Approximately 3-4 per cent of New Zealanders have had a cardiovascular event. Clinical dashboards allow you to look at your practice outcomes and identify patients who may benefit from a review.

People using Accuretic will need to get a new prescription to change to an alternative high blood pressure medicine as soon as possible.

Amidst New Zealand’s ever-increasing diabetes epidemic, unique support to re-engage patients with diabetes back to primary care is proving successful in the Waikato.

Pinnacle is proud to announce we have partnered with EMA (Employers Manufacturers Association) and to provide practice managers and owners with membership for one year, beginning 1 July 2022.

Te Wiki Hauora Tāne (Men’s Health Week) runs from 13-19 June and is aimed at getting men to step back and think about their health. In this latest blog post, Jo Scott-Jones talks about the importance of taking the moment to check you're doing the right things for your own health, while looking after the health of others.

Pinnacle nursing director Jan Adams has been awarded as an Honorary Professor of Te Huataki Waiora School of Health at University of Waikato, following her work with the university to establish its Bachelor of Nursing programme.

Colder weather brings all the winter chills out. We are bracing ourselves for ‘flu, RSV and of course COVID-19 surges.

I’m sure by now many of you have already read headlines anywhere from NZ Doctor to Stuff.co.nz regarding the governments offer of 3 per cent increase in capitation funding – against a backdrop of inflation levels of 6.9 per cent.

As Joni Mitchell famously sang, you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. When Pinnacle clinicians lost access to high-powered clinical reference tool Dynamed for two weeks last year, Dr Roger Smith quickly realised just how true this was.

Applications for the next annual Midlands Collaborative Registered Nurse Prescribing in Community Health (RNPCH) programme are now open.