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Year One – July 2010 to June 2011<br />

Task<br />

Continue open access to plain x-rays<br />

Provide a generic Coast-wide educational session plus regular updates in<br />

newsletters and reminders of websites that provide guidance for both<br />

ordering and interpreting investigations, eg. CRG<br />

Review use of plain x-rays: audit use by practice according to size of<br />

enrolled population<br />

Put in place educational intervention for any practices that have<br />

significantly greater than average usage.<br />

If necessary develop notional budget holding<br />

Report on numbers of CTs requested<br />

Audit of CT requests against the guidelines<br />

Review existing CT referral templates, modify and develop an<br />

electronic version<br />

Review need for increased access to other radiology investigations as<br />

part of Health Pathways project<br />

Ensure HealthPathways contain helpful advice for those ordering<br />

investigations<br />

Review travel assistance arrangements and develop plan for Buller<br />

region (include Māori participation)<br />

By when<br />

July<br />

Annually<br />

August<br />

October<br />

June<br />

Quarterly<br />

April<br />

June<br />

Ongoing<br />

February<br />

Year Two – July 2011 to June 2012<br />

Investigate ability to provide direct access for musculoskeletal ultra sound (US)<br />

possibly increase capacity in Greymouth through starting regular fortnightly or monthly<br />

US service in Buller<br />

possibly establish notional budgeting for primary care US services and enable<br />

musculoskeletal US though tighter management of other US capacity.<br />

Expand direct access to other diagnostics as part of Health Pathways project.<br />

Annual educational session.<br />

Year three<br />

Consolidation and review.<br />

7 Capability and capacity<br />

Current capacity and capability exists to allow access to CT scans as along as volumes are<br />

controlled by the use and audit of referral guidelines.<br />

Business case appendices V12 AC 25Feb2010 Page 75

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