Practice Support

• Support and professional development in practice health & safety and business management

• Non Clinical Triage

•  CPR

•  Infection Control 

• Practice Principal, Practice Manager and Practice Nurse Network facilitation.

•  Workforce Support for Rural General Practitioners and Practice Staff including Rural Practice Network Facilitation. Re-imbursement Form

• General Practice Quality Improvement

• Accreditation / Reaccreditation

• AGPAL Resource Sheets (login required)

• ACIR Data cleansing

• Accreditation Templates ^{Aug 08}

  • Fridge Logging

  • Min-max Instructions

  • Sterilisation Logging

  • Re-usable Equipment

  • Validation

• Building Maintenance Further Information    Form 56

• Cold Chain Audits Guidelines  Compliant Vaccine Refridgerators

• Infection Control Audits / Validation Assistance,  DPIWE Guidelines, RACGP Guidelines 

• RACGP standards (purchase) 

• Information and Resources including Practice Support Newsletter

• The National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) is Australia's national agency for improving health care by helping close important gaps between best available evidence and current clinical practice. NICS is funded by the Australian Government. 

• Patient Surveys RACGP

• Practice Manual - Generic from The Dandenong District Division of General Practice 

• Practice Visits

• Chronic Disease Management Information Guides

• Asthma Management Handbook

• Asthma Cycle of Care Guidelines 

• CDM Checklist 

• Chronic Disease Management Guides for GPs and Allied Health Professionals ^{Sept 08}

• Diabetes Cycle of Care with EPC 

• Diabetes CDM Flowchart 

• Diabetes Management in General Practice 06/07 Edition 

• Patient Pathways Desktop Guide 

• Q & As

• Management Plans - Key Facts ^{Aug 08}

• Clinical Templates - Electronic (Right-click on link, then Save-As) Instructions for importing templates

Templates - Chronic Disease Management	Medical Director	Best  Practice	Medtech 32
CDM GPMP and TCA Templates AGPN Versions 721
723
CDM Care Plan - Asthma
My Asthma Action Plan templates. Must be used with pre-printed stationary, Contact GP South for supplies.
Team Care Arrangement Letter
COPD Action Plan (NPS)
CDM Templates and resources at the Northern Rivers Division
CDM and HMR Templates at the North East Valley Division
Templates - Mental Health	Medical Director	Best  Practice	Medtech 32
Mental Health Services
Mental Health Services - Older Person
Clare House
2710 and 2712 combination at the North East Valley Division
2710 at the Monash Division
Integrated Care Service          - Assessment
- Plan
- Review
K10 Tool
Templates - Diabetes	Medical Director	Best  Practice	Medtech 32
Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool (Monash web site) Nov08
Type 2 Diabetes Risk Evaluation (Monash web site) Nov 08
Diabetes Type 2 At Risk Recall letter (MD Version courtesy of the NEV website)
Diabetes D-Basics Referral
CDM - Care Plan Diabetes
Templates - Various	Medical Director	Best  Practice	Medtech 32
Comprehensive Medical Assessment - Aged Care
Cold Symptom Management
Drug Administration Chart	MD2  MD3
ECG Tracing
Health Check 45-49 Year old
Health Assessment for People with Intellectual Disability
Healthy Kids Check Template Dec 08  (MD versions at the NEV and ACTDGP websites)
Healthy Kids Check Recall Letter (NEV website)
Nursing Wound Care
Lifescript Templates at the AGPN website (Select Lifescripts Templates from the Category field)
SAMSAS Screening Test Dec 08
Templates - Referral	Medical Director	Best  Practice	Medtech 32
RHH Clinics Referral Dec 08
RHH Antenatal Clinic
Aged Care Assessment Tasmania Referral
All Care Physiotherapy
Basdai Tool (Spinal Arthritis referrals)
Calvary Cardiac Centre        Patient Info
EPC Allied Health Medicare Form
Headway Support Services
Hobart Heart Centre Request form
Mental Health Services (See Mental Health Templates above)
MS Society Referral Dec 08
Palliative Care Service Referral form
Phoenix Centre Referral form
Quitline Referral
Skin Cancer Specialists Referral form

• Clinical Templates - Paper. Whilst we encourage the use of electronic templates and are happy to assist you with installation queries, we occasionally get requests for manual paper templates. Here are a few you might find useful.

• Mental Health 2710 at the North East Valley Division

• Care Plan and Team Care Items 721, 723, 725, 727

• Comprehensive Medical Assessment 712

Other Resources

• 45-49 year old Health Check Checklist

• Allied Health Professionals Directory  ²⁰⁰⁹

• Australian Association of Practice Managers

• Declaration of Life Extinct form

• Doctors Reference Site

• Drug Education Network

• GP Atlas

• Head Lice Treatment Flowchart

• Healthy Kids Check, Information and Resources  ^{Jul 08}

• Lift The Lip, Healthy Kids check dental Resource ^{Aug 08}

• Interpreting Service   

• Medical Indemnity 

  • Medical Indemnity Protection Society  

  • Avant (nee MDAV)

  • Medical Indemnity Group of Australia 

• Medicare Australia

• Medicare - Allied Health Referral form

• Medicare Benefits Schedule - Browsable Version

• Medicare PIP Information

• Medicare CDM Q&A

• MIA Fee Schedule

• No Excuse for Abuse poster  

• Provider Newsletters 

  • Hobart Pathology

  • MIA Tasmania

• Psychologists who are Medicare providers 

• RACGP Greenbook 

• Specialists in Private Practice Directory ²⁰⁰⁹

• Ultrafeedback Patient Survey resources

• Veterans Affairs LMO Veterans Access Payment Fact Sheet  

Workforce 

(for advertising vacancies contact Ian McKnight)

Maintain a register of practice vacancies Provide a link between available locums and GPs requiring a locum