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A new digital and telephone service that provides ongoing mental health support for people with complex mental health issues is being rolled out across five primary health networks (PHNs), allowing access to a digital participant portal through a health professional referral or self-referral. The guided service has been developed … [read more] |
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Apple will add a new medications tracking app to the iPhone and Apple Watch, allowing users to set up a medications list by scanning a label to import information or searching through a list of medicines. Users can then create custom schedules for each medication and set up reminders through the Health app to keep them on track. … [read more] |
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A randomised controlled trial of a brief, self-guided app called LifeBuoy showed improvements in suicidal ideation in young adults aged between 18 and 25, showing smartphone apps may prove to be appropriate models of care for young people. The trial, carried out by researchers from the Black Dog Institute, aimed to see whether can … [read more] |
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The Australian Department of Health has extended its SMS subsidy for electronic prescriptions for a further three months to the end of September. It has also expanded an exemption to the telehealth existing relationship rule for patients in flood-affected areas to any areas declared as natural disasters. The department has been … [read more] |
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