistance Scheme and
Balimed)
- Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
- Australian Organ Donor Register
- General Practice Immunisation Incentives Scheme
- Practice Incentives Program
- Rural Retention Program HECS Reimbursement Scheme and General Practice Registrars’ rural Incentive Payments Scheme
- claims processing and payments for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (including the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme), the Office of Hearing Services and the Department of Western Australia.
- Family Assistance Office in partnership with other Australian government agencies.
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| NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF TESTING AUTHORITIES |
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The National Association of
Testing Authorities ( NATA ) is Australia's national
laboratory accreditation authority, and the largest such
system in the world. NATA accreditation recognises and
promotes facilities competent in specific types of testing,
measurement, inspection and calibration |
| NATIONAL
ASTHMA COUNCIL (NAC) |
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The mission of the NAC is to
bring together all forms of endeavour in the field of asthma
and associated conditions in order to improve the quality of
life and health outcomes of people with asthma and their
carers. |
| PHARMACEUTICAL
SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA (PSA) |
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The
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is the national
professional organisation for pharmacists in Australia. PSA
was established by the state professional pharmaceutical
societies in 1977, some of which had been in existence for
over 100 years, and is a federation. The establishment of PSA
provided the profession not only with a national identity, but
an opportunity to more effectively regulate its affairs, to
achieve better coordination in consultation and liaison with
the Commonwealth Government, other professions and industry.
The Society
is the leading advocacy organisation for pharmacists,
influencing attitudes, opinions and policies through
representation, networking, consultation and a range of
publications and health promoting programs and resources.
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| ROYAL
AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS (RCPA) |
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The RACP is a diverse and
vibrant organisation responsible for training, educating and
representing over 9,000 physicians and paediatricians in
Australia and New Zealand. The RACP represents physicians in
25 medical sub-specialties including public health,
occupational medicine and rehabilitation medicine. Please
refer to the information on this website to understand what a
physician is and what activities the RACP is directly involved
in. |
| ROYAL
AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS |
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| ROYAL
COLLEGE OF PATHOLOGISTS OF AUSTRALASIA (RCPA) |
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The College is Australasia's
leading medical diagnostic organisation and promotes the
science and practice of Pathology. Pathology is the medical
specialty concerned with the study of the nature and causes of
diseases. As a consequence it touches every facet of medicine.
In fact it has been said that 'Medicine IS Pathology". |
| TGA
(THERAPEUTIC GOODS ADMINISTRATION) |
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The Therapeutic Goods
Administration (TGA) is a unit of the Australian Government
Department of Health and Ageing. The TGA carries out a range
of assessment and monitoring activities to ensure therapeutic
goods available in Australia are of an acceptable standard
with the aim of ensuring that the Australian community has
access, within a reasonable time, to therapeutic advances. |
| THORACIC
SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (TSANZ) |
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The TSANZ is the
professional society of thoracic physicians, scientists and
other health care workers involved in lung disease.
Its aims are to
prevent and cure respiratory disease and relieve disability in
those with lung disease. |
| VIRTUAL
MEDICAL CENTRE |
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The virtualmedicalcentre.com is
Australia's leading online health information resource, which
delivers up-to-date accurate health information twenty four
hours a day, seven days a week.
The virtualmedicalcentre.com reaches patients, their families
and friends, also health professionals involved in the
diagnosis, treatment, and support of people with a medical
condition. The site consists of thirteen interconnected
information centres each complete with information on drugs,
disease, treatment, trials, symptoms, support and breaking
news.
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| HEALTH
FIRST .NET.AU |
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Health First, fully funded by
the ACT Government, is a telephone and Internet-based service
available 24 hours a day 7 days a week, provided by McKesson
Asia-Pacific. The service, which has been in
operation since November 2000, offers people of the ACT
region a confidential, reliable and consistent source of
advice on health care so that they can manage many of their
problems at home or know where to go for appropriate care.
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| DOCTORCONNECT.GOV.AU |
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DoctorConnect has been produced
by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
to provide a starting point for both overseas trained doctors
(OTDs) who may be considering work in Australia and for
employers seeking to recruit them. |
| GENETIC
HEALTH SERVICES |
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Genetic
Health Services
Victoria is a partnership between the Department of Human
Services (DHS), the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI),
other health service providers and the community. Genetic
Health has the mandate to provide genetic diagnosis and
counselling to the people of Victoria and Tasmania.
Genetic Health
is a subsidiary of the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
and our “home base” is on the 10th floor of The Royal
Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. Our laboratories (VCGS
Pathology) are located on the 9th and 10th floors of The
Royal Children’s Hospital.
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