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“A Clear View” featured on Crikey

July 21, 2011

Don Perlgut’s post about the Rural Health Education Foundation’s new program on Indigenous eye health - A Clear View, appeared on Croakey, the health blog of Crikey.com.au, on 21 July 2011.  Entitled “A landmark event for improving Indigenous eye health”, the post points out that the program …

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Digital inclusion an important health issue

July 15, 2011

Don Perlgut, CEO of the Rural Health Education Foundation, today published a blog post on Croakey, the health blog of Crikey.com.au.  In his article, entitled “Digital Inclusion is an Important Health Issue,” Don discusses pilot consumer telehealth applications in Australia and the cost of broadband internet access.

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Dr Brian Bowring features in Australian Doctor magazine

June 23, 2011

Dr Brian Bowring, the immediate past-Chair of the Rural Health Education Foundation (2002-2010), features in this week’s “In the hot seat” in Australian Doctor magazine - 20 June 2011.

In the article, Dr Bowring declares his “greatest accomplishment” to be “chairing the Board of the Rural Health Education Foundation …

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Bridging the gap in health outcomes - eHealthspace

June 20, 2011

Don Perlgut, CEO of the Rural Health Education Foundation, was interviewed on 14 June 2011 by eHealthspace - voice of healthcare - website, about the Foundation’s work in bridging the gap in health outcomes between the city and the bush. The interview reads in part:

“Our educational …

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The public health implications of the digital divide

June 10, 2011

Don Perlgut, CEO of the Rural Health Education Foundation, published an article on Croakey, which is the health blog of crikey.com.au.  In this article, which is entitled “The digital divide: a profound public health issue that needs work,” Don described how the looming “digital divide” in Australia would …

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Acne Vulgaris: Not Just Skin Deep (1010)

February 4, 2011

Acne Vulgaris: Not Just Skin Deep (1010)

February 2011 - Australian Rural Doctor magazine, a regular supplement to Australian Doctor, used the program as a foundation for a How to Treat article entitled “Acne” in their February issue.

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Outback Healers and Heroines (919)

June 29, 2010

Prior to its broadcast on SBS TV on June 3, 2010, the Foundation’s program Outback Healers and Heroines: Women GPs in Rural Practice was reviewed in the television guides of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and other newspapers.  Don Perlgut (CEO of the Foundation) was interviewed about this …

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Foundation featured in Adelaide Advertiser

May 31, 2010

The Rural Health Education Foundation was featured in an article in the Saturday May 29, 2010 edition of the Adelaide Advertiser.  Foundation CEO Don Perlgut was interviewed about how the Foundation’s rural health satellite network - and the Foundation’s ability to reach more than 50,000 health professionals each year - is under …

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The Foundation and digital TV on Crikey

May 20, 2010

The connection between the introduction of digital television into Australia and the Rural Health Education Foundation’s health communications activities are discussed by Foundation CEO Don Perlgut in an article on Croakey - the health blog of the Australian public affairs website Crikey.  In a piece entitled “Is rural …

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Sharing Solutions program featured on Crikey

April 14, 2010

The Foundation’s simultaneous live webcast and satellite broadcast of Sharing Solutions: Indigenous Communities Tackling Chronic Disease (program 1003) is featured in a short report by Foundation CEO Don Perlgut on the Australian current affairs website Crikey’s health “blog”, which is called “Croakey”.

Don Perlgut has also accepted …

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