The rise and rise of the chronic care coordinator

November 25, 2009

The people at Mt Barker/Balhannah Medical Clinic in South Australia were part of the second wave of the Collaborative back in 2005. They remind us that “care redesign” is one of the pillars of effective chronic care. That is you can’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results!
What [...]

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Recipe for an Electronic Noticeboard

November 16, 2009
Recipe for an Electronic Noticeboard

Dubbo Family Doctors took the idea of a practice noticeboard and extended it to better suit their own purposes.
As Ai-Vee Chua writes
“In the spirit of PDSAs, I am submitting one ’small’ step in the multitude of changes we have made (and will make) at our practice as a result of being involved in the APCC [...]

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The Smartpen

November 15, 2009
The Smartpen

Up until now, I thought my Fisher space pen was the ultimate in pen geek, especially when combined with the hipsterPDA.
But, alas, it has been usurped by the Smartpen. (http://smartpen.com.au) – A computer in a pen!
With the Smartpen , you can take notes, like an ordinary pen. (the Smartpen requires special paper, which you can [...]

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Tracking doctor starting times

November 11, 2009
Tracking doctor starting times

Andrew Knight
How much of our capacity is lost bit by bit – chipped away in little inefficiencies? This story from Romsey Medical Centre appealed to me because it underlines a lesson it took me years learn. Here is how they tell it…

“It’s hard to choose just one from the most worthwhile collaboratives [...]

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