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The second edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards was released at the end of 2017. This latest version addresses gaps identified in the first edition, including mental health and cognitive impairment, health literacy, end-of-life care and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. The NSQHS Standards second edition recognise that specific… Read more »
Universities are increasingly using open-source educational resources. Such resources are designed to increase access to scholarly publications, and to facilitate interaction among students and academics about specialist subject matter. From the Anzac’s role in the Great War to human physiology to key social sciences concepts – the La Trobe University eBureau publishes engaging, high-quality, open-access… Read more »
The Australian Government Department of Health has launched a new immunisation beta site, which is specially designed to make key information for public health more accessible, easier to find and easier to understand. The site provides facts to help protect the most vulnerable people in the population from vaccine-preventable diseases, and inform everyone about vaccination… Read more »
On 30 January 2018, the Australian Government launched a new strategic plan for the nation: Australia 2030: Prosperity through Innovation. This visionary plan from Innovation and Science Australia sets out ‘ambitions for enhancing the national culture of innovation’ and is designed to act as a road map to help government accelerate Australian innovation. Citing Australia’s performance lag… Read more »
The first day of each December marks World AIDS Day, and thousands gathered across Australia recently to remember those lost to, and those living with HIV. The day focused on raising awareness about the issues surrounding HIV and AIDS, and the theme in Australia was HIV is still here – and it’s on the move.… Read more »
In November 2017 Australia’s health security was thoroughly tested by visiting experts from Canada, China, Finland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand and the United States. It was Australia’s turn to voluntarily engage with a Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of compliance with World Health Organization International Health Regulations 2005. Visiting officials explored a series of sites across… Read more »
Dr Julie Irish will lead the Biotext team in developing content for the new Immunise Australia website. Julie and the Biotext team are highly experienced in developing content for health websites, such as Cancer Australia’s children’s cancer minisite, and the public health sections of the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services website. Julie has postgraduate… Read more »
We are very pleased to announce that, after 3 years of inhouse development at Biotext, the Australian manual of scientific style (AMOSS) will be launched in an exciting new partnership between Biotext and Macquarie University. AMOSS will be relocated to a Macquarie University platform to improve access, and the university will co-develop new content for this well-respected reference… Read more »
Biotext has been contracted to edit and design the second edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. The standards comprise several documents that drive the implementation of safety and quality systems and improve the quality of health care in Australia. The launch of… Read more »
Do you need to write a report using scientific information? Do you need to create graphs that anyone can read? Whether you work in government, academia or industry, Biotext can help train you in writing, editing and displaying scientific and technical information for a wider audience. Successful scientific writing and editing This very popular full-day course… Read more »