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Read the The Pinnacle General Practice Workforce Survey 2023 and Workforce Report 2023:
Results from the 2023 workforce survey of Nurses and Practice Centre Assistants (PCA).
Dr Jo Scott-Jones and Dr Dave Maplesden discuss non-subsidised medications for beneficiaries, RNZCGP statement on medical cannabis prescribing, IFNAR1 deficiency, and more.
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.
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).
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 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?
If you are in a pickle with an aspect of your practice population care (immunisation, cervical screening, CVRAs), Jo Scott-Jones suggests reviewing, judging and and acting on a "set piece" response.