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A $7.9 billion program now pays practices an additional 12.5% on top of the standard Medicare rebate for every bulk-billed visit — split evenly between the clinic and the doctor who sees the patient.
A comparative survey finds four European countries still rely on opportunistic screening, and that where family doctors are most involved, participation tends to be lower — not higher.
A blinded comparison of 180 responses from a university telehealth centre in Minas Gerais found AI matched human specialists on medical adequacy and risk, and beat them on comprehensibility.
Six randomised trials found no benefit from immediate imaging over usual care. A separate review explains the reason: most of what a scan finds is present in people with no pain at all.
Maccabi Healthcare Services studied 626 of its own physicians to work out who follows algorithmic prescribing advice — and found the pattern was about practice structure, not just attitude.
Fourteen Swedish primary care patients were interviewed alongside a trial of nurse-led group sleep restriction therapy. Depression and life circumstances were what got in the way.
Across 90,670 virtual encounters at one US health system, phone visits scored lower on likelihood to recommend. A separate VA cohort of 1.2 million found telehealth cut same-day mental health access sharply.