The Art of DeprescribingSeptember 24, 2014
 First do no harm: a real need to deprescribe in older patients | MJA Online Sept 22nd (1) The benefits and harms of deprescribing | MJA Online Sept 22nd (2) Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don’t take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It’s quality work. And there are simply too many […]
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Cholesterol Tests – non fasting is OKSeptember 16, 2014
Tools for Practice this week confirmed that it is unnecessary (? and cruel) to make our patient fast for a cholesterol test. The differences between fasting and non fasting levels are not clinically significant. Bottom-line: Minimal differences exist between fasting and non-fasting HDL, LDL, and total cholesterol (TC). Also, non-fasting HDL and non-HDL levels correlate […] |
Explaining a new primary care focus to the community of Counties MaukauSeptember 8, 2014
 Counties Manukau District Health Board has oversight of health delivery in South Auckland and surrounding areas. Their ‘The System Integration Programme is ‘an initiative that will strengthen our healthcare system through a more local and integrated patient experience.’ They have developed this video to explain to their community how they will be affected by this […]
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Mailbox for MacSeptember 8, 2014
 Mailbox is an innovative mail client for iOS that had an enormous impact when it was released last year. I remember being 500,000th in line for an invitation to be a beta tester. Mailbox makes it easier to achieve Inbox Zero – that sweet spot where your inbox is empty of all messages. This doesn’t […] |
