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
Slow Growth HealthPathway
“Slow growth” or poor weight gain is a common problem in infants and children and can cause significant parental concern. Serial measurements are needed to assess a child’s growth. One-off measurements show a child’s size but not their growth. It is recommended that: World Health Organisation (WHO) growth standards be used for children under two
HealthPathways Update September 2018
New HealthPathways have recently been published on the Mid and North Coast HealthPathways website. New to HealthPathways My Health Record Endometriosis Paediatric Inpatient Palliative Care Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP) Dysmenorrhoea Drug & Alcohol Counselling Reviewed and Updated HealthPathways Warfarin – Starting and Monitoring Cardiac Catheterisation Complications Cardiac Rehabilitation in General Practice Ingrown Toenail National Disability Insurance
Do You Complete Forms with Your Patient During Consultations?
Winter Strategy Sick Day Action Plans on Mid and North Coast HealthPathways have received a format update. These plans are now available as fillable PDF forms. You can download the form and complete it with your patient. You have the option to print or save the completed form on your computer. Tip: To save the
What Do I Do When My Patient Has an Urgent Need to Access Aged Care Services?
If your patient is already receiving My Aged Care services they should discuss their needs with their service provider, who may be able to arrange additional services on a time-limited basis. A patient can be directly referred to a service under exceptional circumstances in order to keep them safe, including an immediate need for nursing,
Prep for PrEP: Prevent HIV from Your General Practice
HealthPathways has recently published the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP) pathway. PrEP can reduce the risk of HIV infection in patients who don’t have HIV, but are at risk of infection. It is listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for prescription by GPs for eligible patients. NSW Health has a goal of ending HIV transmissions by
HealthPathways Update July 2018
Winter Strategy Sick Day Action Plans Please see below a list of updated and new Action Plans available for download in PDF, MD or BP formats. Please note that all PDFs have been converted to a fillable format. The plans can be accessed via the blue Action Plan icon on the homepage. Asthma Anaphylaxis Chest
Want Quick Access to New and Updated Healthpathways?
Did you know that HealthPathways’ New and Updated Pathways feature is updated daily on the homepage? To view what is most current, visit Mid & North Coast HealthPathways and enter these login details… Username: manchealth Password: conn3ct3d Each entry provides the following information: Date a new pathway or update is published Pathway name, which links directly
What If My Patient Is Already Receiving My Aged Care and Their Needs Change?
Mid and North Coast HealthPathways has published pathways to help GPs provide effective care for older patients accessing My Aged Care. If your patient is already receiving My Aged Care services, they should discuss their care needs with their provider in the first instance. If necessary, their provider can request a support plan review to
