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	<title>Crikey &#187; australian health care</title>
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		<title>The Crikey cure for all that ailes you podcast</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/03/the-crikey-cure-for-all-that-ailes-you-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/03/the-crikey-cure-for-all-that-ailes-you-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canberra Calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>Crikey</em>’s Canberra correspondent <b>Bernard Keane</b><b> and <em>Crikey</em> deputy editor </b><b>Jason Whittaker</b> discuss the the latest COAG health reform agreement and how the politics will play out.]]></description>
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		<title>Health reform: how to get less of what may not be best for us</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/03/health-reform-how-to-get-less-of-what-may-not-be-best-for-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/03/health-reform-how-to-get-less-of-what-may-not-be-best-for-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health systems]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With so many forces driving more and more health spending, surely it’s time you set up The Less is More Institute to identify and advocate for initiatives to reduce the use of health services that are unnecessary, harmful or not good value. ]]></description>
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		<title>Essential: Voters back health plan, optimistic about change</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/27/essential-voters-back-health-plan-optimistic-about-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/27/essential-voters-back-health-plan-optimistic-about-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Whittaker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd has won support for his sweeping health reforms among voters, according to a new Essential Research poll, with most believing it will have a positive impact on health services.]]></description>
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		<title>Keane: a big bucket of cash for a small step to reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/keane-a-big-bucket-of-cash-for-a-small-step-to-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/keane-a-big-bucket-of-cash-for-a-small-step-to-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Barnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The health deal yesterday is a useful economic reform, but won't do much for health outcomes. And it costs plenty. Every COAG meeting, the price of buying off the states seems to go up, partly because Kevin Rudd is so willing to pay.]]></description>
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		<title>Health ID cards unleash &#8216;scary&#8217; Little Brothers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/16/health-id-cards-unleash-scary-little-brothers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/16/health-id-cards-unleash-scary-little-brothers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stilgherrian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Identifier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ID cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national identity card]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123551</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Healthcare Identifiers Bill introduced last Wednesday is sketchy at best, and Health Minister Nicola Roxon has already been forced into releasing an equally sketchy draft of the accompanying regulations on Friday.]]></description>
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		<title>Ten well-kept secrets about health in Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/10/ten-well-kept-secrets-about-health-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/10/ten-well-kept-secrets-about-health-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[aboriginal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<b>Dr Alex Wodak</b>, president of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation, offers 10 well-kept secrets about the state of health in Australia.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Safety needs to be the focus of any changes to maternity services</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/24/safety-needs-to-be-the-focus-of-any-changes-to-maternity-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/24/safety-needs-to-be-the-focus-of-any-changes-to-maternity-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women giving birth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Barclay et al quite outrageously suggest that the obstetric system currently in place has increased suffering and injury to women and infants, writes <b>Dr Ted Weaver</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Remember the 2020 summit? Whatever happened to those Big Ideas&#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/21/remember-the-2020-summit-whatever-happened-to-those-big-ideas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/21/remember-the-2020-summit-whatever-happened-to-those-big-ideas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2020 Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Rudd Government may have hit the ground reviewing but that hasn’t meant it was totally in tune with the collective mindset of a number of summit groups, write <b>Bernard Keane</b> and <b>Eleri Harris</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/21/remember-the-2020-summit-whatever-happened-to-those-big-ideas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Agnostics need faith in private hospital sector</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/31/agnostics-need-faith-in-private-hospital-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/31/agnostics-need-faith-in-private-hospital-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospitals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can’t be agnostic when the whole point of contracting out public services is to gain the cost and productivity benefits of the more efficient private sector, writes <b>Jeremy Sammut</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>How a clever snip could save millions of health dollars</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/how-a-clever-snip-could-save-millions-of-health-dollars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/how-a-clever-snip-could-save-millions-of-health-dollars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tony abbot]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why did the razor gang miss $34.5 million in savings, writes <b>Dr Lesley Russell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/22/how-a-clever-snip-could-save-millions-of-health-dollars/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor&#8217;s new federalism shows its first cracks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/27/labors-new-federalism-shows-its-first-cracks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/27/labors-new-federalism-shows-its-first-cracks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Darling Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reba Meagher]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the cooperative Labor federalism promised by Kevin Rudd had a relaxed start in late 2007, we’re now seeing the reality of different levels of government with different policy agendas and political needs trying to work together, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/27/labors-new-federalism-shows-its-first-cracks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Governments urged to lead on patient safety</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/16/governments-urged-to-lead-on-patient-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/16/governments-urged-to-lead-on-patient-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acute health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian institute of health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care study]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality in health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Around the world, 10,000 people die each day as a result of mistakes, complications and other harms caused by their acute health care. This makes iatrogenic harm in health care the third biggest killer... ]]></description>
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