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Clinical assistant role introduced to support GP admin tasks

The clinical assistant role, recently introduced at Tu Ora Compass, is designed to support GP's administration burden (processing results in particular). Tu Ora have shared a suite of resources, linked in the files below.

Collaborative Aotearoa clinical assistant webinar recording

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Clinical assistant delegation policy
Clinical assistant delegation framework

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