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Concussion is a serious issue. There are a range of tools available to help, including a comprehensive overview from BPAC with audiovisual and written resources and a summary sheet.
Dr Jo Scott-Jones and Dr Dave Maplesden discuss acne treatment, prescribing and burnout, medication withdrawals, and more.
Claiming instructions OPLs. Please contact the practice systems support team if you need a copy of the Advanced Form.
This annual performance report provides an overview of some of Pinnacle's key highlights, challenges and milestones during the 2022-2023 year.
MidCPG is located in Hamilton and has 100% membership of all community pharmacies across the Midland Region (Waikato, Rotorua, Taupō, Turangi and Tairāwhiti). It offers the following services via community pharmacies (free to patients).
Dr Jo Scott-Jones and Dr Dave Maplesden discuss assessing capacity (in activating enduring power of attorney), HPV screening, changes to opioid prescribing and more.
Te Manawa Taki Pathways of Care team, in conjunction with Pinnacle, held a 45 minute webinar to share the most up-to-date information in the region about the assessment and management of Hepatitis C and a range of sexual health conditions as provided in the clinical pathways. The team also demonstrated HealthPathways, providing a practical understanding of how to best use this web-based tool.
Medtech users would have received release notes confirming that the HPV outcome codes have been updated in your PMS. Unfortunately, the updated codes that were released for Medtech practices do not match the nationally recommended outcome codes. To mitigate clinical risk and to ensure overall data consistency please manually update your PMS to reflect the nationally recommended HPV outcome codes. The codes, instructions on how to do this can be found here.
Dr Jo Scott-Jones and Dr Dave Maplesden discuss varicella and pregnancy, identifying medications, implicit bias and more.
Dr. Jo Scott-Jones advocates for the use of the term "GPwER" (GP with Extended Roles) instead of "GPwSI" (GP with Special Interest). He says GPwER is well-defined, advances the specialist GP role, and uplifts and empowers practitioners, whereas the term "GPwSI" is poorly defined, offensive to some, and does not contribute to the advancement of the profession. In this article, Dr. Jo takes a close look at GPwER to answer the question; what's in a name?