References for November 2026

 

References for November 2026

 

How workplaces shape AI adoption

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  • Safer Care Victoria. Ambient AI Scribes Sector Advisory. May 2025. https://www.safercare.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-07/Ambient%20AI%20Scribes%20Advisory.pdf
  • MobiHealthNews. Queensland health service expands AI scribe rollout. 8 September 2026. https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/anz/queensland-health-service-expands-ai-scribe-rollout
  • Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. AI Safety Scenario: Ambient Scribe. August 2025. https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-08/ai-safety-scenario-ambient-scribe.pdf
  • Ahpra and National Boards. Meeting your professional obligations when using artificial intelligence in healthcare. August 2024. https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Resources/Artificial-Intelligence-in-healthcare.aspx
  • Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. State and territory privacy legislation. 1 December 2025. https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-legislation/state-and-territory-privacy-legislation
  • Digital Rights Watch. Off the Record: AI Scribes in Australian Healthcare. July 2026. https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/images/off-the-record-ai-scribes-in-healthcare-drw-report.pdf
  • Medical Republic. How many GPs are actually using AI scribes? May 2026. https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/how-many-gps-are-actually-using-ai-scribes/125763


Unlocking the potential of advanced practice

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Please note that the reference to HARDING should have been 2018 not 2017

  • Oldmeadow, J., & Fiske, S. T. (2007). System‐justifying ideologies moderate status= competence stereotypes: Roles for belief in a just world and social dominance orientation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37(6), 1135-1148.
  • Brand, C., Hunter, D., Hinman, R., March, L., Osborne, R., & Bennell, K. (2011). Improving care for people with osteoarthritis of the hip and knee: how has national policy for osteoarthritis been translated into service models in Australia?. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 14(2), 181-190.
  • Kapakoulakis, T., & Collings, A. (2011). The implementation and evaluation of the Osteoarthritis Hip and Knee Service and its impact in a regional setting. In National Rural Health Conference: Rural and remote Australia The heart of a healthy nation Perth, Australia.
  • Gill, S. D., & Stella, J. (2013). Implementation and performance evaluation of an emergency department primary practitioner physiotherapy service for patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 25(6), 558-564.
  • Guengerich, M., Brock, K., Cotton, S., & Mancuso, S. (2013). Emergency department primary contact physiotherapists improve patient flow for musculoskeletal patients. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 20(8), 396-402.
  • Large, K. E., Page, C. J., Brock, K., Dowsey, M. M., & Choong, P. F. (2014). Physiotherapy-led arthroplasty review clinic: a preliminary outcomes analysis. Australian Health Review, 38(5), 510-516.
  • Thompson, C., Williams, K., Morris, D., Bird, S., Kobel, C., Andersen, P., ... & Masso, M. (2014). HWA Expanded Scopes of Practice program evaluation: Physiotherapists in the Emergency Department sub-projec: t final report.
  • Harding, P., Burge, A., Walter, K., Shaw, B., Page, C., Phan, U., ... & Liew, S. (2018). Advanced musculoskeletal physiotherapists in post arthroplasty review clinics: a state wide implementation program evaluation. Physiotherapy, 104(1), 98-106.
  • Shaw, B. R., Heywood, S. E., Page, C. J., Phan, U. M., Harding, P. A., Walter, K., ... & Granger, C. L. (2018). Advanced musculoskeletal physiotherapy: Barriers and enablers to multi‐site implementation. Musculoskeletal Care, 16(4), 440-449.

     

Five facts about physiotherapy after cardiac surgery

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  • Balachandran S, Lee A, Royse A, Denehy L & El-Ansary D (2015) Physiotherapy exercise prescription and precautions following cardiac surgery involving a median sternotomy: a web survey. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 24(Supplement 1).
  • Eden A et al (2023) Post-operative physiotherapy in people who undergo cardiac surgery: a scoping review. Journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care, 55(1). The review included 41 studies examining mobilisation, respiratory physiotherapy, sternal precautions and other aspects of postoperative care.
  • Kourek C & Dimopoulos S (2024) Cardiac rehabilitation after cardiac surgery: an important underutilized treatment strategy. World Journal of Cardiology, 16(2), 67–72
     
 

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