No 1117: June 9, 2011
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Chronic Disease Management Supermarket Tours, Diabetes Australia - Vic offers OzDAFNE
Professional Development CPD
events
Information Management Medical Director Tips
Items of interest Epilepsy in General Practice,
VHIA Bulletin - Minimum Wage Decision, Lower Hume Child FIRST, Discharge
Summary - New Format, GP Network News
Men’s Health Men’s Health Week
News for Practice Staff Medical Receptionists Seminar, Practice
Managers' Network
NPS New QPI
brochure & planner, NPS GP
clinical audit update
Paediatrics Ear, Nose,
Throat and Eyes Practical Paediatrics
Women’s Health Complications,
Communications and Guidelines in Shared Maternity Care, Streamlining Antenatal
Pathology into Northern Health
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Diabetes Australia – Vic organises supermarket tours to help make shopping for food easier. As part of the two hour tour, local dietitians show you how to accurately read and understand food labels, select healthy food alternatives and identify products that are appropriate for people with diabetes. Participants will receive a show bag with the Diabetes Australia Healthy Shopping Guide, information sheets and other useful information. A tour is taking place at Coles Tunstall Square Cnr Doncaster and Tunstall Roads Donvale on Tuesday 21 June at 10.00am. Cost: $10 members and $15 for non-members. Limited bookings are available for each tour. To make a booking, contact the Diabetes Info and Advice Line (DIAL) on 1300 136 588.
This is a five day diabetes
education program designed for adults with type 1 diabetes who are not
on an insulin pump. This comprehensive small group program covers topics such
as carbohydrate estimation, insulin adjustment, physical activity and the management
of illness and hypoglycaemia, as well as allowing participants to share their
experiences of type 1. OzDAFNE has been shown to
improve blood glucose control, lessen severe hypoglycaemia and improve quality
of life. The next OzDAFNE course will commence on Monday
11 July. Participants have an individual appointment approximately 1-3
weeks prior to the course. Further information for health professionals and
people with type 1 diabetes can be accessed at the website www.dafne.org.au
or by calling 03 9667 1719.
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An easy on-line learning module can
provide you with the answers, and is now available to RACGP members AND
non-members. After logging in, simply type ‘bowel’ into the search criteria.
Please note, non-members will need to click on ‘FREE 30 day trial’ and create a
username and password first.
After
completing the module, you will better understand: Your role as a GP in the
Program; The duty of care linked to GPs; How to manage people eligible and
ineligible for free screening with the Program; How to complete the paperwork
for the Program; Implementation of the Program in your practice.
Members will also receive 2 RACGP
QA&CPD points for completing the module.
For more information, please contact
the Bowel Cancer Education Coordinator at the Cancer Council WA on (08) 9388 4376 today.
Austin Health - Division of Medicine Grand Round
“Thunderstorm Asthma” Speakers: Dr Michael Sutherland, Head Allergy Service Austin Health and Dr Megan Howden, Respiratory Registrar.
Wednesday 15th, 12:30pm at John Lindell Lecture Theatre, Level 4, Lance Townsend Building (opp. Medical Library), Austin Campus. Informal lunch at 1.15pm outside the Lecture Theatre.
Presented by: Dr Peter Mount,
Nephrologist, Austin Hospital
Wednesday 29th June, 6:30 - 9 pm (Dinner from 6:00 pm) at John Scott Meeting House, La
Trobe University. Flyer
Shoulders, Knees and Spine at Epworth Richmond, Auditorium, Level 2, 89 Bridge Road
Wednesday
22 June 7.15-9.15pm (Dinner from 6.15) Flyer
Tuesday 26th July 7-9pm (Light refreshments from 6.30pm) at Lucy Jones Hall
(entrance off Albert St), Eye And Ear Hospital, Gisborne Street, East
Melbourne. Flyer
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1.
Open
the HCN Maintenance program and
under Database tasks select Medical Director. Tasks. Double click on Diagnosis
Coder.
2.
The
box on the left contains all the uncoded diagnoses.
3.
Click
on the uncoded diagnosis you wish to change in the
left panel and type the first few letters of the coded diagnosis in the right
panel
4.
When
the list appears select by double clicking the appropriate diagnosis and then
click on the Correct button.
5.
Proceed
with further uncoded diagnosis and when complete
click OK.
Question: When you print Return
Urgently, Discuss (or No Action) pathology results you can choose an individual
doctor from a drop down list under Checked by:
It seems that any doctor who has ever ordered a test, including the doctor of those patients who have been imported from another practice, appear on the drop down list. This can be a nuisance for the person who prints lists by individual doctors as there are a large number of doctors in the list, most of whom do not work at the practice anymore. Is there a way of removing the unnecessary doctors from the list?
Answer: Unfortunately there is no solution at this stage. This is a known issue at HCN and has been logged.
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Epilepsy Australia and Epilepsy New
Zealand want to know about epilepsy in general practice.
Take the one minute survey for GPs
and go into the draw to win one of three 3M Littmann
Electronic Stethoscopes Model 3200 (www.littmann.com.au).
Click on the link, or type it into
your browser to start the survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/epilepsyaustraliaGP
The survey will run until July 22nd
2011
On Friday 3 June 2011 Fair Work
Australia handed down its minimum wage decision that increased the national
minimum wage for award/agreement free employees by 3.4%. The decision
represents an increase of $19.40 per week or 0.51 cents per hour and means that
from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2011 the national minimum
wage will be $589.30 per week or $15.51 per hour (up from $569.90 or $15 per
hour).
Job classifications contained in
modern awards will be increased by 3.4% on the first full pay period on or
after 1 July 2011 including the minimum wages for junior employees, employees
to whom training arrangements apply and employees with a disability.
There is no obligation to pass on
the minimum wage increases to agreement-covered employees provided the
wages in the agreement are equal to or above the new award minimum. Where the
wages of agreement-covered employees do fall below the award minimum the
employees must be paid at least the award minimum.
The VHIA will shortly release
up-dated Salary Circulars to cover those modern awards that are applicable to
the health and community services sector.
If you have any questions about this
matter please contact Peter Clarke at VHIA on (03) 9861
4000.
Child FIRST (Family Information, Referral and Support Team) provides a centralised entry point for families and professionals into Family Services. Key functions of Child FIRST are: Screening and Assessment; Information & Advice to families and professionals; Providing support to families; Needs and Risk Assessment; Referral to Family Services program; Referral to a broad range of community services, programs and external agencies; Assertive Outreach/Home Visiting; Case Conferencing; Active Holding.
Child FIRST is a state-wide initiative to strengthen services that are provided to vulnerable children, young people and families. Anyone can make a referral to Child FIRST.
Child FIRST also works in partnership with other local agencies to ensure families receive the most appropriate services and support.
If you would like further information about Child FIRST within the Murrindindi & Mitchell Shires or to make a referral please contact 1800 663 107.
On June 15th Austin Health will commence using a new electronic Patient Record System – the CERNER system. As a consequence, the discharge summary that you receive from this date will have a different format. However the Emergency Department and Day Surgery Discharge Summaries will remain unchanged.
With the introduction of the CERNER system, Austin Health will be relying on the Human Services Directory (HSD) to access GP details. To ensure that communication is addressed correctly, GPs are encouraged to check that their details on the HSD are up-to-date. Should you have any questions regarding this change, please contact the GP Liaison Officer, Dr Wendy Fisher, wendy.fisher@austin.org.au.
This week’s edition includes: New AMA President; State and Territory AMAs recognized for excellence in lobbying and communication;World No Tobacco Day 2011 – 31 May; AMA Submission on Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (PCEHR; AMA Submission on draft guidelines on Sexual boundaries: A guide for doctors and patients; Exclusive I.T. deals on Dell, Lenovo, Netgear and more!
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Men’s Health Week |
‘Time to talk tackle’ is
the theme for International Men’s Health Week – June 13-19. Andrology Australia, the Australian Centre for Excellence
in Male Reproductive Health has free resources available. To
find out more go to www.andrologyaustralia.org
or call 1300 303 878.
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Tuesday 21st June 6:30 pm-9pm (Dinner from 6pm) John Scott Meeting House, La Trobe University. Presented by: Panel of NEV staff, PMs, PNs and GPs.
Wednesday 22nd June 6:30 pm-9:00 pm (Dinner from 6pm) at John Scott Meeting House, La
Trobe University. [Map]
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For practices taking part in the QPI
PIP the NPS has released new documentation that you might find
useful. These include a new QPI brochure
and planner
also available from the Health Professionals section of the NPS website
NPS clinical audits available for the current QPI
year: 1 May 2011 – 30 April 2012 include the following:
Clinical e-Audit: Review of proton
pump inhibitor (PPI) prescribing. Online enrolment at www.nps.org.au/health_professionals
[available now]
Clinical e-Audit: Optimising
management of type 2 diabetes. Online enrolment at www.nps.org.au/health_professionals
[available now]
Clinical e-Audit: Management of hypertension.
Online enrolment at www.nps.org.au/health_professionals
(Note, this e-Audit involves review of only 10 patients) [available now]
Topics coming soon include:
Reducing risk of osteoporotic
fractures and falls (paper version) - will be posted from July 2011
Clinical e-Audit: CV risk and lipid
modifying therapy - available in August 2011
Antipsychotics (paper version)
–available in August 2011
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Ear, Nose, Throat and Eyes Practical
Paediatrics
Thursday
June 16th, 7-9pm (6.30pm to
register and light refreshments) at Ella Latham Theatre, Royal Children’s
Hospital
See
flyer and register online here.
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· To provide the opportunity for case based discussion around common GP obstetric related presentations
· To explore methods available in general practice to decrease potential for risk of communication failures and improve quality and safety for the antenate
· To inform GPs of the availability of revised Guidelines for Shared Maternity Care Affiliates Nov 2010
Dr Bernadette White, Clinical Director, Obstetric and Maternity Services, Mercy Hospital for Women and Dr Alison Yeung, Clinical Geneticist, Genetic Health Services Victoria.
Tuesday 21st June, 7-9pm (Registration & Refreshments from 6.30pm)at Level 4 Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg
4 (Category 2) points in the RACGP QI&CPD Program for the 2011-2013 triennium have been applied for.
For further details and registration flyer click here or contact Merran Mackie on tel: 8458 4833 or email mmackie@mercy.com.au
In my new role as GP Liaison
Consultant I have spent some time in Antenatal Clinics at The Northern Hospital
and observed that many results can be very difficult to find or seem to go
missing somewhere between GP and the hospital. With this in mind it would be
very helpful if all investigations requested during a woman’s pregnancy
(including booking bloods) could be ordered with a request for ‘Copy to ANC,
TNH’. Northern Health will be requiring
its consultants to cc shared care GP’s into all tests ordered in its clinics.
Obviously the clinical responsibility remains with the Doctor who ordered the
test but hopefully this will reduce the need to repeat tests unnecessarily.
Thank you so much for your ongoing cooperation as we aim to improve patient
care. Dr Mary Thomas- NH GP Consultant
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Please note: only new ads or resubmitted ads will be posted here. All other
ads can be found on the website
Doctors
Diamond Creek - PT/FT GP wanted for accredited, computerised practice. Private billing (high fees), practice nurse support, visiting specialists. Physio, psychologist & psychiatrist on site. Supportive, friendly and happy workplace. Contact practice manager Lina Rogers on 9348 1911 or 0407 119 780.
Hurstbridge - F/T or P/T VR GP required for computerised, fully accredited medical centre located in a lovely leafy semi-rural environment. A fabulous, friendly work environment with nursing support and ancillary health. Outer Metro Relocation Incentives could apply. Contact Heather Fisher (Practice Manager) 9718 2611, 0407 355 035 or hfisher@hurstbridgemedical.net.au
Ivanhoe Medical Clinic - PT VR GP for 2-4 sessions/week - must include Thursday & Friday afternoons. Modern, large supportive group(10 GPs), FT nurses, computerised, CDMs, no A/Hs, friendly ,flexible, mixed billing. Good remuneration. Contact: Dr Stephen Smith or Dr David Doig – 9499 1245.
Ivanhoe - VR GP Required for regular weekend
work (weekly, fortnightly or monthly) in fully accredited, computerised,
private billing General Practice. Excellent renumeration
and friendly environment. Hours negotiable (Practice is open Sat: 9 – 4 and Sun
10 – 12). Please contact Dr Peter Eizenberg (Principal) or Mary Howe (Practice
Manager) on phone: 03 9497 1644 or email: maryh@dr131.com.au.
Ivanhoe - VR GP F/T or P/T required to work in the GP operated Accredited Livingstone Street Clinic. A friendly and supportive team environment in this computerised Medical Centre with Allied Health, RN’s and Radiology & Pathology on site. No A/H’s. Please contact John or Ken on 03 9497 1188.
Northcote - FT/PT VR GP or Subsequent Trainee GP position. Fully accredited, computerised, long established doctor owned practice in a new purpose built facility with a fabulous work environment. Ancillary Health, Pharmacy and Pathology services on site. Inquiries Diane Cronin (Practice Manager) 9481 1214. Visit our website www.doctorsofnorthcote.com.
CBD - Primary Health Nurse Div 1 wanted 2 days per week. Attractive remuneration negotiable. Salary packaging offered. The Living Room Primary Health Service provides free healthcare and support to improve the physical, mental and social wellbeing of individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, disadvantaged or marginalised, with complex healthcare needs. Applications close COB Friday 24th June. For more information contact Ms Ilana Jaffe on 9945 2100.
Greensborough - We require an experienced, highly motivated medical receptionist for our busy clinic. Permanent part time including weekends. Email resume to info@sunrisemedicalcentre.com.au
Ivanhoe - Practice nurse required for busy friendly 5
Doctor Clinic. Tuesday, Wednesday and some relieving shifts. Duties include
General Practice nurse duties. The ability to do care planning would be an
advantage. Contact Meri
on Ph 9497 1188
Registered Nurse - RN Div 1 Independant Contractor available for immediate start. Services include Chronic disease management/Health Coaching e.g. Care planning and Team care arrangements. Health Assessments and Nursing home patient assessments e.g Comprehensive Medical Assessments. Mobile Contact 0403 994 299.
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Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business.
When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a wife with which to share his fortune.
One evening at an investment meeting he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away. "I may look like just an ordinary man," he said to her, but in just a few years, my father will die, and I'll inherit $20 million."
Impressed, the woman obtained his business card and three days later, she became his stepmother.
.....Women are so much better at financial planning than men.
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And remember…
…Never squat with your spurs on.