News Archive
Who's Moving - October 2011
We provide a regular update on people changing jobs in the industry...
David Butt has moved from being the CEO of the Australian General Practice Network to the Department of Health and Ageing and Deputy Secretary.
John Montgomery, former CEO of Alphapharm and President, Asia Pacific at Mylan Pharmaceuticals has moved to Pfizer as General Manager, Business Unit Head, Established Products, Austr....
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World Class Health Management - Kicking for Goal
The Australian College of Health Service Management is off to Rotorura, New Zealand for its August Congress -
For the very first time ACHSM's national annual congress is being held outside Australia - having teamed up with their Kiwi colleagues to bring the sector a truly 'International' Congress.
This forum typically brings together different professional groups: health man....
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PBS confusion reigns
The Federal Government has found itself in another stoush - this time with the local pharmaceutical companies.
AAP reported in early March that Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has again defended the government's late February decision to defer subsidising a group of medicines, even though they were recommended for listing on the medical subsidy scheme.
The seven medici....
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Smart use of medical technology enables patients to stay at home
Proper deployment of the right technology can slow down the move to aged care and hospitals by elderly Australians
In its 2011-2012 federal budget submission, the Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA) has proposed investments in essential daily living medical products and remote monitoring technologies to keep elderly Australians and Australians with chronic diseases out of....
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New style health science centres have arrived - almost
Despite strong advocacy for academic health science centres (AHSCs) to be introduced in Australia, they have been ignored, according to an article in the Medical Journal of Australia.
An AHSC is a partnership between a tertiary health care provider and a university. Together they drive a care continuum from innovation, to bedside, to the community, aiming to deliver the latest advances ....
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Local health workers seek better overseas conditions
In 2004, Indonesia was one of the top three places in South-East Asia where health workers undertook training prior to seeking work in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, according to the OECD. Arina Nurfianti, a 26-year-old nurse teaching in Indonesia's West Kalimantan Province (on the island of Borneo), said she wants to go abroad for more money and better ....
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The consequences of an international health trip
From hip replacements to hysterectomies, South-East Asian countries have seen a rapid growth in medical tourism, with about two million international patients a year seeking bargains there But according to the World Health Organization (WHO), medical tourism is leading to some highly skilled specialists, as well as other trained medical staff, leaving public health facilities for private ones. Fur....
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Productivity report on aged care starts big debate
It seems governments have another health issue to deal with - and this time a report has raised the ire of our largest growing demographic - the aging
Perhaps the Sydney Morning Herald best covered the long awaited release of the Productivity Commission report - Caring for Older Australians - by quoting one of Australia's most expressive senior citizens, Germaine Greer.
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Who's Moving - August 2011
We provide a regular update on people changing jobs in the industry
To begin 2011 Annette Pantle moved on from the Clinical Excellence Commission NSW to St Vincent's Health Australia as Group General Manager, Clinical Governance.
Also on the road to St Vincent's Health Australia was Clare Douglas as Group General Manager, Services. Clare was previously at Eastern Health i....
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First ever talent management survey results for Australian Healthcare
In the first of our exclusive series of Ccentric industry surveys, we help discover what motivates senior level employees; plus find out all the characteristics that employers are looking for in senior management.
To assist our understanding of talent management, Ccentric conducted a market survey into issues relating to Executive Talent within the healthcare sector in 2009.
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"Who's Moving" - August 24, 2010
It's not easy to keep track of key executive and academic movements in our fast-transforming world of healthcare and education; but we've tried our best to follow who's moving where...
As reported elsewhere in e-ccentric, Professor Jane Farmer is the new Associate Dean Regional and Head of Rural Health School at La Trobe University. Out of all our "on the move" executives and academics, Professor....
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Progress in e-health systems
Innovations in e-health are taking hold in Australia and Singapore
The contract to implement the first phase of Singapore's National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) has been awarded to an Accenture consortia, with target roll-out of the NEHR in April 2011.
This first phase enables key medical information including patient demographics, allergies, clinical diagnoses, medication history, X-ray re....
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Investment in medical design and technology applauded
Medtronic invests in Brisbane; while Cochlear earns a prestigious award The Queensland office and education centre for Medtronic Australasia was recently opened by the Arch Bevis, the local Federal Member for Brisbane. Mr Bevis commended Medtronic on its commitment to education and the provision of the latest advances in medical technology to local healthcare professionals and their associate....
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Interview with Benjamin Ong, CEO, National University Health System, Singapore
In an innovative series of podcasts, Ccentric CEO Wayne Bruce has interviewed many of Australia's and the Asian region's top movers and shakers in the healthcare sector. During these wide-ranging conversations, the topics move from fearless forecasts of the future of healthcare to the core competencies essential for today's healthcare executives and clinical leaders.
One of the first interv....
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Survey finds most people satisfied with Singapore's Health System
The most recent patient survey by Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) indicates a high level of satisfaction in the healthcare system
With few reservations, Singaporeans have given their healthcare system a thumbs up. Nearly eighty out of 10 patients (76%) expressed overall satisfaction at public healthcare institutions. This is an improvement of two percentage points compared to 2008, r....
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Commitment to public hospitals must continue says surgeons
The latest census of the Australian and New Zealand surgical workforce has revealed a looming challenge to health systems across both countries
Nearly one quarter of Australian and New Zealand surgeons intend retiring from public "on-call" work over the next five years. The President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Mr Ian Civil, said this will put a huge strain on those surgeons....
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Ccentric Group's Executive Search spans the globe
At Ccentric our search for the most suitable and talented candidates reaches further around the world every month
Executive Search is inevitably becoming a far more global business - for a country with the population, size and location of Australia, perhaps all the more so.
To better service our customers, Ccentric now has dedicated staff located in Singapore (Ann-Maree) and in the UK (Na....
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Apartheid and crime: key motivators for doctors to make the move
Since 1948, more than 2000 doctors have emigrated to Australia from South Africa. The reasons for the move changed as the country's political evolution accelerated, according to a recent survey in the Medical Journal of Australia by Peter C Arnold and David E Lewinsohn.
To compile this one-of-a-kind survey, South African-trained doctors living in Australia and the spouses or adult childr....
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