External publications

A COLLABORATIVE group of local clinicians, greater clinical guidance, and an unexpected jolt from COVID-19, is helping to turn the tide on the high rates of hysterectomy in regional Victoria.

MOVES to improve the management of low back pain in Australia are gaining momentum with a national clinical care standard under development and an initiative to reduce inappropriate care in emergency departments.

‘EVERY ear, of every child, at every opportunity,’ is the mantra of Professor Amanda Leach, Leader of the Ear Health Research Program at the Menzies School of Health Research.

THE multitude of harms associated with opioids are well known to clinicians, but many continue to prescribe these drugs for chronic pain in the belief that the benefits outweigh these risks, a leading pain specialist says.

Third and fourth degree perineal tears are an uncommon but potentially devastating complication of vaginal childbirth. While not all such tears can be prevented, many can.

Journal article with Commission authors.

Journal article with Commission authors.

The Commission has developed a set of national standards to provide consumers, carers, referrers and providers with benchmarks for what constitutes safe and effective mental health services in the digital arena.

A key strategy in global efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance is to reduce the unnecessary use of antimicrobial medicines, yet achieving this in Australia has proved to be slow and difficult work.

Amid the COVID-19 “infodemic”, access to timely, tailored, evidence-based advice is critical for Australian healthcare professionals. A suite of resources from the Commission has been developed to fill gaps in current advice, highlight areas of new knowledge and connect clinicians to high quality primary sources.