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Kurti, Linda, Susan Rudland, Rebecca Wilkinson, Dawn DeWitt, and Catherine Zhang. "Physician's assistants: a workforce solution for Australia?" Australian Journal of Primary Health 17, no. 1 (2011): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py10055.

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Significant medical workforce shortages, particularly in rural and remote locations, have prompted a range of responses in Australia at both state and Commonwealth levels. One such response was a pilot project to test the suitability of the Physician Assistant (PA) role in the Australian context. Five US-trained and accredited PAs were employed by Queensland Health and deployed in urban, rural and remote settings across Queensland. A concurrent mixed-method evaluation was conducted by Urbis, an independent research firm. The evaluation found that the PAs provided quality, safe clinical care un

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Richardson, Jeffrey. "Medical Technology and its Diffusion in Australia." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 4, no. 3 (July 1988): 407–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300000362.

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AbstractThe author examines the Australian health care system by surveying the financing techniques, physical organization, and government activity. He explains the impact of the public and private sectors and comments on the effectiveness of current evaluation procedures. While the author believes that the system is relatively healthy and cost effective, he recognizes a need for more comprehensive and scientific oversight. Using regression analysis and focusing on the installation of medical technology in hospitals, the author attempts to determine the specific factors that influence technolo

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Schofield, Deborah, Michelle M. Cunich, and Lucio Naccarella. "An evaluation of the quality of evidence underpinning diabetes management models: a review of the literature." Australian Health Review 38, no. 5 (2014): 495. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah14018.

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Objective There is a paucity of research on the quality of evidence relating to primary care workforce models. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the quality of evidence on diabetes primary care workforce models in Australia. Methods The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia’s (National Health and Medical Reseach Council; 2000, 2001) frameworks for evaluating scientific evidence and economic evaluations were used to assess the quality of studies involving primary care workforce models for diabetes care involving Australian adults. A search of medical databas

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Dineen-Griffin, Sarah, Victoria Garcia-Cardenas, Kris Rogers, Kylie Williams, and Shalom Isaac Benrimoj. "Evaluation of a Collaborative Protocolized Approach by Community Pharmacists and General Medical Practitioners for an Australian Minor Ailments Scheme: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial." JMIR Research Protocols 8, no. 8 (August 9, 2019): e13973. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/13973.

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Background Internationally, governments have been investing in supporting pharmacists to take on an expanded role to support self-care for health system efficiency. There is consistent evidence that minor ailment schemes (MASs) promote efficiencies within the health care system. The cost savings and health outcomes demonstrated in the United Kingdom and Canada open up new opportunities for pharmacists to effect sustainable changes through MAS delivery in Australia. Objective This trial aims to evaluate the clinical, economic, and humanistic impact of an Australian Minor Ailments Service (AMAS)

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Comino, Elizabeth J., Nicholas A. Zwar, and Oshana Hermiz. "The Macarthur GP After-hours Service: a model of after-hours care for Australia." Australian Health Review 31, no. 2 (2007): 223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah070223.

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Introduction: The Macarthur GP After-hours Service (MGPAS) was established to streamline the provision of after-hours medical care in an outer-urban community. This paper reports on a process evaluation of the MGPAS. Methods: A mixed methods approach involving surveys, stakeholder interviews and analysis of administrative data was used. Results and discussion: This model of care was well accepted and regarded by general practitioners, Macarthur Health Service staff and the community. The MGPAS was found to be an acceptable and efficient model of after-hours medical care. Areas that required fu

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Horrocks, Peter, Vivienne Tippett, and Peter Aitken. "An Evaluation of the Self-Reported Knowledge Base of Disaster Management Core Competencies of Australian Paramedics." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 34, s1 (May 2019): s129—s130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x19002814.

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Introduction:Evidence-based training and curriculum are seen as vital in order to be successful in preparing paramedics for an effective disaster response. The creation of broadly recognized standard core competencies to support the development of disaster response education and training courses for general health care providers and specific health care professionals will help to ensure that medical personnel are truly prepared to care for victims of mass casualty events.Aim:To identify current Australian operational paramedic’s specific disaster management education and knowledge as it relate

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Hardie, Rae-Anne, Donna Moore, Derek Holzhauser, Michael Legg, Andrew Georgiou, and Tony Badrick. "Informatics External Quality Assurance (IEQA) Down Under: evaluation of a pilot implementation." LaboratoriumsMedizin 42, no. 6 (December 19, 2018): 297–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/labmed-2018-0050.

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AbstractExternal quality assurance (EQA) provides ongoing evaluation to verify that laboratory medicine results conform to quality standards expected for patient care. While attention has focused predominantly on test accuracy, the diagnostic phases, consisting of pre- and post-laboratory phases of testing, have thus far lagged in the development of an appropriate diagnostic-phase EQA program. One of the challenges faced by Australian EQA has been a lack of standardisation or “harmonisation” resulting from variations in reporting between different laboratory medicine providers. This may introd

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Sidhu, Navdeep S., Alwin Chuan, and Christopher H. Mitchell. "Recommendations and resources for regional anaesthesia Fellowships in Australia and New Zealand." Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 47, no. 5 (August 22, 2019): 452–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x19861113.

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Regional anaesthesia is a fundamental aspect of anaesthesia practice. Structured Fellowships in regional anaesthesia facilitate the development of expert clinicians, scholars and future leaders. The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists accredits training sites for the final year of Fellowship training but does not outline specific guidance for subspecialty training. Based on evidence from a systematic literature review and best-practice medical education principles, the ideal structure for a regional anaesthesia Fellowship programme in Australia and New Zealand is outlined in fo

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Hui, Daphne, Bert Dolcine, and Hannah Loshak. "Approaches to Evaluations of Virtual Care in Primary Care." Canadian Journal of Health Technologies 2, no. 1 (January 12, 2022): es0358. http://dx.doi.org/10.51731/cjht.2022.238.

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 A literature search informed this Environmental Scan and identified 11 evaluations of virtual care in primary care health settings and 7 publications alluding to methods, standards, and guidelines (referred to as evaluation guidance documents in this report) being used in various countries to evaluate virtual care in primary care health settings. The majority of included literature was from Australia, the US, and the UK, with 2 evaluation guidance documents published by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Evaluation guidance documents recommended using measurements that ass

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Omelyanovskiy, V. V., E. S. Saybel, T. P. Bezdenezhnykh, and G. R. Khachatryan. "The health technology assessment system in Australia." FARMAKOEKONOMIKA. Modern Pharmacoeconomic and Pharmacoepidemiology 12, no. 4 (February 18, 2020): 333–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.17749/2070-4909.2019.12.4.333-341.

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In Australia, the federal government is in charge of providing the health care to patients. The government agencies determine the list of reimbursable pharmaceuticals and medical services and also define the preferential categories of the population. The states and territories may have their own health care programs in addition to the federal ones. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) is responsible for the health technology assessment (HTA) and decides which technology is eligible for reimbursement by the federal budget. The drug evaluation process includes five stages: a rev

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Hale, Andrew R., Danielle A. Stowasser, Ian D. Coombes, Julie Stokes, and Lisa Nissen. "An evaluation framework for non-medical prescribing research." Australian Health Review 36, no. 2 (2012): 224. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah10986.

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Without robust and credible evidence for the benefits in health outcomes of non-medical prescribing, widespread implementation will be challenging. Our aim is to develop a consistent evaluation framework that could be applied to non-medical prescribing research. An informal collaboration was initiated in 2008 by a group of pharmacists from Australia and New Zealand to assist in information sharing, pilot design, methodologies and evaluation for pharmacist prescribing. Different pilots used different models, methodologies and evaluation. It was agreed that the development of a consistent evalua

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Foster, J’Belle, Diana Mendez, Ben J. Marais, Justin T. Denholm, Dunstan Peniyamina, and Emma S. McBryde. "Critical Consideration of Tuberculosis Management of Papua New Guinea Nationals and Cross-Border Health Issues in the Remote Torres Strait Islands, Australia." Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 7, no. 9 (September 19, 2022): 251. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7090251.

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The international border between Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) serves as a gateway for the delivery of primary and tertiary healthcare for PNG patients presenting to Australian health facilities with presumptive tuberculosis (TB). An audit of all PNG nationals with presumptive TB who presented to clinics in the Torres Strait between 2016 and 2019 was conducted to evaluate outcomes for PNG patients and to consider the consistency and equity of decision-making regarding aeromedical evacuation. We also reviewed the current aeromedical retrieval policy and the outcomes of patients referred

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Crossland, Lisa, and Craig Veitch. "After-hours service models in Queensland Australia: A framework for sustainability." Australian Journal of Primary Health 11, no. 2 (2005): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py05016.

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This paper outlines the key features of after-hours primary medical care service sustainability in Queensland. It describes the development of these into a practical framework designed to assist either those in the early stages of service development or the evaluation of existing service models. A representative sample was drawn from over 120 separate formal after-hours services identified across Queensland. Semi-structured interviews were held with staff and key informants from 16 services and other local service providers in Queensland. Reviews of documents relating to operating and manageme

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Walter, Garry, Ken Kffikby, Isaac Marks, Harvey Whtteford, Gavin Andrews, and Richard Swinson. "Outcome Measurement: Sharing Experiences in Australia." Australasian Psychiatry 4, no. 6 (December 1996): 316–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10398569609082075.

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There is growing attention to evidence-based medicine both in informing medical education and in guiding clinical practice. The result is increasing emphasis on evaluating treatment efficacy, the structure of health care delivery, the allocation of the health dollar and the application of information technology to these tasks. Implications are emerging for psychiatric care in Australia from everyday clinical practices to the political level. Collective experience in this area, as discussed at a conference forum in Sydney [1], is summarized in this paper. This information is presented to stimul

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Cordato, Nicholas J., Sabari Saha, and Michael A. Price. "Geriatric interventions: the evidence base for comprehensive health care services for older people." Australian Health Review 29, no. 2 (2005): 151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah050151.

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Specialist geriatric services apply a comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation and management approach to the multidimensional and usually interrelated medical, functional and psychosocial problems faced by at-risk frail elderly people. This paper examines currently available data on geriatric interventions and finds ample evidence supporting both the efficacy and the cost-effectiveness of these specialist interventions when utilised in appropriately targeted patients. It is proposed that substantial investment in these programs is required to meet the future demands of Australia?s ageing p

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Ellerton, Kirrily, Harishan Tharmarajah, Rimma Medres, Lona Brown, David Ringelblum, Kateena Vogel, Amanda Dolphin, et al. "The VRIMM study: Virtual Reality for IMMunisation pain in young children—protocol for a randomised controlled trial." BMJ Open 10, no. 8 (August 2020): e038354. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038354.

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IntroductionPain caused by routine immunisations is distressing to children, their parents and those administering injections. If poorly managed, it can lead to anxiety about future medical procedures, needle phobia and avoidance of future vaccinations and other medical treatment. Several strategies, such as distraction, are used to manage the distress associated with routine immunisations. Virtual reality (VR), a technology which transports users into an immersive ‘virtual world’, has been used to manage pain and distress in various settings such as burns dressing changes and dental treatment

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Rai, Sumeet, Rhonda Brown, Frank van Haren, Teresa Neeman, Arvind Rajamani, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, and Imogen Mitchell. "Long-term follow-up for Psychological stRess in Intensive CarE (PRICE) survivors: study protocol for a multicentre, prospective observational cohort study in Australian intensive care units." BMJ Open 9, no. 1 (January 2019): e023310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023310.

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IntroductionThere are little published data on the long-term psychological outcomes in intensive care unit (ICU) survivors and their family members in Australian ICUs. In addition, there is scant literature evaluating the effects of psychological morbidity in intensive care survivors on their family members. The aims of this study are to describe and compare the long-term psychological outcomes of intubated and non-intubated ICU survivors and their family members in an Australian ICU setting.Methods and analysisThis will be a prospective observational cohort study across four ICUs in Australia

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Mueller, Evelyn, Georg Bollig, Gerhild Becker, and Christopher Boehlke. "Lessons Learned from Introducing Last Aid Courses at a University Hospital in Germany." Healthcare 9, no. 7 (July 16, 2021): 906. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9070906.

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In recent years, so called “Last Aid courses”, concerning end-of-life care for people dying, have successfully been established in community settings in several European countries, Australia, and South-America. To date, they have not been evaluated in hospital settings, where educational needs (concerning care of the dying) are especially high, and may differ from the general population. To evaluate if Last Aid courses are feasible in hospital settings, and if informational needs of hospital staff are met by the curriculum, we introduced Last Aid courses at a university hospital. Five courses

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Zurynski, Yvonne. "Integrated care for children with medical complexity living in rural Australia – an evaluation of family experiences using the Paediatric Integrated Care Survey." International Journal of Integrated Care 21, S1 (September 1, 2021): 116. http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.icic20530.

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Sved Williams, Anne, and Jill Poulton. "Supporting Mental Health in the Community: New Systems for General Practice." Australian Journal of Primary Health 12, no. 2 (2006): 105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py06029.

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General practitioners (GPs) manage nearly one-third of Australians seeking help for mental health problems, and frequently express their need for consultant psychiatric support in this work. The introduction of new Medical Benefits Schedule Item Numbers 291 and 293 to provide "one-off" psychiatric assessments on referral from GPs offered the potential for providing this support, and a single point-of-entry scheme was organised to provide ease of access to appointments. The aims were to establish a single point of entry for psychiatrist assessment using Item 291, to evaluate the take-up rates o

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Brand, Caroline A., Marcus P. Kennedy, Bellinda L. King-Kallimanis, Ged Williams, Christopher A. Bain, and David M. Russell. "Evaluation of the impact of implementation of a Medical Assessment and Planning Unit on length of stay." Australian Health Review 34, no. 3 (2010): 334. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah09798.

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Objective.The Medical Assessment and Planning Unit (MAPU) model provides a multidisciplinary and ‘front end loading’ approach to acute medical care. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a 10-bed MAPU in Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) on hospital length of stay. Methods.A pre-post study design was used. Cases were defined as all general medical patients admitted to the RMH between 1 August 2003 and 31 January 2004. MAPU patients were defined as general medical patients who had been discharged from RMH MAPU unit as part of their RMH inpatient admission. Historical controls w

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Cadilhac, Dominique A., Tara Purvis, Monique F. Kilkenny, Mark Longworth, Katherine Mohr, Michael Pollack, and Christopher R. Levi. "Evaluation of Rural Stroke Services." Stroke 44, no. 10 (October 2013): 2848–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.113.001258.

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Background and Purpose— The quality of hospital care for stroke varies, particularly in rural areas. In 2007, funding to improve stroke care became available as part of the Rural Stroke Project (RSP) in New South Wales (Australia). The RSP included the employment of clinical coordinators to establish stroke units or pathways and protocols, and more clinical staff. We aimed to describe the effectiveness of RSP in improving stroke care and patient outcomes. Methods— A historical control cohort design was used. Clinical practice and outcomes at 8 hospitals were compared using 2 medical record rev

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Shah, Smita, Jessica K. Roydhouse, Brett G. Toelle, Craig M. Mellis, Christine R. Jenkins, Peter Edwards, and Susan M. Sawyer. "Recruiting and retaining general practitioners to a primary care asthma-intervention study in Australia." Australian Journal of Primary Health 20, no. 1 (2014): 98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py12093.

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The need for more evidence-based interventions in primary care is clear. However, it is challenging to recruit general practitioners (GPs) for interventional research. This paper reports on the evaluation of three methods of recruitment that were sequentially used to recruit GPs for a randomised controlled trial of an asthma communication and education intervention in Australia. The recruitment methods (RMs) were: general practices were contacted by project staff from a Department of General Practice, University of Sydney (RM1); general practices were contacted by staff from an independent res

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Tirimacco, Rosy, Briony Glastonbury, Caroline O. Laurence, Tanya K. Bubner, Mark D. Shephard, and Justin J. Beilby. "Development of an accreditation program for Point of Care Testing (PoCT) in general practice." Australian Health Review 35, no. 2 (2011): 230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah09792.

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Objectives. To describe the development and evaluation of an accreditation program for Point of Care Testing (PoCT) in general practice, which was part of the PoCT in general practice (GP) Trial conducted in 2005–07 and funded by the Australian Government. Setting and participants. Thirty general practices based in urban, rural and remote locations across South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, which were in the intervention arm of the PoCT Trial were part of the accreditation program. A PoCT accreditation working party was established to develop an appropriate accreditation program for

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Evangelista, Eloisa J., Jo James, and Elizabeth Deveny. "Implementing Anticipatory Care Plans in general practice: a practice approach to improving the health literacy of the community and reducing reliance on emergency services during after-hour periods." Australian Journal of Primary Health 22, no. 5 (2016): 428. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py15045.

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The objective of this study was to trial a general practice approach to improve the health literacy of patients at risk of utilising medical, emergency or ambulatory services during after-hour periods in Australia. It did so by introducing an anticipatory after-hours care component in all new and revised care plans, known as an Anticipatory Care Plan (AntCaP).The pilot was conducted over a 6-month period in 2013–14. Thirteen general practices were recruited via expressions of interest and were paid a financial grant. Key practice staff were required to attend three workshops conducted by a Med

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Keon-Cohen, Zoe M., David A. Story, Juli A. Moran, and Daryl A. Jones. "An audit of perioperative end-of-life care practices and documentation relating to patients who died in a surgical unit in three Victorian hospitals." Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 50, no. 3 (March 18, 2022): 234–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0310057x211032652.

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The number of older, frail patients undergoing surgery is increasing, prompting consideration of the benefits of intensive treatment. Despite collaborative decision-making processes such as advance care planning being supported by recent Australian legislation, their role in perioperative care is yet to be defined. Furthermore, there has been little evaluation of the quality of end-of-life care in the surgical population. We investigated documentation of the premorbid functional status, severity of illness, intensity of treatment, operative management and quality of end-of-life care in patient

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Sheehan, Lusi, Sheldon Dias, Michael Joseph, Sahil Mungroo, Jake Pantinople, and Kenneth Lee. "Primary Care Wound Clinics: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Patient Experiences in Community Pharmacies." Pharmacy 10, no. 4 (August 17, 2022): 99. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy10040099.

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The expansion of primary care wound services serves to alleviate secondary and tertiary care utilization. However, patient satisfaction is required to ensure service uptake. In recent years, various community pharmacies in Australia have begun to offer dedicated wound clinics; however, evaluations of patient experiences have yet to be conducted. Thus, the present study seeks to explore: (1) the experiences and satisfaction of patients who have received wound care consultations for their acute wounds in a community pharmacy setting; and (2) how current pharmacy-based wound services can be impro

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Davis, Jenny, Amee Morgans, and Joan Stewart. "Developing an Australian health and aged care research agenda: a systematic review of evidence at the subacute interface." Australian Health Review 40, no. 4 (2016): 420. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah15005.

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Objective The aim of the present study was to systematically review articles describing recent interventions that aimed to improve access and outcomes for older people at the interface between health and aged care, with a focus on subacute care programs of palliative care, rehabilitation, geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) and psychogeriatrics. Methods Australian studies published between 2008 and 2013were evaluated using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) guidelines. Inclu

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Cox, Keith, Deme Karikios, Jessica K. Roydhouse, and Kate White. "Nurse-led supportive care management: a 6-month review of the role of a nurse practitioner in a chemotherapy unit." Australian Health Review 37, no. 5 (2013): 632. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah13069.

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Objectives This case study evaluates the oncology nurse practitioner (NP) role in a chemotherapy unit. Background The NP works in the cancer centre of a major metropolitan public hospital. The NP role was established in the chemotherapy unit in 2007. The NP reviews all patients that have an unscheduled presentation to the unit, with symptoms relating either to their disease or treatment. Methods All unscheduled occasions of service provided by the NP in the chemotherapy unit over 6 months were recorded. Data were collected on patient demographic characteristics, medical problems and reason for

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Detering, Karen M., Kimberly Buck, Marcus Sellars, Helana Kelly, Craig Sinclair, Ben White, and Linda Nolte. "Prospective multicentre cross-sectional audit among older Australians accessing health and residential aged care services: protocol for a national advance care directive prevalence study." BMJ Open 9, no. 10 (October 2019): e031691. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031691.

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IntroductionAdvance care planning (ACP), an ongoing communication and planning process, aims to clarify a person’s values and preferences, so these guide decision-making if the person becomes unable to make his or her own decisions. Ideally, ACP results in completion of advance care directives (ACD), documents completed by competent people outlining their values, treatment preferences and/or appointment of a substitute decision-maker (SDM). ACDs are most effective at the point of care, where they can be used to inform treatment decisions. Australian governments fund initiatives and have develo

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Barnett, Stephen, Joan Henderson, Adam Hodgkins, Christopher Harrison, Abhijeet Ghosh, Bridget Dijkmans-Hadley, Helena Britt, and Andrew Bonney. "A valuable approach to the use of electronic medical data in primary care research: Panning for gold." Health Information Management Journal 46, no. 2 (October 12, 2016): 51–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1833358316669888.

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Background: Electronic medical data (EMD) from electronic health records of general practice computer systems have enormous research potential, yet many variables are unreliable. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare selected data variables from general practice EMD with a reliable, representative national dataset (Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH)) in order to validate their use for primary care research. Method: EMD variables were compared with encounter data from the nationally representative BEACH program using χ2 tests and robust 95% confidence intervals to tes

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James, Rodney, Caroline Chen, Kirsty Buising, Karin Thursky, and Courtney Ierano. "From Little Things Big Things Grow: The Development of an Auditing Program to Assess the Quality of Antimicrobial Prescribing." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 41, S1 (October 2020): s237. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.792.

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Background: An important aspect of antimicrobial stewardship is the qualitative assessment of antimicrobial prescribing. Owing to lack of standardized tools and resources required to design, conduct and analyze qualitative audits, these assessments are rarely performed. Objective: We designed an audit tool that was appropriate for all Australian hospital types, suited to local user requirements and including an assessment of the appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing. Methods: In 2011, a pilot survey was conducted in 32 Australian hospitals to assess the usability and generalizability of

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Sturgiss, Elizabeth, Nilakshi Gunatillaka, Lauren Ball, Tina Lam, Suzanne Nielsen, Renee O'Donnell, Chris Barton, et al. "Embedding brief interventions for alcohol in general practice: a study protocol for the REACH Project feasibility trial." BJGP Open 5, no. 4 (April 28, 2021): BJGPO.2021.0037. http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2021.0037.

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BackgroundAlcohol is a major source of harm in Australia that disproportionately affects low-income communities. Alcohol brief interventions (ABIs) combine an assessment of a person’s alcohol use with advice to reduce health risks. Despite their effectiveness, ABIs are not routinely performed by clinicians. This article presents a protocol for a feasibility trial of pragmatic implementation strategies and a new set of resources to support clinicians to complete ABIs in Australian general practices.AimTo explore the facilitators and barriers to increasing the uptake of ABIs in primary care, inc

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Mac, Olivia A., Amy Thayre, Shumei Tan, and Rachael H. Dodd. "Web-Based Health Information Following the Renewal of the Cervical Screening Program in Australia: Evaluation of Readability, Understandability, and Credibility." Journal of Medical Internet Research 22, no. 6 (June 26, 2020): e16701. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16701.

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Background Three main changes were implemented in the Australian National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) in December 2017: an increase in the recommended age to start screening, extended screening intervals, and change from the Papanicolaou (Pap) test to primary human papillomavirus screening (cervical screening test). The internet is a readily accessible source of information to explain the reasons for these changes to the public. It is important that web-based health information about changes to national screening programs is accessible and understandable for the general population. Objec

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Laka, Mah, Drew Carter, and Tracy Merlin. "OP70 Gaps In The Evaluation Of Clinical Decision Support Software (CDSS): Interviews With Australian Policymakers." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 38, S1 (December 2022): S26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266462322001192.

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IntroductionClinical Decision Support Software (CDSS) can improve the quality and safety of care by providing patient-specific diagnostic and treatment recommendations. However, robust evaluation is required to ensure that the recommendations provided are clinically valid, up-to-date, and relevant to a specific clinical context. Most evaluation studies assess CDSS performance from the perspective of end-user requirements. But only occasionally is CDSS subject to stringent pre- and post-market evaluation, making it difficult to determine the safety and quality in practice. This study aimed to a

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Anderson, Ian, Harriet Young, Milica Markovic, and Lenore Manderson. "Koori Primary Health Care in Victoria: Developments in Service Planning." Australian Journal of Primary Health 6, no. 4 (2000): 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py00031.

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The Alma Ata 1978 Declaration on primary health care has conventionally been applied in developing countries, where medically trained personnel and other highly skilled health professionals and medical infrastructure are limited. Although such concepts have salience in relatively resource rich countries such as Australia, it is in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy that they have become pivotal. A growing national focus on the development of Aboriginal primary health care capacity followed the release of the National Aboriginal Health Strategy (NAHS) in 1989 (Anderson, 1997).

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Mathew, Christine, Amy T. Hsu, Michelle Prentice, Peter Lawlor, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, Peter Tanuseputro, and Vivian Welch. "Economic evaluations of palliative care models: A systematic review." Palliative Medicine 34, no. 1 (December 19, 2019): 69–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269216319875906.

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Background: Palliative care aims to improve quality of life by relieving physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering. Health system planning can be informed by evaluating cost and effectiveness of health care delivery, including palliative care. Aim: The objectives of this article were to describe and critically appraise economic evaluations of palliative care models and to identify cost-effective models in improving patient-centered outcomes. Design: We conducted a systematic review and registered our protocol in PROSPERO (CRD42016053973). Data sources: A systematic search of nine medical an

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Park, Chunjong, Hung Ngo, Libby Rose Lavitt, Vincent Karuri, Shiven Bhatt, Peter Lubell-Doughtie, Anuraj H. Shankar, et al. "The Design and Evaluation of a Mobile System for Rapid Diagnostic Test Interpretation." Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies 5, no. 1 (March 19, 2021): 1–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3448106.

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Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) provide point-of-care medical screening without the need for expensive laboratory equipment. RDTs are theoretically straightforward to use, yet their analog colorimetric output leaves room for diagnostic uncertainty and error. Furthermore, RDT results within a community are kept isolated unless they are aggregated by healthcare workers, limiting the potential that RDTs can have in supporting public health efforts. In light of these issues, we present a system called RDTScan for detecting and interpreting lateral flow RDTs with a smartphone. RDTScan provides real-t

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Wand, Timothy, Natalie D'Abrew, Catherine Barnett, Louise Acret, and Kathryn White. "Evaluation of a nurse practitioner-led extended hours mental health liaison nurse service based in the emergency department." Australian Health Review 39, no. 1 (2015): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah14100.

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Objective To evaluate a nurse practitioner (NP)-led extended hours mental health liaison nurse (MHLN) service based in the emergency department (ED) of an inner city teaching hospital in Sydney and to explicate a model of care that is transferable across a broad range of ED settings, both in metropolitan and rural contexts. Methods This mixed-methods evaluation encompassed descriptive data on ED mental health presentations, quantifying waiting times for MHLN involvement and interviews with MHLN team members at the commencement of the evaluation and 12 months later. Interviews were also conduct

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Moore, Lynne, Gabrielle Freire, Anis Ben Abdeljelil, Melanie Berube, Pier-Alexandre Tardif, Eunice Gnanvi, Henry Thomas Stelfox, et al. "Clinical practice guideline recommendations for pediatric injury care: protocol for a systematic review." BMJ Open 12, no. 4 (April 2022): e060054. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060054.

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IntroductionEvidence suggests the presence of deficiencies in the quality of care provided to up to half of all paediatric trauma patients in Canada, the USA and Australia. Lack of adherence to evidence-based recommendations may be driven by lack of knowledge of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), heterogeneity in recommendations or concerns about their quality. We aim to systematically review CPG recommendations for paediatric injury care and appraise their quality.Methods and analysisWe will identify CPG recommendations through a comprehensive search strategy including Medical Literature An

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Wiles, Louise K., Peter D. Hibbert, Jacqueline H. Stephens, Enrico Coiera, Johanna Westbrook, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Ric O. Day, Ken M. Hillman, and William B. Runciman. "STANDING Collaboration: a study protocol for developing clinical standards." BMJ Open 7, no. 10 (October 2017): e014048. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014048.

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IntroductionDespite widespread availability of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), considerable gaps continue between the care that is recommended (‘appropriate care’) and the care provided. Problems with current CPGs are commonly cited as barriers to providing ’appropriate care'.Our study aims to develop and test an alternative method to keep CPGs accessible and up to date. This method aims to mitigate existing problems by using a single process to develop clinical standards (embodied in clinical indicators) collaboratively with researchers, healthcare professionals, patients and consumers.

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Moshi, Magdalena, Jacqueline Parsons, Rebecca Tooher, and Tracy Merlin. "OP143 Assessment Of mHealth Apps: Is Current Regulation Policy Adequate?" International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 35, S1 (2019): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266462319001697.

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IntroductionAustralians are adjusting to mobile health (mHealth) applications (apps) being used in clinical care. The nature of apps presents unique challenges (e.g. rapid lifecycle) to mHealth regulation. The risks they pose are mainly through the information they provide and how it is used in clinical decision-making. This study explores the international regulation of mHealth apps. It assesses whether the approach used in Australia to regulate apps is consistent with international standards and suitable to address the unique challenges presented by the technology.MethodsA policy analysis wa

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Cheng, Fung Kei. "Using Acupuncture in Labor Pain and Childbirth-Related Issues: A Narrative Review." International Journal of Childbirth 9, no. 3 (September 1, 2019): 120–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/ijcbirth-d-19-00014.

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BACKGROUNDLatent threats, such as prolonged labor duration and postpartum hemorrhage, endanger women and newborns during and post childbirth, which produce burdens on natal care and public health expenditures. Acupuncture, a traditional Chinese medical practice, has increasingly been used for labor delivery in various countries to cope with these problems.METHODThis narrative review searched 29 English and Chinese electronic databases. Thirty-one empirical studies, carried out in Asia, America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Australia were reviewed according to inclusion and exclusion cr

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Wootton, Richard, Helen Gramotnev, and David Hailey. "Telephone-supported care coordination in an Australian veterans population: a randomized controlled trial." Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 16, no. 2 (December 11, 2009): 57–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jtt.2009.090408.

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An evaluation was undertaken on the effectiveness and efficiency of care coordination in delivering health services to Australian veterans with chronic or complex medical conditions requiring multidisciplinary care and who had moderate to high care needs. The veterans participated in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) supported by the Department of Veterans' Affairs. For evaluation of the RCT, information on cost of care and quality of life (QOL) was collected before the commencement of coordinated care and at follow-up after 12 months. Of 525 veterans who were recruited, 481 were surveyed at

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Grauslyte, Lina, Nathalie Bolding, Mandeep Phull, and Tomas Jovaisa. "The use of metaraminol as a vasopressor in critically unwell patients: a narrative review and a survey of UK practice." Journal of Critical Care Medicine 8, no. 3 (July 1, 2022): 193–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2022-0017.

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Abstract Background Major international guidelines state that norepinephrine should be used as the first-line vasopressor to achieve adequate blood pressure in patients with hypotension or shock. However, recent observational studies report that in the United Kingdom and Australia, metaraminol is often used as second line medication for cardiovascular support. Aim of the study The aim of this study was to carry out a systematic review of metaraminol use for management of shock in critically unwell patients and carry out a survey evaluating whether UK critical care units use metaraminol and und

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Gazey, Angela, Shannen Vallesi, Karen Martin, Craig Cumming, and Lisa Wood. "The Cottage: providing medical respite care in a home-like environment for people experiencing homelessness." Housing, Care and Support 22, no. 1 (November 6, 2018): 54–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/hcs-08-2018-0020.

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Purpose Co-existing health conditions and frequent hospital usage are pervasive in homeless populations. Without a home to be discharged to, appropriate discharge care and treatment compliance are difficult. The Medical Respite Centre (MRC) model has gained traction in the USA, but other international examples are scant. The purpose of this paper is to address this void, presenting findings from an evaluation of The Cottage, a small short-stay respite facility for people experiencing homelessness attached to an inner-city hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Design/methodology/approach This mixed

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McBryde, Emma S., Judy Brett, Philip L. Russo, Leon J. Worth, Ann L. Bull, and Michael J. Richards. "Validation of Statewide Surveillance System Data on Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection in Intensive Care Units in Australia." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 30, no. 11 (November 2009): 1045–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/606168.

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Objective.To measure the interobserver agreement, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of data submitted to a statewide surveillance system for identifying central line-associated bloodstream infection (BSI).Design.Retrospective review of hospital medical records comparing reported data with gold standard according to definitions of central line–associated BSI.Setting.Six Victorian public hospitals with more than 100 beds.Methods.Reporting of surveillance outcomes was undertaken by infection control practitioners at the hospital sites. Retrospectiv

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Ong, Royston, Samantha Edwards, Denise Howting, Benjamin Kamien, Karen Harrop, Gianina Ravenscroft, Mark Davis, et al. "Study protocol of a multicentre cohort pilot study implementing an expanded preconception carrier-screening programme in metropolitan and regional Western Australia." BMJ Open 9, no. 6 (June 2019): e028209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028209.

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IntroductionPreconception carrier screening (PCS) identifies couples at risk of having children with recessive genetic conditions. New technologies have enabled affordable sequencing for multiple disorders simultaneously, including identifying carrier status for many recessive diseases. The aim of the study was to identify the most effective way of delivering PCS in Western Australia (WA) through the public health system.Methods and analysisThis is a multicentre cohort pilot study of 250 couples who have used PCS, conducted at three sites: (1) Genetic Services of Western Australia, (2) a priva

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Kermode, Nicole. "Families as Partners: Co-design of a localised model of care for children with medical complexity living in rural Australia and evaluation using the Paediatric Integrated Care Survey (PICS)." International Journal of Integrated Care 20, no. 3 (February 26, 2021): 92. http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.s4092.

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Brown, Kristen, Yvonne Zurynski, and Lisa Altman. "Families as Partners: Co-design of a localised model of care for children with medical complexity living in rural Australia and evaluation using the Paediatric Integrated Care Survey (PICS)." International Journal of Integrated Care 19, no. 4 (August 8, 2019): 616. http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.s3616.

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