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 did they do? Like [...]
Recipe for an Electronic NoticeboardNovember 16, 2009
 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 [...] |
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The SmartpenNovember 15, 2009
 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 [...] |
Tracking doctor starting timesNovember 11, 2009
 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 journey, [...] |
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