AMH Drug Monographs now in ClinicalKey
Direct links to AMH Drug Monographs have been added to ClinicalKey and ClinicalKey for Nursing. While viewing a clinical overview of 1,300+ diseases and conditions, simply click on a hyperlinked drug name to open the current AMH monograph. To see the new feature in action, watch this short demo (1 min 23 secs).

ACORN Standards
The New ACORN Standards – which have replaced ACORN’s Standards for Perioperative Nursing – can be accessed online or installed on any Monash Health device. For online access, contact the Library to request our organisational login details. For installation, contact the IT Helpdesk.

Online CPD/CME points
Remember that you can earn CPD/CME points with BMJ Learning, available to all Monash Health employees. Login with your BMJ Best Practice details or register for an account. Modules include:

• How to calculate treatment risks and help patients make informed decisions (30 mins)
• Negotiating and influencing (60 mins) – part of a collection of modules on Professional Skills Development
• Insertion of intercostal drain: Seldinger technique (30 mins) – one of 10 modules in the Advanced Practical Skills collection

Below is a selection of recently published reports and data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

• GEN Aged Care Data – various topics such as People’s care needs in aged care
• Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia annual report (updated June)
• Juvenile arthritis (updated June)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mothers and babies (updated May)
• Palliative care services in Australia (updated May)
• National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection (updated April)
• Cancer in adolescents and young adults in Australia 2023 (updated April)

View all recent releases from AIHW here.

Read our full-text journals in BrowZine.

• A novel Swedish study investigated ghrelin’s effects on decision-making beyond food or drug rewards. The authors concluded that ghrelin did not affect sensitivity to monetary rewards, but did impact loss aversion and discounting rates.
   
• Mobile apps with anaphylaxis emergency action plans could potentially replace or supplement paper-based plans. However, current apps lack definitive advice for patients and carers on whether or not to administer epinephrine.
   
• Discussing an association between menopause symptoms and adverse work outcomes, this paper recommends increased workplace support, such as employer training to increase awareness and improve communication surrounding the topic.
   
• Implementation of a referrals toolkit increased junior doctors’ confidence and speed in making referrals, and improved discharges on the ward. The accompanying referral cheat sheet has been downloaded by JMS around the world.
   
• Although ischemic preconditioning has some beneficial effects in patients undergoing liver resection, there is insufficient evidence to support its routine use, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective randomised trials.