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Queensland, Australia · QueenslandA transition towards US-style managed care could bring an increased risk that many consumers are priced out of healthcare. Image: ARAMYAN/stock.adobe.com.A growing imbalance of power, transition towards US-style ‘managed care’ and integration of private hospitals poses a threat to Australian patients’ right to choose their doctor, their procedure or treatment, and their preferred hospital or facility. ASO CEO Katrina Ronne. It also brings an in…Read Article
Soapbox: The worry around ‘managed care’
IOC · QueenslandConference Scientific Program Committee chair Joel Hyndman (from left), Local Organising Committee chair Jane Schuller, IOA president Jan Roelof Polling, at the IOC event. Image: Orthoptics Australia.Orthoptics Australia president A/Prof Amanda French offers her view on the 15th International
Orthoptic Congress that recently took place in Brisbane. Amanda French. Image: Orthoptics Australia. Over 300 orthoptists from across the world met in Bris…Read Article
Queensland centre of the globe for orthoptists
Australia · AustraliaThese apple snails can regenerate their eyes in one month. Image: Vlad/stock.adobe.comA new study in the US has revealed that human eyes may be complex and irreparable, yet they are structurally like those of the freshwater apple snail, which can completely regenerate its eyes. Assistant Professor Alice Accorsi, at the molecular and cellular biology department at the University of California, studies how these snails regrow their eyes — with the…Read Article
