A highlight of resources for primary health professionals.
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Adelaide PHN is pleased to announce the 10 successful applicants to the Peer Support Network Grants. These small grants were an opportunity for Primary Health Care Managers, Nurses & other Primary Health Care Professionals to facilitate peer support, networking & learning with a focus on quality improvement across the primary health sector.
The small grants have been awarded to networks supporting a broad range of areas including primary care nursing, practice management, podiatry, arthritis, & LGBTIQ health. More information - including a list of successful applicants & information about joining these networks - can be accessed here.
To help health professionals prepare for the National Cervical Screening Program moving to five yearly HPV testing on 1 Dec, a new set of Cervical Screening Online Training Modules is now available via NPS MedicineWise, covering the changes to the program, clinical pathway & communicating test results & the importance of screening with patients.
All six interactive online modules are accredited for CPD points with RACGP, ACRRM, ACN, ACM & APNA.
The Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN) provides all health practitioners the opportunity to participate in two interdisciplinary programs:
MHPN practitioner networks & the
national online professional development program.
Their latest MPHN Connect newsletter features an obesity webinar, & Aboriginal storytelling; it is available here.
MyNursingFuture.com.au is a new website - created by nurses for nurses - that supports current & future nurses to grow their careers in primary health care.
The website provides an overview of the different realms of primary health care and includes advice, career opportunities, & education pathways. The website is loaded with videos of real nurses talking about their own experiences working in Primary Health Care.
Dementia is now the 2nd leading cause of death in Australia. The Clinical Practice Guidelines & Principles of Care for People with Dementia provide health professionals & care workers with evidence-based recommendations about the care of people living with dementia & those being investigated for the possibility of dementia.
A consumer companion guide has also been developed to complement the clinical guidelines to help consumers to be informed when being investigated or treated for dementia.
Hay fever can worsen asthma symptoms & can trigger an asthma flare up, even in those with otherwise well-controlled asthma. If your patient has symptoms of asthma or hay fever (e.g. cough, wheeze or sneeze in the pollen season) they may be susceptible to thunderstorm asthma.
If this is the case, undertake an asthma & allergy diagnosis, develop an asthma &/or hay fever action plan & ensure your patient has the right medication.
A highlight of local primary health news.
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Do you have an idea to reduce the impact of cancer in local Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities? Adelaide PHN would like to alert the market to an upcoming opportunity for a project that will increase participation in breast, bowel, & cervical screening for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people living in metropolitan Adelaide, through community peer support approaches.
More information about this upcoming opportunity can be found here. More information about Adelaide PHN's commissioning activities generally can be found here.
Has all your Zostavax vaccine been transferred to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR)?
Following a review of the number of Zostavax doses reported to the register across the state it appears that not all doses of Zostavax given by providers has transferred from practice software to the AIR. To date, whilst SA Health has distributed 75,977 doses of Zostavax, only 37,070 doses have been reported to AIR.
As a result, practices are bring asked to undertake an audit in order to identify patients who have received Zostavax vaccine (within your practice software) & cross check to see if the data has been transmitted to the AIR. An audit tool is avaialble here to assist.
If your practice is utilising the My Health Record you are required to have policies in place to support the management & access of the My Health Record system.
The RACGP has downloadable templates to support your practice to put in place the required policies (click here). If you or your practice requires support around the My Health Record you can contact the Digital Health Officers at the Adelaide PHN at digitalhealthinfo@adelaidephn.com.au
With the 3rd edition of Putting Prevention Into Practice (The Green Book) due for release in 2018, RACGP is seeking feedback on this draft from GPs, practice staff & other health professionals. Please note, the aim of this consultation is to seek general feedback on the content of the resource, not on issues of grammar or layout.
The consultation draft can be accessed here & feedback survey can be accessed here. Consultation closes at 5.00pm on 15 September 2017. You can find out more & view all current RACGP consultations here.
With the Australasian Asthma Conference being held in Adelaide, Asthma Foundation SA is keen to support groups of SA health professionals to attend by offering a discounted rate - saving your team $299 per registration! For groups of 5+, you will pay only $400 per person.To take up this offer, please email conference@asthmaaustralia.org.au
This conference will identify the latest treatment guidelines, outline best practice asthma management, provide an opportunity to network with other professionals, & identify education/support services available. Find out more about the conference here.
Update on enhancements to the after hours GP helpline. Callers to the healthdirect after hours GP helpline can now elect to have a care advice summary sent to them by SMS or email, an event summary sent to their regular general practice, & an encounter summary uploaded to their My Health Record.
More information about these enhancements & the service offering can be downloaded here.
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