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Collaboratives
Diabetes
Immunisation
Advance Care Planning
Chronic Disease Management
Data Mining, Analysis & Cleansing Tools
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Mental Health

Mental health outcomes assessment tools:

Audit Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Tool

CES Depression Scale

CGAS Children's Global Assessment Scale

SF-12 Health Survey

DASS 21 Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale

DASS 41

DMI -10 Depression in medically ill patients

DUDIT Drug Use Disorders Identification Tool

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

Hamilton Depression Scale

ICD -10 Factors influencing health status and contact with health professionals

K -10 Psychological distress outcome measure for anxiety and depression

Mini mental state examination

PSC Paediatric symptom checklist

Revised children's manifest anxiety scale

SDQ Strengths and difficulties questionnaire

Self-assessment of possible bipolar

Sphere Outcome Tool


Drug and Alcohol Referral Pathways for Northern Sydney

Mental health Care Plan Patient Assessment Template

Mental Health Referral Pathways for Sydney Lower North Shore

GP Mental Health Care Plan Fact Sheet

Private Psychiatrists Providing Telephone Advice to GPs

Private Psychiatrists Providing Medicare Item 291

GP Mental Health Care Plan Q & A

 

 


Collaboratives

12 Minute Slip

Practice Nurse Activity Spreadsheet Record - This spreadsheet allows the PN and/or the practice to record and view the income generated by the PN in terms of item numbers. The PN/practice needs to record the number of services provided for a particular item in the green column, and the spreadsheet will automatically calculate the income generated.
http://www.gpnsw.com.au/programs/nursing-in-general-practice/resources

 

 


Diabetes

Diabetes Running Health Record is a collection of documents that can be used to provide a patient with a folder in which they can keep information (test results, educational material, targets) relating to their condition. The 3 main documents required to produce a running health record are available below.

1. Diabetes Master Oct 2008 – This doc forms the basis of the folder and contains information about the practice, the patient, how the use the folder, GP Management Plans.
2. Annual Cycle of Care Checklist – Is a Form that is used to ensure all elements of the Annual Cycle of Care are scheduled and completed.
3. Targets for Good Health – is a table that shows for each of the key measures, what the targets are so that the patient knows how they measure up.

Educational material to form the remainder of the folder content is available from the Diabetes Australia website.
Suggestions from the Diabetes Australia website include:

  • What is Hypoglycaemia?
  • Blood Pressure & Diabetes
  • Physical Activity
  • Healthy Eating Guide
  • Reading Food Labels

Other useful educational information includes:
1. Handy Portion guide
2. Smoking & Diabetes
3. Staying Well – by preventing complications and reducing risk.

 

 


Immunisation

4 year old Birthday Card - reminder

 

 


Advance Care Planning

Advance Care Planning documentation package

 

 


Chronic Disease Management

Chronic Disease Management Manual developed by GP Network Northside
http://www.ccdgp.com.au/site/index.cfm?module=DOCUMENTS&leca=230&current_category_code=2696

Use of MBS Items in Chronic Disease Management
www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/Dental+Care+Services

 

 


Data Mining, Analysis & Cleansing Tools

Canning Tool

PEN Clinical Audit Tool

Data Cleansing Guides

 

 


IT/IM Resources

Broadband Internet Services document

Software Tips and Tricks - This document contains information about software tips and tricks that is regularly published in e-stream.