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 [...] |
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, [...] |
Appointment GolfOctober 29, 2009
 Tony Lembke This is the first in our new series of Virtual Tabletops, as part of the 1001 Stories Project. In the ‘Carve Out’ model for appointments, some appointments each day are kept reserved as ‘book on the day appointments’, for patients with acute conditions. In our practice, these are coloured green. If ‘Demand is [...] |
1001 StoriesOctober 29, 2009
 One of the practices signing up to the current wave of local collaborative will be the 1001st practice in the APCC program. That’s 1001 stories to share! Which brings us to the the ancient fable ‘Arabian Nights’. The young bride Scheherazade appears doomed to be executed by her new husband, the king, on the morning [...] |
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