Mind the gaps, and create a better way forward for mental health reform – Croakey Health Media croakey.org/mind-the-gaps-…

Funding models for primary health: Revolution, not evolution, required johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07/f…

In lead up to productivity round tables, important to remember better/quicker access to mental health therapies is productivity enhancing (and no, this is not about more fee-for-service): The effect of area-level waiting times for psychological therapies sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Study from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: introduction of on-line enquiry access to GPs improves equity of access. Shd this be part of 🇦🇺 MyMedicare suite? Digitalization of Access to Primary Care: Is There an Equity‐Efficiency Trade‐Off? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Maybe the productivity round table could think about a tax on sugar sweetened beverages? healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…

Nice application of AI: Improving End-of-Life Care through AI-Based Clinical Decision Support | NEJM Catalyst catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Basis of pricing pharmaceuticals quite different between 2 countries: 🇺🇸 willingness to pay, price gouging and max profits, 🇦🇺 value for money and cost effectiveness (latter illegal for 🇺🇸Medicare) thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/20… via The Saturday Paper

So if you were the government, would you reverse stupid Job Ready Graduates policy, ⬆️fee free TAFE, expand clinical placement program to other disciplines, expand research (either ⬆️grants or fund properly) etc. Discussion about JRG needs to understand opportunity costs

Good start but assumes an individualistic model of 1° care: outputs in terms of individual patients, nothing about community outcomes. Expected from 🇺🇸 paper but also bedevils discussions of GP and 1° care in 🇦🇺 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Pharmacists could one day work in GP clinics. Here’s what’s in it for you theconversation.com/pharmacists-co… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

New 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿report with nice breakdown of what they call ‘potentially mitigable’ admissions & stays, not sure every definition correct, & presents spurious accuracy, but worthwhile project could be replicated here to correct our obsession that more beds = good connect.strategyunitwm.nhs.uk/nhp/community_…

My thoughts croakey.org/raising-questi…

Looking forward to speaking st this events.themandarin.com.au/better_public_…

passing exam not the same as medical practice but … OpenEvidence Creates the First AI in History to Score a Perfect 100% on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) openevidence.com/announcements/…

Australia has 120 health workforce policies. But with no national plan, we’re missing the big picture theconversation.com/australia-has-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Sure, you could use AI to summarize papers and explain them at a level anyone could understand... or you can turn the abstracts into music videos for no reason. The tools are not perfect yet, but the disparate elements (consistent characters, lip syncing, etc.) are evolving fast

Good speech from Minister Butler of #NDIS reform: problems well articulated, directions set, $$$ on the table, co-design foreshadowed health.gov.au/ministers/the-…