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Navigate complex mental health literature with greater precision and confidence

For Victorian clinicians working in mental health, psychology, counselling, psychiatry, social work, and related disciplines, finding high-quality evidence can be...

New research highlights the potential of a multi-pathway approach to treatment

Researchers have reported promising preclinical results for an experimental therapy that could provide a new treatment approach for metabolic dysfunction associated...

A practical framework to support safer prescribing and medication monitoring

Victorian researchers have developed the first national consensus-based list of high-risk medicines specifically tailored to residential aged care, creating a practical tool...

Climate may influence risk, but health systems influence outcomes

Climate change is creating more favourable conditions for the mosquitoes that spread malaria and dengue, but a new review suggests that warming temperatures alone do not determine how...

Turn evidence into action with integrated clinical learning resources

For nurses and allied health professionals, staying current with evidence and maintaining professional development can be challenging alongside busy clinical workloads.

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When patients describe distress differently, clinicians may need to ask different questions

Commonly used depression screening tools may fail to identify some South Asian patients experiencing depression because they do not capture several symptoms...

Bacterial evolution continues to challenge established control measures

A newly identified antibiotic resistance mechanism could make one of healthcare's most challenging pathogens even harder to control, according to researchers from Monash...

A fresh chapter for clinical knowledge access

I am delighted to introduce this new monthly newsletter, which will keep Victorian clinicians informed about developments across the CHC, highlight available resources and services, and share practical...

Hospital-based testing safely removes incorrect allergy labels

Researchers from Melbourne have led what is described as the world's largest study examining penicillin allergy, with findings suggesting that most patients labelled as allergic to...

Results offer another pathway when standard therapies fail

A phase 1 clinical trial has demonstrated encouraging results for cevostamab, an investigational bispecific antibody that targets a novel protein in multiple myeloma, potentially providing a...

Nearly one-third of Victorian births enrolled in landmark study

One of Australia's largest child and family research initiatives has established a new benchmark for population health research, demonstrating that large-scale, inclusive and...

Closing the gap between research and clinical practice

The CHC offers world-class clinical information resources, including the DynaMed clinical decision support tool from EBSCO, providing concise, current, and actionable clinical information at the...

Finding high-quality clinical information just got easier

The Clinicians Health Channel is pleased to introduce EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), a new search tool that helps you find evidence and information from across CHC's subscribed resources in...

Your new companion to the Clinicians Health Channel

We’re excited to introduce the newly launched Clinicians Health Channel Support website, a dedicated space designed to help clinicians confidently access, navigate and make the most of the Clinician...