Fact Sheet Resources

Fact Sheet 1

• Quality of pathology services – RCPA.
• Quality use of Pathology: Consumer Consultation Project, DoHA, June 2010.
• Lab Tests Online.
• RCPA Fact File.
• The Australian Pathology Workforce Crisis: Scoping paper by Michael Legge and Associates. 2008. DoHA.
• Impact of Workload of Anatomical Pathologists on quality and safety. RCPA, 2011.
• AAP Response to strategic review of future funding arrangements for DI and pathology 31st October 2008.
• Phone interview with Dr Daniel Owens, AAPP, 11/11/11
• Review of the funding arrangements for pathology services: Final discussion paper. Medical Benefits Reviews Task Group. DoHA. March 2011.
• Phone interview with Dr Michael Harrison, Managing Partner, SNP, 16/11/11.

Fact Sheet 2

• RCPA Fact File.
• Email from Leslie Burnett 26/10/11.
• Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council – Population based screening framework.
• Making sense of testing – UK Publication.
• Cancer Screening – DoHA.
• Phone call with Ms Liz Fitzgerald, MIGA Insurance Risk Services Manager for perspective on insurance 1/11/11.
• Phone interview with Dr Daniel Owens, AAPP, 11/11/11
• Report on a Review of the Level of Public Health Risk and Adequacy of Controls Over Non-Medicare Pathology Services Volume 1. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Phillips/Fox Report.
• Phone interview with Dr Michael Harrison, Managing Partner, SNP, 16/11/11.
• Rubella Factsheet
• Edits from Dr Bronwen Ross, Deputy CEO, RCPA

Fact Sheet 3

• AAPP Informed Financial Consent.
• Consent to medical treatment – patient information. Policy directive – NSW Health.
• Consent to Treatment: Procedure – ACT Health.
• Office of safety and Quality. Department of Health, Western Australia (2006). Consent to treatment policy for the Western Australian health system.
• Queensland health policy statement (2004) Informed consent, surgery consent forms and patient information.
• Law Handbook - Legal Services Commission of South Australia - South Australian information.
• Department of Health and Human Services website – Tasmania.
• The Law Handbook – Victoria
• Department of health website – Northern Territory.
• NHMRC Biobanks Information Paper 2010.
• AIHW
• National Cancer Statistics Clearing House, Protocol (2009): A collaborative partnership of the Australasian Association of Cancer Registries and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
• Hasnah Scheding – ACT Health Public Relations officer.
• Consent to medical treatment: the mature minor.
• Phone interview with Dr Daniel Owens, AAPP, 11/11/11
• A National Cancer Data Strategy for Australia, Commonwealth of Australia, 2008.
• Phone interview with Dr Michael Harrison, Managing Partner, SNP, 16/11/11.
• Informed financial consent, Private Health Insurance Ombudsman.
• A guide to understanding informed consent – National Cancer Insitutue.
• Email and phone contact with Dr Mark Short, Senior Data Analyst, Cancer and Screening Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
• DoHA. Private health insurance. Out-of-pocket expenses for private medical treatment (Informed Financial Consent).
• Fact Sheet. Consent to Medical Procedures for Minors. MIGA.
• QLD Govt. – Cancer Alliance Queensland - Qld Cancer Register
• Data Control for Cancer Research and Data Sets in Australia
• Edits from Dr Bronwen Ross, deputy CEO, RCPA

Fact Sheet 4

• AAPP - Pathology in Australia
• AAPP - History and purpose of the Licensed Collection Centre (LCC) Scheme (1992-2001), and the Approved Collection Centre (APCC) Scheme (2001-).
• AAPP - How pathology services are requested and delivered.
• DoHA Point of Care Testing Trial Report – executive summary
• Shephard M. Point-of-care testing comes of age in Australia. Aust Prescr 2010; 33:6-9.
• Cresswell, A. Finger-pricking GPs a good idea: on the spot blood tests. The Australian: January 30, 2010.
• Report on a Review of the Level of Public Health Risk and Adequacy of Controls Over Non-Medicare Pathology Services Volume 1. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Phillips/Fox Report.
• AIMS - POSITION STATEMENT - 4 March 2004 - Regulation of Non HIC Funded Pathology Services.
• Removal of restrictions on pathology request forms: Discussion paper. DoHA.
• Review of the funding arrangements for pathology services: Final discussion paper. Medical Benefits Reviews Task Group. DoHA. March 2011.
• Phone interview with Dr Michael Harrison, Managing Partner, SNP, 16/11/11.
• RCPA Policy on Vertical Integration in Medical Practice

Fact Sheet 5

• Report on a Review of the Level of Public Health Risk and Adequacy of Controls Over Non-Medicare Pathology Services Volume 1. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Phillips/Fox Report.
• Review of the funding arrangements for pathology services: Final discussion paper. Medical Benefits Reviews Task Group. DoHA. March 2011.
• Phone interview with Dr Michael Harrison, Managing Partner, SNP, 16/11/11.
• Impact of Workload of Anatomical Pathologists on quality and safety. RCPA, 2011.
• An analysis of pathology test use in Australia. A paper by the Australian Association of Pathology Practices Inc. utilizing data from the BEACH program. Family Medicine Research Centre, University of Sydney.
• RCPA Quality of pathology services.
• The Australian Pathology Workforce Crisis: Scoping paper by Michael Legge and Associates. 2008. DoHA.
• Phone interview with Professor Leslie Burnett. 19/12/11

Fact Sheet 6

• Report on a Review of the Level of Public Health Risk and Adequacy of Controls Over Non-Medicare Pathology Services Volume 1. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Phillips/Fox Report.
• Review of the funding arrangements for pathology services: Final discussion paper. Medical Benefits Reviews Task Group. DoHA. March 2011.
• Phone interview with Dr Michael Harrison, Managing Partner, SNP, 16/11/11, and email correspondence 13/12/11.
• Lab tests on line
• Making sense of testing – UK Publication.
• AMA Position Statement: Pathology 2011
• Finger-pricking GPs a good idea: on the spot blood tests. Adam Cresswell, The Australian, 30/1/10
• Point-of-Care testing comes of age in Australia. Mark Shephard. Aust Prescr. 2010: 33:6-9.
• National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet – Interpreting Laboratory Test Results.
• Medical Council of New South Wales: Medical Records – A guide for patients
• AAPP Privacy Policy in Community Pathology. Version 1.2 13 May 2002
• GUIDELINES FOR PATIENT/CONSUMER ACCESS TO PATHOLOGY TEST REPORTS
• Phone interview with Professor Leslie Burnett. 19/12/11
• National Privacy Principles: Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
• RCPA Guideline: Release of pathology results to patients

Fact Sheet 7

• Report on a Review of the Level of Public Health Risk and Adequacy of Controls Over Non-Medicare Pathology Services Volume 1. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Phillips/Fox Report.
• NCOPP Website
• An analysis of pathology test use in Australia. A paper by the Australian Association of Pathology Practices Inc. utilizing data from the BEACH program. Family Medicine Research Centre, University of Sydney.
• Review of the funding arrangements for pathology services: Final discussion paper. Medical Benefits Reviews Task Group. DoHA. March 2011.
• Phone interview with Dr Michael Harrison, Managing Partner, SNP, 16/11/11.
• AAPP - Pathology in Australia
• AAPP - How pathology services are requested and delivered.
• Medicare Benefits Schedule Pathology - Operating from 01 March 2009. DoHA.
• AAPP – Informed Financial Consent
• Medicare Australia
• AAPP Privacy Policy in Community Pathology. Version 1.2 13 May 2002
• Email from Dr Michael Harrison, Managing Partner, SNP. 17/12/11

Fact Sheet 8

• Medicare Benefits Schedule Pathology - Operating from 01 March 2009. DoHA.

Fact Sheet 9

• Report on a Review of the Level of Public Health Risk and Adequacy of Controls Over Non-Medicare Pathology Services Volume 1. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Phillips/Fox Report.
• Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia (ALRC Report 96). ALRC and the Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) of the NHMRC. Published 30 May 2003. Last modified on 30 September 2010.
• RCPA Quality use of pathology services.
• Centre for Genetics Education: The Australasian Genetics Resource Book 8th edition
• American Medical Association Direct-to-Consumer Testing fact sheet
• Phone interview 19/12/11, and emails/edits from Professor Graeme Suthers
• Medical Genetic Testing: Information for Health Professionals. April 2010. HNMRC

Fact Sheet 10

• Report on a Review of the Level of Public Health Risk and Adequacy of Controls Over Non-Medicare Pathology Services Volume 1. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Phillips/Fox Report.
• Phone interview 19/12/11, and emails from Professor Graeme Suthers
• RCPA Pathologists are indispensible to quality patient care
• CCMG Statement on Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing. CCMG Ethics and Public Policy Committee.
• Human Genetics Commission: A Common Framework for Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Services
• Medical Genetic Testing: Information for Health Professionals. April 2010. HNMRC
• Genetic Testing