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• Articles of interest
• Moving Australia's health-care system into the 21st century 
• Benefits and limitations of nurses taking on aspects of the clinical role of doctors in primary care: integrative literature review
• Chronic disease and indigenous health
• Expediting systematic reviews: methods and implications of rapid reviews 
• General practice as a career: insights for workforce policy
• Improving implementation of evidence-based prevention in primary care
• Integrating best evidence into patient care: a process facilitated by a seamless integration with informatics tools 
• Public health intervention model: impact on Australian community and mental health nursing students' practice
• Reducing alcohol related harm experienced by Indigenous Australians: identifying opportunities for Indigenous primary health care services
• The Gudaga Study: establishing an Aboriginal birth cohort in an urban community

• The relationship between self-reported health status and the increasing likelihood of South Australians seeking Internet health information

• New reports
• Demand for accommodation from government-funded specialist homelessness services 2008-09
• Strengthening Primary Health Care through Primary Care and Public Health Collaboration Study
• Podcasts
• Mapping social cohesion
• Resources
• Health & Nursing journal impact factor highlights by SAGE
• News items
• High cost of paperwork reduces benefit of EPCs
• July issue of the Public Health Bulletin SA special on Health in All Policies Adelaide 2010 International Meeting
• Labor announces $96m emergency package
• Media releases
• Evaluating primary care in Europe: Launch of the QUALICOPC project
• Web based reporting tool for Aboriginal health services
• Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing media releases
• More doctors and nurses for emergency departments
• Taking action to tackle suicide
• Conferences/seminars/forums/workshops
• 9th World Indigenous Women and Wellness Conference
• EMSA 2010: Emergency SA
• The 2010 Alan Walker Child Health Lecture Series
• Vacancies, fellowships & scholarships
• Australian Rotary Health Grants, Fellowships and Scholarship Opportunities  
• National Association of Research Fellows (NARF) Post-Doctoral Investigator Award 2010
• Reminder: 2011-12 Harkness Fellowships Open to Applicants  
• Rowan Nicks Russell Drysdale Fellowship, Australian Indigenous Health and Welfare
• Grants & tenders
• National Infrastructure Projects Facilitator
• Tackling Indigenous Chronic Disease: marketing strategy for local community campaigns to promote better health
• Calls for submissions
• Dig into public health's recent Australian history

• Articles of interest
• Special on Australian health reform in current MJA 
• Barriers to diagnosing and managing hypertension: a qualitative study in Australian general practice 
• Professional satisfaction in general practice: does it vary by size of community?
• Public health intervention model: impact on Australian community and mental health nursing students' practice 
• Validation of the Professional Practice Environment Scale in Australian general practice
• New reports
• Australia's hospital 2008-09 at a glance
• National palliative care performance indicators: results of the 2008 performance indicator data collection
• News items
• Medical assistants will relieve workforce gaps  
• New standards just a beginning: national registration system for health professionals
• Nine out of ten GPs still love their job
• Partyline Newsletter of the National Rural Health Alliance Now Available  
• Slump in longer GP consultations
• Media releases
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare developing new hospitals website
• Collaborative Research Networks Scheme open for business
• The Leaders know the importance of rural and remote health
• Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing media releases
• Experts to Help Deliver Better Diabetes Services
• Myhospitals Website
• Conferences/seminars/forums/workshops
• 2011 PHC Research Conference
• Emerging Health Policy Research Conference 2010
• Optimising Patient Flow 2010
• Primary Healthcare Design and Construction 2010
• Vacancies, fellowships & scholarships
• Research Officer, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
• Grants & tenders
• Primary Care Infrastructure Grants under the GP Super Clinics
• Calls for submissions
• Australian Social Inclusion Board research on cycles of disadvantage - public consultations
• Consultations: an output strategy for the 2011–13 Australian Health Survey
• Feedback on potential boundaries for Medicare Locals and Local Hospital Networks
• SAMHRI calls for research submissions

• PHC Research Conference update
• ACRRM Professional Development Program credit claim
• Conference evaluation survey - closes this Friday (16th July)
• Conference presentations  
• Lost property
• Articles of interest
• Getting it all done: Organizational factors linked with comprehensive primary care 
• Public health intervention model: impact on Australian community and mental health nursing students' practice   
• Public health research funding: Independence is important 
• Reducing Alcohol Related Harm Experienced By Indigenous Australians: Identifying Opportunities For Indigenous Primary Health Care Services 
• New reports
• A National Health and Hospitals Network for Australia’s Future – Delivering the Reforms * Latest health reform publication *
• At the Tipping Point: Health leaders share ideas to speed primary health care reform  
• Caring for people with chronic conditions: A health system perspective
• News items
• Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Update
• Government clearly caught out on mental health. But…
• Govt willing to modify diabetes plan  
• GP Network News Issue 10, Number 23 - 9 July 2010
• Tables turned on audit of Medicare  
• Media releases
• Doctors overwhelmingly reject Government's plan for care for patients with diabetes - AMA survey
• GP conference in Darwin is massive success
• Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing media releases
• Building SA’s Health And Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
• Diabetes Week – More Funding, Better Care
• Implementation plan for health reform released
• New Peak Body to Support More Indigenous Physiotherapists, Dieticians, Occupational Therapists and Optometrists
• Conferences/seminars/forums/workshops
• 11th National Rural Health Conference
• 2011 Health, Wellness and Society International Conference
• Celebrating Story: Bringing people and work to life
• evidence2010
• Heatwaves and health - from impact to harm prevention
• National Australian Conference on Evidence-based Clinical Leadership
• National Health Reform Series
• Vacancies, fellowships & scholarships
• Assistant Director (Health Services Research) - Ministry of Health, Singapore
• Leukaemia Foundation: Postdoctoral Fellowships  
• National Association of Research Fellows (NARF) Post-Doctoral Investigator Award 2010
• Scholarships at Edith Cowan University
• Grants & tenders
• Centres of Excellence in Primary Health Care Research – FAQ
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Macquarie Group Foundation Travel Grants
• Latest edition of NHMRC Tracker: 9 July 2010  
• Rowan Nicks Russell Drysdale Fellowship, Australian Indigenous Health and Welfare
• Rural Health Continuing Education
• Calls for submissions
• Research Australia Awards 2010
• Special edition of the Australian Journal of Primary Health

• PHC Research Conference update
• On-line conference evaluation survey
• Articles of interest
• Health care reform – can we maintain personal continuity?   
• 'Never heard of it'- Understanding the public's lack of awareness of a new electronic patient record
• Enabling research in general practice – increasing functionality of electronic medical records 
• Healthcare professionals' intentions to use clinical guidelines: a survey using the theory of planned behaviour 
• Protecting generalism: moving on from evidence-based medicine?
• The work of nurses in Australian general practice: A national survey  
• Translating knowledge into practice and policy: the role of knowledge networks in primary health care
• Where Is the Future in Public Health? 
• New reports
• Draft Boundaries for Your Medicare Local provided by AGPN
• How doctors can close the gap Tackling the social determinants of health
• Podcasts
• Doctor incentives for rural and regional areas
• Resources
• New Chronic Disease Management resource for General Practitioners, General Practice Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
• News items
• GP Network News, Latest Issue Available!
• Medicare Locals closer to launch  
• Practice nurse CDM items take off
• Media releases
• Fifteen of the world's best researchers to tackle the big issues, Australian Research Council (ARC)  
• Minister for Indigenous Health launches primary health care research publication
• Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing speeches
• Julia Gillard's speech to the Lowy Institute on Labor's new asylum-seeker policy for Australia
• Conferences/seminars/forums/workshops
• 2010 John Chalmers Oration
• 2nd Improving the Delivery of Emergency Care
• In the Spotlight: Patient Centred Care
• Trade and its impact on health and development in the Pacific
• Vacancies, fellowships & scholarships
• 2011 Australia-Harvard Fellowships
• CRS-International Development Fellows Program
• General Practice or Primary Health Care Academic, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide
• Graduate Opportunities, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
• Health Care Researchers, Centres of Research Excellence (CRE)
• Hong Kong PhD Fellowships
• Grants & tenders
• Primary Care Infrastructure Grants under the GP Super Clinics Program
• Calls for submissions
• Medicare Locals and Local Hospital Networks, Have your say!
• Research workforce strategy - have your say!

• PHC RIS update
• Snapshot of Australian primary health care research 2010 launched at the PHC Research Conference
• PHC Research Conference update
• View presentations from the successful 2010 PHC Research Conference
• Articles of interest
• "Integrated knowledge translation” for globally oriented public health practitioners and scientists: Framing together a sustainable transfrontier knowledge translation vision 
• A systematic review of the evidence on integration of targeted health interventions into health systems 
• Impact of pay for performance on inequalities in health care: systematic review
• Using quality experts from manufacturing to transform primary care
• Where is the Future in Public Health?
• New reports
• A Slice of Research Life: Information Support for Research in the United States
• Australia's Health 2010
• Connecting Ideas: Collaborative Innovation for a Complex World
• International Profiles of Health Care Systems: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States
• Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally, 2010 Update
• News items
• Gillard’s test: effective health reform
• Health reforms my proudest moment: Rudd
• Reform as usual for new PM, experts predict
• What will PM Gillard mean for health?
• Media releases
• Aussie Research for a Brighter Future
• Only local doctors should provide out of hours primary care, say experts
• Outliving most of the world, but not healthy in every way, says nation’s health report card  
• Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing media releases
• Boost for GPs to Train the Next Generation
• Healthcare Identifiers: Passed by Parliament, 24 June 2010
• Conferences/seminars/forums/workshops
• ANZSGM Annual Scientific Meeting 2011
• World Health Summit 2010
• Vacancies, fellowships & scholarships
• Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health
• Associate Professor Rural and Remote Health, Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health

• PHC Research Conference update
• Abstracts now on-line!
• See you in Darwin!
• Articles of interest
• Adoption and non-adoption of a shared electronic summary record in England: a mixed-method case study
• A realistic evaluation: the case of protocol-based care 
• Assessment of publication output in the field of general practice and family medicine and by general practitioners and general practice institutions
• Comparison of diabetes management in five countries for general and indigenous populations: an internet-based review 
• Lessons from Major Initiatives to Improve Primary Care in the United Kingdom 
• National policy-makers speak out: are researchers giving them what they need?
• New reports
• Australian hospital statistics, 2008-09
• Knowledge Brokering: Exploring the process of transferring knowledge into action
• News items
• Adelaide Statement on Health in All Policies
• Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing media releases
• Boost for GPs to Train the Next Generation
• Conferences/seminars/forums/workshops
• First International Youth Mental Health Conference
• Heart & Mind: Psychogenic Heart Disease Conference
• Mental health outcomes in Australia: the future of information development in practice
• Vacancies, fellowships & scholarships
• Associate Professor/Principal Research Fellow Full-time, 3 year fixed-term (Level D) position
• Remote Health Practice and Remote Health Management programs
• Research Scientists, National Institute of Clinical Studies, National Health and Medical Research Council, Several Positions  
• Grants & tenders
• National Breast Cancer Foundation Novel Concept Awards