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Te Whatu Ora Health NZ, in collaboration with relevant partners, has undertaken a full review of rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) guidelines and the Acute Rheumatic Fever Chapter of the Communicable Disease Control Manual.
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A standing order is a written instruction issued by a medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or dentist. It authorises a specified person or class of people (e.g. registered nurses) who do not have prescribing rights to administer and/or supply specified medicines and some controlled drugs.
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Changes in legislation in 2018 allowed registered nurses along with nurse practitioners and general practitioners to complete driver licence medicals.
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The aim of green, amber and red streaming is to manage patients as they flow through our services in a way that keeps patients and staff safe, with infection control restrictions and service provision that relates to the probabilty of exposure to infection.
The Foundation programme represents a collection of legislative, regulatory and clinical requirements for all general practices in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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There is significant interest by general practice in using AI tools to reduce the amount of time GPs and other practitioners spend on writing up consultations. The following guidance is designed to support AI use in practice.
From support with new role implementation such as primary care assistants (PCAs) to mapping and redesign of current processes such as repeat prescribing processes, your local Pinnacle development manager can support your changing practice needs.
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MSD want to work alongside health and disability practitioners to improve opportunities for people now and in the future. Rather than focus on what a person can't do, MSD look at what they can do. MSD will work with providers to get people back to work when they're able.
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Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss prescribing testosterone, medical tourism and ACC treatment injury cover, patient access to their clinical records, and more.
Pinnacle has partnered with NZ Shores to offer a streamlined recruitment and immigration service for general practices across our network. NZ Shores is a specialist immigration and recruitment agency that assists employers and skilled migrants in navigating New Zealand’s immigration system, bringing a smooth and compliant process for hiring internationally trained professionals.
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We’ve enhanced the network performance dashboard in Power BI to better support how practices work. These updates were co-designed with practices, and refined through user acceptance testing, to ensure they reflect real practice needs. They bring a clearer view of your data into one place, helping reduce the need to build separate queries.
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This export includes the service utilisation and clinical event data. This data is a requirement of the PHO agreement and is used for a small number of practices to populate their quality reporting data.