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Foundation Standards are the minimum standard all practices need to meet to ensure that they are eligible for capitation. It is also now being used nationally to enable other services such as maternity, COVID-19 vaccination and access to shared IT systems such as CCCM.
Read morePinnacle’s growing mātanga tapuhi nurse practitioner and nurse prescriber workforce is having a significant impact across the network, relieving pressure on GPs, providing patients with greater access to healthcare, and reducing acute calls and hospital admissions.
Read moreFrom Tairāwhiti to Taupō and across to Taranaki, Pinnacle Extended Care Teams are experiencing increased referral demand and growing support from general practices.
Read moreThe Pinnacle rural committee is seeking rural GP representatives.
Read moreThe ongoing need for community mental health support is showing no sign of easing and is causing significant demand and strain on the Taranaki Primary Connections – Brief Intervention Service.
Read moreDiabetes is the latest addition to the PowerBI clinical dashboard toolbox available to all practices. The dashboards (COVID, CVD and now diabetes) are designed to give you clinically useful information that will help you to improve the care of your patients.
Read moreJo Scott-Jones discusses the different approach general practice need to consider to keep people safe now Alert Levels are a thing of the past.
Read moreFarewell to Ventures chief executive Christine Hall, who will step down on 24 December. In the past two years Christine has led a significant transformation of the business by having a laser focus on its core competencies and key strengths.
Read moreFrom 1 January 2022, Taranaki and Tairāwhiti indici claims for primary mental health extended GP consultations will be a one step process and practices will not be required to ‘outcome’ cases. Any claims lodged before 31 December will still need to be outcomed.
Read moreThe Ministry of Health introduced changes to the claiming process for maternity services in November 2021. PMS systems have been updated to reflect these changes and this will go a long way to guide providers to through the new claims available.
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