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In May 2021, headaches were the single most common referral to the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (SCHHS) neurology outpatient department, with most headache referrals listed as...
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The Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service (TCHHS) Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) program adopts a generalist model of integrated specialist level care. This multidisciplinary approach allows the...
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The podiatry service was connected with a team from QUT Design Lab who identified an opportunity to improve the consumer experience through the supply chain which would make a significant...
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Striving Deadly is a therapeutic outdoor adventure initiative for survivors of burn injury, which provides an extension of psychosocial care for children beyond the boundaries of the Townsville...
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Mental Health consumers often require high level of support, such as psychiatry and nursing input, psychological services, occupational therapy and social work support.
Navigating...
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A suite of mobile health (mHealth) services has been designed, implemented and evaluated as an adjunct to routine care in post-bariatric surgery patients to support behaviour change and...
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Occupational therapy staff specialising in hands are responsible for the rehabilitation and care of certain diagnostic groups post upper limb orthopaedic surgery in the expanded scope of practice...
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Early identification and timely referral of patients with acute foot disease has been shown to reduce hospitalisation and associated lower limb amputation rates. Providing foot screening...
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This optimised hand therapy service at Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) allows hand therapists to see an agreed cohort of less complex patients. It then in turn increases the capacity for our...
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