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Following the Te Whatu Ora announcement of a Pertussis national epidemic Pinnacle has compiled information and resources for practice teams.
These webinars are for practice managers, owners, clinicians, and others within the Pinnacle network keen to stay informed about our advocacy, and the developments, challenges, potential solutions and initiatives we are focused on.
Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss treatment refusal, salty navels, warts and gels, coffee and pre-diabetes, and more.
An introduction to the dashboard and details on how to get set up.
Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss diverticulitis, new free resources available through Healthpathways, a financial benefits WINZ resource, and more.
We have three full-time and two part-time staff in the nurse lead space across the Pinnacle network. They work as a team to support over 450 nurses (Waikato, Lakes, Taranaki, Tairāwhiti) with a key focus on growing and supporting our nursing kaimahi (staff).
Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss Heart Foundation resources, Atrial fibrillation and anticoagulation, Pharmac supply updates, and more.
Point of care testing (POCT) capability is becoming increasingly available in general practice. POCT enables rapid clinical decision-making, an increased likelihood of keeping people well and closer to home (by avoiding referral to hospital) and addresses rural inequities which may be compounded by distance and infrastructure. Pinnacle has developed guidance for quality control of POCT in general practice and a POCT adverse events monitoring system.
Jo Scott-Jones and Dave Maplesden discuss ACC Integrated Care Pathways Musculoskeletal, Amoxicillin dosing in acute otitis media, Microplastics, nanoplastics and CVD risk, and more.
Dr Jo Scott-Jones and Dr Dave Maplesden discuss adrenaline auto-injectors, a scam alert, a Goodfellow Gem about the effect of NSAIDs on post-fracture bone healing, and more.