A highlight of resources for primary health professionals.
More resources are available here.
Are you up to date with your practice's requirements in regard to eHealth?
The RACGP has developed a range of resources & updates which are available to assist your practice in complying with Australian legislation & upholding your patients' privacy.
Covering topics such as collection, management, use, storage & sharing of healthcare information - stay up to date by clicking here
Whilst the ‘urgent’ category is reserved solely for suspected bone cancer, Dr. Allcock - LHN’s Head of Unit for Orthopedics – has suggested two criteria GPs can include in their referral letters to assist Lyell McEwin Hospital (LMH) Orthopaedics to judge the true level such as the patient’s symptoms & assess if a patient should be promoted from ‘non-urgent’ to ‘semi-urgent’ waiting list.
1. Use Objective Statements
Objective statements such as “has become confined to the house”, “has had to take to a wheelchair” or “is woken every night by pain” provide more information than subjective statements of “severe pain” or “very severe pain”
2. Consider & Include BMI Calculations
Patients who are unlikely to proceed to surgery - being those with a BMI >40 - are not prioritised. Weight loss, even over their waiting period, should be discussed & supported
The SA Health Clinical Practice Guidelines assist health care providers in the appropriate management of their patients.
SA Health has made these guidelines accessible via a website based resource - which can be viewed by both clinicians and consumers - and includes clinical practice guidelines related to perinatal, neonatal medical administration & child health.
This updated resource replaces the previous Apple app Practices Guideline Reader & can be accessed via any ‘smart’ device regardless of the operating system.
For further information on accessing this resource or assistance deleting the outdated app contact (08) 8161 9459 (9.00am -5.00pm, Mon to Fri).
To ensure your healthcare organisation can view its patients’ My Health Record, you need to register to participate in Australia’s My Health Record system. Once your organisation is registered, individual healthcare providers & other relevant employees can be authorised to access the My Health Record system on the organisation’s behalf.
To register your organisation to participate in the My Health Record click here.
Please contact the Adelaide PHN if you need further information, support, or training via
digitalhealthinfo@adelaidephn.com.au
A highlight of local primary health news.
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Medical practitioners play a key role in supporting patients to fulfill their vaccination requirements.
On August 16, changes were made to allow additional doctors to notify a medical exemption to vaccination to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). In the event an individual cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons, medical practitioners are now one of the specific groups of doctors able to notify the AIR that the individual has a medical exemption to vaccination.
You can view the official advice from the CMO regarding this update here.
The Centre for Obesity, Medicine, & Surgery (COMS) team, based at TQEH, has been experiencing an increase in referrals, causing extensive waiting times to enter the program.
GPs referring to the program are encouraged to communicate to patients the requirements for involvement.
Patients must engage in at least 12-months lifestyle modification, including a six-week group program, before suitability for surgery is assessed. Patients successfully completing the program could be waiting up to five years before receiving surgery.
To ensure patient eligibility, please see the factsheet which includes a link to the referral form.
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