No 0904: February 19, 2009
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Editorial Fantastic new “add-on” for Medical Director 3 and Best Practice
Chronic
Disease Management Lifestyle Management Courses,
Better Living Program - Lifestyle Changes
Professional Development CPD events
HMR HMR
meeting: Identifying medication related problems in older persons
Immunisation HPV – Changes to Dates for ‘Free’ Vaccination Program
Information
Management includes General Computer Tip, Medical
Director Tips and New on the Web
Items of
interest GPs needed in Kinglake, Do
you have patients with Klinefelter Syndrome?
Mental Health Accessing Psychological Services for those
affected by the Bushfires
News for
Practice Staff Practice
Managers and Nurses Network Meeting, Nurses in General Practice Orientation Pilot, Practice Nurse Practical Skills Update
Paediatrics Community Eczema Clinics
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Sometimes you see a software program and you think “how fantastic is that?!!” This happened to Noel when he saw the Doctor’s Control Panel demonstrated at a recent Collaboratives meeting. Written by local Melbourne GP, Dr Anton Knieriemen, this mini program has a “pop up” at the bottom of the MD screen that alerts the GP to what preventive care items need to be addressed. It has a number of colour-coded “tablets” that tell you: Nothing recorded (red), Needs updating (orange) and Up-to-date (green). This includes the clinical, medication, measurements and required tests of preventive care. These items are also linked to the relevant section of the RACGP Red Book. The best way to get a better idea of this program is to go to the website at: www.pracsoftutilities.com – here you can see a Powerpoint presentation of the program as well as register to have it installed. How much does it cost? Well, nothing really. Anton suggests that if you really like the program then make a donation to a charity of your choice; hence we have a new category of software – Charityware. Noel will demonstrate the Doctor’s Control Panel at the Immunisation CPD on February 24 and at the Practice Managers Network meeting on March 19. A presentation to the NEVDGP Board meeting on February 17 received overwhelming support from the board members.
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To be eligible for the Life! course, the patient must:
· Be 50 years or above, or an adult Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person
· Score 15 or above on the Diabetes Risk Test
· Have had diabetes excluded in the past 12 months
If your patient meets the three criteria above, they are eligible for a Life!Course. The course assists participants to make small, achievable changes to their lifestyle to improve their health and reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes. Further information on course content can be found under ‘Life Courses’ at www.goforyourlife.vic.gov.au/life
Local Availability: There are three centres in NEV Division that are currently offering LMPs on referral by GPs namely Nillumbik Community Health Service in Eltham and Banyule Community Health Service in Heidelberg West. Lifestyle Management Resources are also available from the NEVDGP website
The Nillumbik and Banyule Community Health Services are offering special programs for people with a long term chronic condition which affects the way they live their lives. A key worker is allocated to the patient on entry into the program with the intent to assist the patient to set goals that are achievable to help them manage their condition and to provide consistent support. The key worker will also ensure the patient has access to any other services that may be required
The key worker will ensure that the patient’s GP is fully informed of their progress and seek GP advice on any other services that are offered to their patient.
Kay Milner is the GP Liaison Officer for the program and she can be contacted on 9430 9100 at Nillumbik and 9450 2028 at Banyule. Her mobile contact is 0448 570 923
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Meetings are held each Tuesday starting at 12.30 in the
Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor,
February 24 - Rheumatoid Arthritis - Dr Evan Romas
For full term Tuesday lecture program click here
Tuesday
24th February, 7.15- 8.45pm at John Scott Meeting House,
GPs and nurses are invited to a comprehensive update on immunisation. Dr
Peter Eizenberg will cover Childhood Vaccines, Measles
Vaccination, HPV, Zoster, Flu, Pneumonia and the latest news on vaccines that
could be available in the near future.
Intermediate Workshops (40 Category 1 QA&CPD points) The highly interactive CEMP Intermediate workshop focuses on recognition and management of medical emergencies in general practice, including acute coronary syndrome, acute asthma and anaphylaxis; skills in organisational leadership, including effective communication and team management; management of scene safety; competence in airway management, effective ventilation technique and effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Advanced Workshops (80 Category 1 QA&CPD points) The highly interactive 2 day Advanced workshops focus on the management of life threatening adult trauma and paediatric emergencies within the first 30 minutes of an emergency. Content includes advanced airway management in critically injured adult and paediatric trauma patients, effective systematic approach to the assessment of the adult and paediatric trauma patient; and management of the adult trauma and critically ill or injured paediatric patient utilising local trauma guidelines and systems.
For full details on these workshops visit www.racgp.org.au/cem
Procedural Skills Grants Both workshops have been approved for procedural grants of up to $2000 per day in either anaesthetics or emergency medicine. For further information regarding the grants visit www.racgp.org.au/rural/traininggrants, or telephone Pauline Curtis, National Rural Faculty on 1800 636 764.
5
June 2009, Stansted airport,
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Wednesday 4 March, 6.30pm for 7pm start. At Northern Division Training room
Light meal provided. RSVP Cherry Braine 9416 7689
HMR or medication issues contact Dr Jenny Gowan
0417 506 944. Click here for flyer.
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The availability of free vaccine for 18 to 26 year old women has been extended by 6 months. All females in this age group who are as yet un-immunised need to receive their first dose of the vaccine by 30 June 2009, and must complete all three doses by 31 December 2009.
Note: HPV will continue to be provided free to Year 7 girls only from 2010
onwards as part of the National Immunisation Program schedule in
This change adds 6 months life to the Gardasil searches of the PEN Clinical Audit Tool. Use the CAT to find those patients who have not had their first injection and recall them so that the first injection occurs before the end of June 2009. A special reminder letter to get the first Gardasil injection has been added to the Medical Director Templates – No 9 Other
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Sometimes you want to ensure a recipient of your emails has actually read the message. To do this you set up a “Read receipt”.
1. Compose you message normally in Outlook and once complete click on the Options… button.
2. Click on the “Request a read receipt for this message” box and click on Close.
In MD2 or MD3 simply press Function Key 7 – this is the quickest way to get to the Allergies and Warnings window.
Question: I want to add a drop down list to a Medical Director template which allows us to select the patient’s language.
Answer: You need to modify the template
1. Open LetterWriter and from the File menu select Modify template.
2. Select the template that you wish to modify from the list.
3. Insert the cursor where you wish to place the information and type in “Language spoken at home:” and press the spacebar once.
4. Under Template fields (top right of screen) double click on User defined under Summary.
5. For Field Name type Language spoken at home and from the Field Type select List.
6. Click on the Add button and type English. Click on Add again and type Italian. Repeat this process until you have all the languages you want. When finished click on OK. It is a good idea to not have more than 10 drop down menus.
7. From Default Value select English – this sets the default to English.
1. Clinical Audit Tool – January 2009 updates:
PEN Clinical Audit Tool User Guide Version 2-3 January 2009 (pdf)
PEN Clinical Audit Tool Release Notes - Version 2.3 January 2009 (pdf)
Found under PEN Clinical Audit (CAT) Other Documents
2. Computer Security Procedures and Disaster Recovery Template – found under IM Security
3. Austin Health Consultative Outpatient Clinics - a list of Austin Health's Outpatient Clinics, the Consultative day(s), the Heads of Unit and the approximate waiting times for each unit – Found under IM Resources – Hospital Referrals
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GPs who wish to volunteer their services in bushfire affected areas should contact
Klinefelter Syndrome (KS) is the most common chromosome disorder in males (47XXY), affecting approximately 1 in 650 males. Up to 70% of cases remain undiagnosed, even though they may benefit from treatment. Despite decades of work on the medical aspects of KS, almost nothing is known about how diagnosis with KS impacts psychosocially on an individual, and how this is influenced by age at diagnosis. Andrology Australia, together with the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Prince Henrys Institute and Monash University, is undertaking a unique questionnaire study to determine how treatments and interventions accessed at different ages affect biomedical and quality of life outcomes in adulthood. Men with KS aged 18 years and older, but diagnosed at all different ages (including prenatally), are invited to take part in the study.
Doctors with KS patients are asked to forward study information to their patients by mail or at a consultation. Study posters are also available for clinic waiting rooms. For colour copies of these materials or further information, please contact the project coordinator: Amy Herlihy, Public Health Genetics, MCRI, Royal Children’s Hospital, on (03) 8341 6370, Fax: (03) 8341 6212 or klinefeltersyndrome@gmail.com
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The Department of Health and Ageing has informed us that significant funds
will be made available to extend the voucher system for people affected by the
fires. Access to mental health services can be subsidised by Medicare under the
Better Access Initiative or alternatively through the Better Outcomes ATAPS
(voucher) system. To access
psychological services through either of these systems will still
require that patients be
assessed as having a diagnosable mental health disorder and are managed by a GP
under a GP mental health care plan (or by psychiatrist or paediatrician).
We expect the details of this funding to be provided to us in the coming days and will pass these on to you via fax.
If you have any further questions about accessing services please ring Alison Elliott on 9496 4333.
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Thursday March 19, 6.30 pm – 9:00 pm at John Scott Meeting House. Flyer
GPV is now taking enrolments for the Orientation Program for Nurses New to
General Practice. This pilot program will be held at two venues, the
metropolitan one being on 26 & 27 February at GPV,
Ausmed is running this workshop on 12th
& 13th March in
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Got a child with complex
eczema? Live within postcodes 3000-3099? Refer them to one of the
RCH HARP nurse-led clinics at
See the RCH Clinical
Services Directory via Kids Connect www.rch.org.au/kidsconnect
for referral form, GP and parent factsheets.
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Please
note: only new ads, paid ads or resubmitted ads will be posted here. All other
ads can be found on the website
Doctors
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full time or part time at the East Reservoir site of Darebin Community Health Service.
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excellent facilities. We are seeking a compassionate, dedicated GP to join our
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Practice
Staff
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Northern
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I hate it when people forward bogus warnings, and I have even done it myself a couple times unintentionally. ..
but this one is real, and it's important. So please
send this warning to everyone on your e-mail list.
If someone comes to your front door saying they are checking for ticks
due to the warm weather and asks you to take your clothes off and dance around
with your arms up,
DO NOT DO IT!! THIS IS A SCAM!!
They only want to see you naked.
I wish I'd gotten this yesterday.
I feel so stupid.
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And remember…
… Atheism is a non-prophet
organization.