Resources
Publications & Position Statements
Hospitalists
IMSANZ Position Statement and Background Issues (Jan 2007)
This paper discusses background issues and IMSANZ's position on the recruitment
and training of “hospitalists”.
Hospitalists (34KB)
Re-examining the essentials for improving quality and safety of hospital care
IMSANZ Position Statement
This position statement presents an analysis of underlying factors
responsible for poor quality and unsafe care, and then proceeds to offer
a 20-point action
plan for improving quality and safety of patient care, with the focus being
on in-hospital care and from the perspective of general physicians.
Re-examining
the essentials for improving quality and safety of hospital care
(195KB)
Standards for Medical Assessment and Planning Units in Public and Private Hospitals
IMSANZ Position Statement (May 2006)
A guide to the function and operations of an acute medical assessment and
planning unit.
Standards
for Medical Assessment and Planning Units in Public and Private Hospitals (136KB)
Restoring the balance
IMSANZ Position Paper (Sep 2005)
An action plan for ensuring the equitable delivery of consultant services
in general medicine in Australia and New Zealand 2005-2008.
Restoring
the Balance (526KB)
Presentation given to the NZ Ministry of Health:
Restoring the Balance
- The Importance of General Medicine in the NZ Health System
(535KB)
General Physician Numbers in New Zealand
IMSANZ Workforce Discussion Paper (Aug 2005)
New Zealand general medicine workforce predictions. Discussion Paper prepared
by IMSANZ NZ Executive at the request of the RACP (NZ) office.
General Physician Numbers
(New Zealand) (69KB)
General Medicine in Australia and New Zealand: The Way Forward
" General physicians have a breadth and depth of knowledge and experience which makes them ideally suited to providing high quality specialist services across a spectrum of health and illness, which is not limited by the boundaries of medical subspecialties. The practice of general medicine however, is at risk of disappearing from public and private practice alike. The reasons for the decline of general medicine are many and complex, and include matters relating to remuneration, changes in technology and hospital practice lifestyle issues, and loss of academic departments of general medicine and general physician role models."
This enlightening publication informs you about the problems and solutions
being implemented by General Physicians.
GM
in Aust & NZ: The Way Forward (372KB)
Internal Medicine Journal
Members-only Resources
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