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Vol 128 No 1408: 30 Jan 2015

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Is HealthPathways effective? An online survey of hospital clinicians, general practitioners and practice nurses

Graham McGeoch, Peter McGeoch, Brett Shand

HealthPathways is a website that was developed in Canterbury to provide general practitioners and practice nurses with locally relevant clinical information required during a patient appointment. An online survey was carried out in 2013 to determine the opinions of general practitioners, practice nurses and hospital doctors on HealthPathways. The survey showed a very high level of acceptance of HealthPathways in the three groups, with the website considered easy-to-use, and as having contributed to increased healthcare in the community and an improved referral and triage process. More than half of the respondents considered HealthPathways had improved their working relationships with other healthcare professionals. Analysis of the data showed some small but interesting differences in the responses of female, younger or rural general practitioners.

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Regional differences in echocardiography provision in New Zealand—results from the 2013 SCANZ Workforce Survey

Belinda A Buckley, Katrina Poppe, Mark J Farnworth, Gillian Whalley

A 2013 survey of NZ public hospital echocardiography services demonstrates unequal regional distribution relating to regional population size and demographics (age, ethnicity and socioeconomic status). Additionally there are regional differences in the distribution, population-based size and demographics of the cardiac sonographer workforce. This is the first study to describe the relationship of the cardiac workforce distribution to regional echo service provision.

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The Health Quality and Safety Commission: making good health care better

Carl Shuker, Gillian Bohm, Dale Bramley, Shelley Frost, David Galler, Richard Hamblin, Robert Henderson, Peter Jansen, Geraint Martin, Karen Orsborn, Anthea Penny, Janice Wilson, Alan F Merry

Although our health care system is one of the best value in the world, our spending on it continues to increase, despite that fact that GDP is not rising in line. There are issues in quality and safety in our healthcare, including rates of preventable harm caused to patients, and unexplained variation in treatments around the country. The Health Quality & Safety Commission was formed in 2010 as a crown agent to influence, encourage, guide and support improvement in health care practice in New Zealand. In this first of a special series on health quality and safety in New Zealand we provide an overview of the Commissions role and focus in improving New Zealand health care.

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Use of an Accelerated Diagnostic Pathway allows rapid and safe discharge of 70% of chest pain patients from the Emergency Department

Andrew Munro, Tom Jerram, Tom Morton, Suzanne Hamilton

We show how a pathway of care in the Emergency Department (ED) for people who present with chest pain (and who are not clearly having a heart attack on the first ECG), can allow rapid and safe discharge for the non-high risk group.

SUMMARY

Consensus pathways: evidence into practice

Graham McGeoch, Ian Anderson, Juanita Gibson, Carolyn Gullery, David Kerr, Brett Shand

HealthPathways is a website that general practitioners can use to obtain information during an appointment with a patient. This information includes clinical guidance on medical conditions and the details of local health services and resources, including the criteria for referral to specialist treatment at the hospital. HealthPathways has contributed to better patient management by general practice teams in the Canterbury region, improved the referral process for hospital treatment, assisted in the development of several community-based clinical services, and improved working relationships between general practitioners and hospital doctors.

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Use of an Accelerated Diagnostic Pathway allows rapid and safe discharge of 70% of chest pain patients from the Emergency Department

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Consensus pathways: evidence into practice

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SUMMARY

Is HealthPathways effective? An online survey of hospital clinicians, general practitioners and practice nurses

Graham McGeoch, Peter McGeoch, Brett Shand

HealthPathways is a website that was developed in Canterbury to provide general practitioners and practice nurses with locally relevant clinical information required during a patient appointment. An online survey was carried out in 2013 to determine the opinions of general practitioners, practice nurses and hospital doctors on HealthPathways. The survey showed a very high level of acceptance of HealthPathways in the three groups, with the website considered easy-to-use, and as having contributed to increased healthcare in the community and an improved referral and triage process. More than half of the respondents considered HealthPathways had improved their working relationships with other healthcare professionals. Analysis of the data showed some small but interesting differences in the responses of female, younger or rural general practitioners.

SUMMARY

Regional differences in echocardiography provision in New Zealand—results from the 2013 SCANZ Workforce Survey

Belinda A Buckley, Katrina Poppe, Mark J Farnworth, Gillian Whalley

A 2013 survey of NZ public hospital echocardiography services demonstrates unequal regional distribution relating to regional population size and demographics (age, ethnicity and socioeconomic status). Additionally there are regional differences in the distribution, population-based size and demographics of the cardiac sonographer workforce. This is the first study to describe the relationship of the cardiac workforce distribution to regional echo service provision.

SUMMARY

The Health Quality and Safety Commission: making good health care better

Carl Shuker, Gillian Bohm, Dale Bramley, Shelley Frost, David Galler, Richard Hamblin, Robert Henderson, Peter Jansen, Geraint Martin, Karen Orsborn, Anthea Penny, Janice Wilson, Alan F Merry

Although our health care system is one of the best value in the world, our spending on it continues to increase, despite that fact that GDP is not rising in line. There are issues in quality and safety in our healthcare, including rates of preventable harm caused to patients, and unexplained variation in treatments around the country. The Health Quality & Safety Commission was formed in 2010 as a crown agent to influence, encourage, guide and support improvement in health care practice in New Zealand. In this first of a special series on health quality and safety in New Zealand we provide an overview of the Commissions role and focus in improving New Zealand health care.

SUMMARY

Use of an Accelerated Diagnostic Pathway allows rapid and safe discharge of 70% of chest pain patients from the Emergency Department

Andrew Munro, Tom Jerram, Tom Morton, Suzanne Hamilton

We show how a pathway of care in the Emergency Department (ED) for people who present with chest pain (and who are not clearly having a heart attack on the first ECG), can allow rapid and safe discharge for the non-high risk group.

SUMMARY

Consensus pathways: evidence into practice

Graham McGeoch, Ian Anderson, Juanita Gibson, Carolyn Gullery, David Kerr, Brett Shand

HealthPathways is a website that general practitioners can use to obtain information during an appointment with a patient. This information includes clinical guidance on medical conditions and the details of local health services and resources, including the criteria for referral to specialist treatment at the hospital. HealthPathways has contributed to better patient management by general practice teams in the Canterbury region, improved the referral process for hospital treatment, assisted in the development of several community-based clinical services, and improved working relationships between general practitioners and hospital doctors.

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