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Access and Care Redesign Flowchart

This flowchart is a guide to the stages of Access, the Change Principles and the resources available in relation to each stage.

Click here to view or download the flowchart.

Medical Director Guide
These pages are a compilation of a number of guides to assist you as you work though the following tasks on Medical Director

Entering Patient and Clinical Information in MD
Advanced MD
Templates and Patient Education in MD
Preventative Recalls
MD Clean up your Act
Using your MD Database
Data Cleansing Checklint

Medical Director Guide (PDF)

Best Practice Software Guide

This is a guide to entering clinical information on Best Practice software

Entering clinical information into Best Practice (PDF)

Calendar
This month by month calendar is full of reminders to help your team negotiate your way through all the APCC dates. Note: These calendars were created in Microsoft Publisher.

NSW, QLD & ACT data submission calendar (Brisbane South DGP)
WA, SA & NT data submission calendar (APCC, adapted from Brisbane South DGP calendar)

Improvement Model Guide
Use the step-by-step Improvement Model Guide to link your Change Principles & Fundamental Questions to your PDSAs.

Improvement Model Guide (PDF) (APCC Aug '08)

MBS Item Numbers
Practice Nurse Item Number #10997:
> Fact sheet (DoHA - July 07)
> Question and Answers (DoHA - July 07)

Collaborative Information & Posters
> Practice Participation Sign - Recommended for display in waiting rooms of partcipating practices (APCC)
> Wave 1 - What is a Collaborative? (Andrea Church, CPM Southern DGP)
> Wave 1 - Change Principles Poster (Elizabeth Miller, CPM Brisbane Inner South DGP)
> Wave 1 - The Improvement Model & Change Principles Poster (Marion Strong, CPM Southern QLD Rural DGP)
> Wave 1 - Summary of NPCC Change Principles Poster (Sandi Hill, Northern Rivers DGP)

Plan Do Study Act
> Questions to consider for PDSA cycles (APCC)
> PDSA Worksheet (Andrea Church, CPM Southern DGP)
> PDSA Worksheet (Version 2)
> What is a PDSA?

Access and Care Redesign
> 12 Minute Slip (Prema House, Northern Rivers DGP)
> Measuring Demand Tally Sheet (Waratah Street Health Centre, Katoomba NSW)
> Measuring Demand Instructions for staff (Waratah Street Health Centre, Katoomba NSW)

CHD
> Chest Action Plan (Ellen Street Family Practice , Fremantle Regional and Perth & Hills DGPs)
> IHD Care Plan (Ellen Street Family Practice , Fremantle Regional and Perth & Hills DGPs)
> Reducing Risk In Heart Disease Summary Guidelines (Ellen Street Family Practice , Fremantle Regional and Perth & Hills DGPs)

Diabetes
> Annual Cycle of Care brochure (Romsey Medical Centre, Central Highlands DGP)
> Using Medical Windows to search for Diabetes SIP Item Numbers (Dr Angus' Surgery, Adelaide Southern, Western, Murray Mallee and Mid North DGPs)
> Diabetes Management Book (Department of Health, WA)
* These can be ordered from http://www.population.health.wa.gov.au/ordering/ or by phoning Health Info
on 1300 135 030
> Annual Care SIP Checklist (Canning DGP)

Chronic Disease Management (CDM)
> Business Case Spreadsheet Feb 07 (Andrea Church, CPM Southern DGP)
> Business Case Spreadsheet Sep 07 (Andrea Church, CPM Southern DGP)
*You may need to lower the security in Excel to enable the macros - go to Tools/Macro/Security and set to low.

Presentations
> NPCC - A Practice Perspective (Presented at the 2005 ADGP forum by Dr Stuart C. Burton)
> NPCC – 2005 Some Thoughts (Presented at the 2005 ADGP forum by Dr Alan Leeb)

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