Celebrating 500 HealthPathways
The HealthPathways Team is very excited to announce a major milestone: the publication of 500 localised HealthPathways! This is a great achievement for the team of eight who work remotely across the footprint in Tweed Heads, Ballina, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie. Dual celebrations were held in the Ballina and Coffs Harbour offices of North
HealthPathways Launches a New Website for Patients
The Mid and North Coast HealthPathways patient info website is now live. What is it? patient info is a public website for patients to find reputable information on health conditions and local health services. The resources listed are taken from the ‘Patient Information’ sections of the relevant HealthPathways clinical page. The site supports GPs to
Putting Oral Health into HealthPathways
In 2018, ADA NSW formed a partnership with North Coast Primary Health Network, the NSW Health Centre for Oral Health Strategy and the University of Sydney. The aim of the joint project is to assist with the review, localisation and creation of new oral health content in HealthPathways. The major objectives of the project are
HealthPathways Update March 2019
New HealthPathways have recently been published on the Mid and North Coast HealthPathways website. New HealthPathways Carer Stress Carer Support Dental Assessment for Adults with Complex Needs Orthodontic Assessment Bisphosphonates and Dental Care Pulmonary Embolism Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Dyspnoea Haemoptysis Chronic Cough Neutropenia Low Vision Assistance Intermenstrual Bleeding Postcoital Bleeding Amputee Support Reviewed and Updated
Carer Stress and Carer Support
The HealthPathways team and the Carers Program have recently published the Carer Stress and Carer Support HealthPathways. These pathways have been developed to assist clinicians with assessment tools and online links to supports for family/friend carers. Family/friend carers are at a higher risk of health problems than the general population. Carers are an important part of the care team and
First Aid for Traumatic Dental Injuries
What do you do when a child comes in with an avulsed tooth? Would treatment differ if the patient was an adult? At times, doctors encounter patients who present with traumatic dental injuries, including broken teeth. Some may not be aware that trauma to primary and permanent teeth are treated differently, or that the transport
Renal Supportive Care HealthPathway
The new Renal Supportive Care HealthPathway was published in December 2018 and developed by the HealthPathways team in liaison with the Northern NSW and Mid North Coast Renal Managers. Patients referred and involved in the service remain under the care of their nephrologist and referring general practitioner. Renal supportive care is available to patients with
HealthPathways Update December 2018
New HealthPathways have recently been published on Mid and North Coast HealthPathways. Return to Work Acute Child and Youth Mental Health Assessment Non-acute Asthma in Adults Non-acute Diabetes Assessment Reviewed and Updated HealthPathways Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment Heart Failure Hypertension Cardiac Drugs and Monitoring Acute Asthma in Adults Hyperlipidaemia For a
Returning to Work After Injury HealthPathway
HealthPathways has recently published the Return to Work pathway. While there are times when returning to work following an injury is not the best course of action, time off work – particularly when the absence is long term – can have significant side effects, including increased rates of overall mortality, poorer physical health and poorer mental
HealthPathways Update November 2018
New HealthPathways have recently been published on Mid and North Coast HealthPathways. Deliberate Self-harm Perinatal Mental Illness Medications for Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Opioid Replacement Pharmacotherapy by Unaccredited Prescriber Speech and Language Difficulties in Pre School Children Diving Accidents and Decompression Illness Drug and Alcohol Residential Rehabilitation Painful or Swollen Joint in a Child Anxiety in
Deliberate Self-Harm
Self-harm is when someone intentionally damages their own body. Sometimes this is a way of coping with or expressing overwhelming emotional stress. Self-harm is responsible for more than 24,000 hospital admissions each year. Evidence suggests that over 90% of patients who present to hospital with self-harm have a mental health disorder – commonly depression, anxiety,
HealthPathways Update October 2018
New HealthPathways have recently been published on the Mid and North Coast HealthPathways website. New HealthPathways Menopause Menopause Hormone Therapy (MHT) Slow Growth Analgesia in Children with Acute Pain Child with a Rash Wrist Fractures in Children Proximal Humeral Fractures Clavicle Fracture Reviewed and Updated HealthPathways Talus and Calcaneal Fractures Metatarsal Fractures Morton’s Neuroma Toe
