To support new mothers requiring specialised perinatal assessment and treatment, the Lavender Mother-Baby Unit was opened at Gold Coast University Hospital in March 2017. This is a statewide...
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Queensland Health has launched an initiative where people with obesity and poorly controlled type 2 diabetes who are aged 18-65 and are currently receiving public hospital specialist treatment for...
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Establishment of specific strategies for neurology specialist outpatient referrals by using specialist nursing and allied health models of care to manage the neurology SOPD waiting list.
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This model introduces a number of health professionals into the current Developmental and Behavioural Paediatrics Pathway of Care to aid the paediatrician in the diagnosis, and ongoing management...
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The project is a 12 month program to implement alternate clinical ophthalmic pathways utilising skills of Optometrist, Nurse Practitioner / Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) and Orthoptists.
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It is proposed that patients with non-melanoma head and neck cancers, likely to need minor surgery with a low perioperative risk, can have the time spent waiting for surgery and the number of...
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Traditional models of care (MOC) use specialist medical practitioners as the key decision makers in all stages of referral, admission, treatment, monitoring and discharge process for this patient...
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The Metro South Refugee Health Service (MSRHS - a nurse-led service of five staff) in collaboration with the Metro South Refugee Health Service (MSRHS) and Metro South Health Oral Health Service (...
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An established program of two Clinical Nurse Consultants (CNCs) and two Indigenous Health Workers (IHWs) was supplemented with the temporary employment of two additional CNCs and two IHWs in 2015...
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The New Models of Care (NMC) project is the fourth key investment initiative of the Queensland Government’s...
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