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
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
New Resources to Support COVID-19 Vaccination in General Practice
New HealthPathways New HealthPathways for COVID-19 Vaccination Procedure and Preparing for COVID-19 Vaccinations are now live. COVID-19 Vaccination Procedures This pathway will be updated frequently when new information is released by the Department of Health, the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation. It is recommended that general practitioners check this
COVID-19 Vaccination HealthPathways Update
The new COVID-19 Vaccination Information HealthPathway is now live. The pathway was developed by the Nepean Blue Mountains HealthPathways Team, in consultation with NSW Health, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, and the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance The pathway is a statewide pathway and will be updated regularly as needed. The
Tweed Banora Medical Centre Don’t Miss a Beat When It Comes to Heart Health
Staff and clinicians at Tweed Banora Medical Centre had a lot of fun with their Healthy Heart Awareness campaign during the month of February. They decorated their practice as well as dressed in red to raise awareness of the importance of having a healthy heart check. To complete this quality improvement activity, the practice: Provided
Improve FOBT Screening in Your Practice
Primary Care Impact has a new quality improvement activity to help improve FOBT screening of people aged 50-74 in your practice. This QI activity was prompted by Maria Clinic in Casino. Practice Manager Gene Allder-Conn was concerned that not all patients in the target age group were being offered screening. Of those who were, less
HealthPathways COVID-19 Vaccination Update
There are currently two statewide COVID-19 vaccination pathways being developed by the Nepean Blue Mountains HealthPathways Team. These pathways will address general practice readiness and vaccination immunisation. Once the pathways are available on our website, we will notify you via our practitioner newsletter. We expect the pathways will be available within the next two weeks.
Primary Care Impact: Launch of Aboriginal Health QI Activity
Healthy North Coast is excited to present our first Aboriginal Health Primary Care Impact quality improvement activity. Recent studies have found that only a minority of GPs routinely collect and record the Indigenous identity of patients. Rather than making assumptions, it is vital the question is asked of all patients to shape client care, planning,
HealthPathways Update – February 2021
New HealthPathways have recently been published on the Mid and North Coast HealthPathways website. New to HealthPathways Prostate Cancer Follow-up Post Treatment Prostatitis Admission and Discharge Notifications Reviewed HealthPathways Suicidal Ideation or Intent Scheduling a Patient Electronic Hospital Discharge Summaries Anaemia in Adults Hepatitis B (HBV) Positive Faecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) National Bowel Cancer
Free Veteran Health Course
A free online Veteran Health and DVA Literacy course aims to assist GPs, practice managers and practice nurses in managing the health care of defence veterans. Improve your knowledge, skills and confidence in defence veteran health consultations. Gain clarity around conducting post ADF health assessments and medical impairment assessments. Learn about the Coordinated Veteran Care
Primary Care Impact: Improve Recording and Updating of Immunisation Data
In preparation for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and mandatory reporting to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR), Primary Care Impact has introduced a new QI activity specifically designed to walk you through the steps to ensure correct and accurate immunisation reporting. In light of the recent changes in how to access the AIR, this QI activity also
