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The practice system support service is the first Pinnacle point of contact for the network, serving as subject matter experts in various general practice business processes, and supporting practices with new initiatives.
Due to the ongoing shortage of GLP1 agonists across the globe we need to restrict the use of these medications to ensure continuity of supply. To this end, Pharmac has changed the special authority for new patients prescribed a GLP1 agonist.
Measles is a highly infectious disease that is easily spread from an infected person by saliva or mucous droplets when coughing, sneezing or talking. Just being in the same room as someone with measles can lead to infection for those who are not immunised.
Referral pathway for basic and advanced excisions of suspected skin cancers in the Tairāwhiti region.
The primary mental health team has a fixed term programme (funded by Te Whatu Ora until 30 June 2024) available to assist communities in the Hauraki Coromandel areas affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.
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.
The HPV screening advanced form is now available for Medtech32 and Medtech Evolution practices. Please follow this one-point lesson to import the advanced form into your PMS.
Dr Jo Scott-Jones and Dr Dave Maplesden discuss varicella and pregnancy, identifying medications, implicit bias and more.