Medical Indemnity

Links to information about medical indemnity, liability and malpractice.

Reviewed January 2009

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Title:   Forensic mental health
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   'Forensic' means related to or associated with legal processes. Forensic mental health refers to the services provided for the assessment and care of mentally disturbed offenders. Young men are over-represented in Australia's prison population, and are more likely than others to be referred for assessment.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Medical indemnity national data collection: public sector 2003-04
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   The report describes incidents that gave rise to claims, the people affected by these incidents, and the size, outcome and key aspects of the processing of medical indemnity claims.
Date:   Jul 2005
Title:   Doctors - how to complain
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The primary role of the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria is to protect the public. If you feel that professional boundaries have been crossed, and that a doctor's conduct should be investigated, contact the Board and ask for help.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Do you have something to complain about?
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   A guide to making complaints about health services.
Date:   Mar 1997
Title:   Medical indemnity
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This section of the site contains information relating to medical indemnity programs.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   State and Territory Tort and Legal Process Reform
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page describes the State and Territory Tort law reform and how it relates to Medical Indemnity.
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Public and private sector medical indemnity claims in Australia 2005-06: a summary
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents data from the combined Medical Indemnity National Collection (MINC) of public and private sector claims. Data on claims that were current at any time over the period of 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 are included.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Accreditation
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The primary objective of the project is to provide Health Ministers with an alternative model of accreditation that can be applied across all sectors of the health care system.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Listen to consumers to avoid mistakes
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Should a patient have to die before mistakes and near-misses are investigated? Mistakes are being made in our hospitals daily but most are not picked up by the current safety and quality system. We need to change that.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Open disclosure - our right to know
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   The battle to get health professionals to accept open disclosure has been going for 2,000 years. Even now there continues to be a failure to embed open disclosure in the rights of consumers to know about their own health.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Guide to medical indemnity for specialist trainees and supervisors
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   General information to assist trainees and supervisors to understand their own indemnity arrangements and options.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Complementary Medicines - how safe are they?
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Although complementary medicines are regulated, consumers need to know more about them before they can make responsible decisions about using them wisely and safely.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   A national picture of medical indemnity claims in Australia 2004-05
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents the first 12 months' data from the combined Medical Indemnity National Collection (MINC) of public and private sector medical indemnity claims. There is information on the incidents that give rise to and the medical specialties involved in claims, the people affected by these incidents, the nature of injury, and the size, outcome and length of time claims have been open.
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Consumer submission to the Medical Indemnity Policy Review Panel
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Consumer submission to the Medical Indemnity Policy Review Panel from the Australian Consumers' Association, Health Issues Centre and the Consumers' Health Forum of Australia.
Date:   Dec 2003
Title:   Sensitivity and specificity - is your test reliable?
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The reliability of a test depends on the sensitivity and specificity. You should ask How am I using this test and how sensitive and specific is the test?''
Date:   Oct 2002
Title:   Contraception: natural family planning
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   The birth control option known as natural family planning is sometimes referred to as 'periodic abstinence'.
Date:   May 2002
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