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4 Objectives<br />

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to implement nurse phone triage throughout the West Coast after hours<br />

to provide advanced training for nurses doing after hours call<br />

to implement the use of standing orders in all practices<br />

to increase community understanding of how to use after hours services<br />

to decrease inappropriate attendances at ED<br />

to increase coordination of care between practices and ED.<br />

5 Benefits and gains<br />

Output measures<br />

Indicator Baseline Target – Yr<br />

1<br />

HML triage in place By June 10<br />

Community education campaign<br />

implemented<br />

Number of nurses with PG Cert in<br />

Assessment and Pharmacology or<br />

equivalent<br />

ED and hospital pharmacy able to<br />

access patient MedTech notes<br />

Year 2 Year 3<br />

By August Rptd in April Rptd in April<br />

2010<br />

11 20 25 30<br />

No<br />

In place<br />

Outcome measures<br />

Indicator<br />

Number of triage 5 seen at<br />

Greymouth ED 07.00-15.30 Mon -<br />

Fri<br />

Number of triage 5 seen at<br />

Greymouth ED 15.30-22.40 Mon -<br />

Fri<br />

Number of triage 5 seen 22.40-<br />

08.00 Mon - Sun<br />

Numbers of triage 5 seen at<br />

weekends 08.00-22.40<br />

Numbers triaged and<br />

redirected/wk<br />

Baseline<br />

YTD to<br />

Dec 09<br />

Target – Yr 1 Year 2 Year 3<br />

43/week 40 35 30<br />

11/week 9 8 7<br />

1.75/week 1.7 1.6 1.5<br />

15/week 13 12 11<br />

0 7 14 21<br />

Business case appendices V12 AC 25Feb2010 Page 19

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