INTERVIEWS

Overview:
• The Capital Health Network will share in $241.5 million in Federal Government funding to help plan and commission treatment services for ice users. The taskforce aims to help shift focus from policing of the drug to prevention.

• An inquest into a child’s death at Brewarrina in north western New South Wales has heard it is an example of intergenerational health and social problems plaguing some disadvantaged communities and families.

• Legislation to allow medicinal cannabis to be grown and manufactured in Victoria will be introduced into State Parliament, and children with epilepsy are expected to be given first access. Health Minister Jill Hennessy said access to the drug would be rolled out gradually and eventually be made available to palliative care and those with HIV.

Guest: Dr. Marcia Faller
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Marcia Faller, PhD, RN, is the Chief Clinical Officer for AMN Healthcare. Throughout her tenure with AMN, Dr. Faller has championed the development of consistent quality standards for credentialing and competency evaluation of healthcare professionals, setting AMN apart in the industry and giving it a name synonymous with quality healthcare professionals.

Segment overview: In this segment, Marcia Faller, PhD, RN and Chief Clinical Officer & Senior Vice President, Operations for AMN Healthcare, talks about the effect of a nursing retirement surge on the healthcare industry, and the subsequent effect on nursing education.

Guest: Dr. Marcia Faller
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Marcia Faller, PhD, RN, is the Chief Clinical Officer for AMN Healthcare. Throughout her tenure with AMN, Dr. Faller has championed the development of consistent quality standards for credentialing and competency evaluation of healthcare professionals, setting AMN apart in the industry and giving it a name synonymous with quality healthcare professionals.

Segment overview: In this segment, Marcia Faller, PhD, RN, discusses the 2015 Survey of Registered Nurses and the findings released Nov 9, 2015, that signal an impending crisis in the nursing workforce.

Overview:
• A Canberra nurse, Daniel Oakleigh has been sanctioned for taking drugs home from hospital without permission in March last year to treat his chronic back pain.

• The AMA released its new Position Statement on Sexual Harassment in the Medical Workplace 2015, advocating a zero tolerance approach to this very important issue.

• Jane Kibble has lived with the hepatitis C for 28 years says she has been cured of the virus hepatitis C after taking part in a drug trial.

Guest: Grainne O’Loughlin
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: In April 2014 Grainne joined Karitane as CEO. She currently holds positions on the following Boards: Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (ACWA); NSW Health Services Association Board (HSA), and the Australasian Association of Parenting & Child Health Board (AAPCH). Grainne has a very strong interest in clinical education, training and research and has led a number of state-wide projects and initiatives on interprofessional supervision and education. Grainne is committed to the sustainable delivery of exceptional quality care to parents and carers in achieving the Karitane vision of keeping our children safe, healthy and nurtured by confident families and communities.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, know more about the charity organization Karitane from our guest CEO Grainne O’Loughlin. They work with children and their parents from birth to 5 years of age. They are leaders in parenting services and provide education and consultation to health professionals that work with families with young children in addition to engaging in a strong research program. Karitane is a registered charity, supported by the NSW Ministry of Health and the Department of Family & Community Services. In addition to their government funding, much of the their work is undertaken thanks to donations from individuals and companies.

Overview:
• The Federal Government will spend more than $300 million implementing a new strategy aimed at tackling ice addiction, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said. A report from the National Ice Taskforce found more than 200,000 Australians had used the drug.

• Michael Baker, a dental student and his fellow dental students from Griffith University are filling the vital gap in oral health services at a south-east Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. Mr Baker said the clinic aimed to remove the pain for locals and help them out.

• Eight of 151 child protection alerts ignored by authorities in Tasmania’s north-west related to cases where there was “significant concern regarding harm or risk of harm”, the health department has confirmed. The reports were made between September 2014 and July 2015 but the incidents were not allocated to child protection workers until August 2015.

Overview:
• Public health experts are warning of the dangers of the potentially fatal lyssavirus after the disease was detected in two dead bats on the New South Wales Central Coast. 

• More than 3,000 doctors and leading health experts have signed a petition calling on the Federal Government to act immediately to remove children from immigration detention.

• Medical device security expert Todd Cooper told the SRI Security Conference at Edith Cowan University on Wednesday that wireless medical devices such as ventilators, patient-controlled analgesia pumps and MRI machines were vulnerable to cyber attacks.

Guest: Dr. Joseph Barry
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Barry received his medical degree from the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. He is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. He believes you must treat the whole person and not just the presenting problem. He believes there is a real and important connection between your brain, your body and your spiritual self.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, Dr. Joseph Barry, MD discusses the types of services offered with a personalized care program.

Guest: Dr. Joseph Barry
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Barry received his medical degree from the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. He is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. He believes you must treat the whole person and not just the presenting problem. He believes there is a real and important connection between your brain, your body and your spiritual self.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, Dr. Joseph Barry, MD discusses studies that indicate that patients under highly personalized preventive care achieve far better outcomes and less hospitalizations.