Better Sooner More Convenient Primary Care - New Zealand Doctor
Better Sooner More Convenient Primary Care - New Zealand Doctor
Better Sooner More Convenient Primary Care - New Zealand Doctor
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6 Deliverables / activities<br />
Implementation plan: to June 30<br />
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Establish MDT meetings: allied health, district nursing and clinical nurse specialists will<br />
meet with core health centre staff in each health centre to plan the care of specific<br />
high complexity patients. <strong>More</strong> sharing of information about patient needs for care will<br />
ensure more effective management of these patients. Guidelines for conducting these<br />
meetings will be developed.<br />
Identify extent and nature of overlap between medical centre frequent attenders<br />
cohort and community nursing/allied health clients; conduct review of care provided to<br />
patients common to both cohorts; examine systems and/or performance issues<br />
identified by this review and rectify/optimize.<br />
Review nature and type of home based nurse assessments with a view to developing<br />
standardised assessment procedure.<br />
Plan for assignment of community nursing and allied health clinicians to practice<br />
populations.<br />
Identify a professional grouping/team(s) and locations to be the first centre for<br />
implementation of the integrated model. Pilot, refine, spread.<br />
Develop common, integrated service specifications (break down barriers created by the<br />
existing specs). Consolidate and reduce reporting requirements where possible. To<br />
achieve this outcome, communication with the Ministry of Health needs to commence<br />
this year.<br />
Year one:<br />
Develop and implement a pathway for nurse care for different patients groupings, eg.<br />
post surgery, long term condition, frail elderly, palliative (covering the various nursing<br />
groups/specialties) and for wound care, across clinic and home settings.<br />
Examine better linking of home based care with district nursing.<br />
Develop IT and administration systems that enable closer integration, including those<br />
that enable data capture in the home/at the bedside.<br />
Review current referral systems, considering potential role of <strong>Care</strong> Link, and change to<br />
'within-system-request-for-assistance/booking'. Monitor workload and waiting times<br />
and develop new priority and entry criteria as required.<br />
Identify the requirements for sharing clinical notes on MedTech in a single clinical file<br />
used by all health providers in the IFHC. Develop specifications for new system and<br />
fund implementation. Work with the current health centre that does not currently use<br />
MedTech to determine the barriers and facilitators for change.<br />
Develop a plan for better integration of well child services.<br />
Business case appendices V12 AC 25Feb2010 Page 57