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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4 Objectives<br />
<br />
<br />
<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 />
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