As new evidence emerges from prospective trials of AI for breast screening, population screening programmes and imaging services there will also be a need to consider participants’ views and expectations of AI performance before it can be implemented in screening. Maintaining public trust in cancer [...]
We are proud to announce our involvement in the Quality Use of Medicines Alliance, which has been awarded two new health education and heath literacy grants by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. The grants will run over a 2-year period and [...]
Huge congratulations to Professor Chris Maher, who last week received the RPA Foundation Research Medal! This award is RPA Hospital’s highest accolade and is for excellence and outstanding achievement in research.
Congratulations to Dr Brooke Nickel (pictured with Professor Steven Woloshin from the Dartmouth Institute) for winning the Congress Lisa Schwartz Award at the 2023 Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference, held 14 to 16 August in Copenhagen. The Congress award is named after Lisa Schwartz for someone who embodies her same [...]
Professor Rachelle Buchbinder has been awarded the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Outstanding Female Researcher Medal for 2023! This is in recognition of her exceptional and impactful contributions to the health and medical sciences in Australia, including discoveries and achievements in addressing overmedicalisation and overtreatment [...]
When Sophie was pregnant with her first baby, she had an oral glucose tolerance blood test. A few days later, the hospital phoned telling her she had gestational diabetes. Despite having only a slightly raised glucose (blood sugar) level, Sophie describes being diagnosed as affecting her pregnancy [...]
In the Netherlands, de-implementation of five non-recommended hospital LBP treatments, if at all, took several decades. Although de-implementation was substantial, slow de-implementation has likely resulted in considerable waste of resources and avoidable harm to many patients in Dutch hospitals.
Last week, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney released a video of themselves getting colonoscopies to encourage others to undergo screening. The procedure detected polyps in the two men, both aged 45...
Globally, ADHD diagnoses have increased substantially and there is concern that this trend does not necessarily reflect improved detection of cases but that overdiagnosis may be occurring. We directly compared ADHD diagnoses with ADHD-related behaviours and looked for changes across time among Australian children in [...]
Controversy surrounding recommendations for supplemental screening (ultrasound and magnetic resonance screening) in women with dense breasts exists, as the long-term benefits from these additional modalities may not outweigh the harms. This study aimed to examine factors associated with supplemental screening intentions following a hypothetical breast [...]