General Practices and Pharmacies Providing Much Needed Health Care During Flood Crisis
Flooding in the Mid North Coast has resulted in the establishment of evacuation centres across the region. Evacuees are presenting with a range of health issues, from immediate injury to exacerbations of chronic health conditions or need for medication. Evacuee mental health and wellbeing is also a common presentation and ever-present concern. Over the weekend,
New Digital Platform Will Help Practices Report COVID-19 Vaccinations to AIR
The Australian Digital Health Agency has announced a new digital platform to support the COVID-19 vaccination program. The Clinician Vaccine Integrated Platform (CVIP) has been developed for health care services who are participating in the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. It is designed for those practices who do not already have clinical software that reports to the
Primary Care Impact: Improve Preparation of Emergency Equipment
All general practices need to ensure comprehensive emergency protocols, equipment and medicines are in place to achieve best practice and manage adverse events following immunisation. Thanks to a suggestion from Dr John Moran at King Street Medical Centre, Primary Care Impact has introduced a new QI activity to assist general practices to prepare and audit their emergency equipment, including the must-have contents
New Immunisation View in My Health Record
The My Health Record National Provider Portal has now been upgraded with a consolidated immunisation view. This view gives a centralised list of a patient’s vaccination history, including disease, vaccine brand, dose number and source document (e.g. Australian Immunisation Register or documents in My Health Record). The upgrade also introduces alerts that will appear when
HealthPathways Update – March 2021
New HealthPathways have recently been published on the Mid and North Coast HealthPathways website. New to HealthPathways Preparing for COVID-19 Vaccination Preparing for COVID-19 Vaccination COVID-19 Vaccination Procedure Urinary Incontinence in Women Reviewed and Updated HealthPathways Bowel Cancer Symptoms Previous Bowel Polyp Surveillance Inflammatory Bowel Disease Colonoscopy Surveillance Bowel Cancer Screening Previous Bowel Cancer Colonoscopy
Consultation on Palliative Care Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families
Health professionals, health workers and other interested parties are invited to take part in national consultation to assist in the development of tailored resources for the caring@home for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families project. The Australian Government-funded project aims to support the provision of palliative care at home for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Seeking Media Spokespeople for COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout
Healthy North Coast is actively building a media presence to support the local rollout of the Australian Government’s COVID-19 vaccination program. We are contacted on a regular basis with requests for media comment (on radio, television, in print and online). We are seeking expressions of interest from local clinical experts who feel confident speaking to
Primary Care Impact: Influenza Vaccination Activities to Improve Safety and Reach High-Risk Groups
Immunisations are an essential health service. Community members and immunisation providers are urged to continue these practices during the COVID-19 vaccination rollout. Vaccination providers must ensure a 14-day gap between COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations. Visit our new Primary Care Impact quality improvement activity to improve checks on patient vaccination status when delivering influenza and COVID-19
Primary Care Impact: Socially Distanced Vaccination in General Practice
As general practices are faced with the concurrent rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine and influenza vaccine, clinic procedures still need to adhere to social distancing and infection control guidelines. The Primary Care Impact topic for socially distanced vaccination in general practice has been relaunched. This time, it includes a shared PDSA from Dr Lerm’s Surgery. Check it out to see how their planning and team approach resulted
Have Hospital Admission and Discharge Notifications Helped You Stay Informed?
The Mid North Coast Local Health District’s Admission and Discharge Notification (ADN) pilot went live on 29 September 2020. The project has delivered over 84,213* notifications to patients’ nominated GPs. ADNs are intended to improve the flow of information a GP receives about a patient’s health journey. Initial feedback on the pilot has been positive.
Veterans Recovery Program Treats PTSD and Substance Use
A new, free six-week residential program is aimed at reducing the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder (SUD) for veterans. The program is free to all previous members of the Australian Defence Force (Army, Navy, Air Force) who meet eligibility criteria. It is being offered as a one-off pilot from 20
Talking About Palliative Care With Dr Dan Curley
When you’re fit and healthy, your final days are likely a long way from your thoughts, but palliative care specialist Dr Dan Curley hopes that will change. Dr Curley trained in medicine in Birmingham, England, and specialised in palliative care at Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital, He is now part of the Mid North Coast Local
