My Health Record (MHR) digital technology enhances medical care for your residents and their care team, along with one-on-one tailored support when you sign up. Through My Health Record, healthcare providers and your authorised multi-disciplinary care team have immediate access to a resident’s key health information. This connected healthcare will …
New General Practice in Aged Care Incentive (GPACI) to improve access to primary care
The Australian Department of Health is developing the General Practice in Aged Care Incentive (GPACI) funding a $112 million investment in aged care over four years. The new program will give aged care residents better access to high-quality, continuous and person-centred primary care. From August 2024, the new incentive will …
Protect our most vulnerable against the worst of COVID-19
Reported cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in our region, including outbreaks in residential aged care homes, putting our more vulnerable community members at risk. The latest recommendation from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) is for people over the age of 75 years or older to receive …
Persistent Pain focus for next Clinical Societies round – Register now
Persistent Pain – Innovation and Interdisciplinary Care is the focus for Round 3 of Country to Coast QLD’s Clinical Societies events, identified by Round 2 participants as the highest priority topic in Central Queensland, and the second highest priority topic for Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast. Chronic pain is a …
New MBS Level E Consultation (60 minutes or more)
New MBS Level E Consultation items were established on 1 November 2023 for longer consultations of 60 minutes or more where clinically required, as announced in the 2023-24 Budget. This will allow better management of care of patients with chronic conditions and complex care needs such as, but not limited …
New RACGP Standards for general practice residential aged care
RACGP has recently developed the Standards for general practice residential aged care (1st edition) (Standards for GPRAC) to support and enhance the delivery of high-quality and safe general practitioner care to residents in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). The Standards for GPRAC focus on the clinical and systemic interface between the GP …
HealthPathways contributes to CPD hours
Did you know that HealthPathways can be used as a tool to assist in reflective learning that counts towards CPD hours? Using HealthPathways for CPD is formally approved by RACGP and ACRRM. Appraise your knowledge and application of local guidelines and referral pathways after using HealthPathways to assist your patient …
Register with Primary Sense for real-time decision support for General Practice
Primary Sense is now in full swing, with an impressive 80 general practices already registered across the Central Queensland, Wide Bay, and Sunshine Coast regions. This significant milestone marks a positive step toward enhancing the quality of patient care in our community. Designed to support clinical decision making at the …
Provider Connect Australia Update
Provider Connect Australia (PCA™) is a new service operated by the Australian Digital Health Agency that will change how you update information about healthcare services and practitioners, eliminating the need to keep multiple directories up-to-date manually. PCA™ is a centralised service which reduces duplication and streamlines notifications for general practice, Aboriginal Medical Services, …
Expressions of Interest for GPs – Bundaberg Urgent Care Clinic
Having commenced operations in November 2023, Bundaberg Urgent Care Centre (UCC) is moving to extend opening hours in early 2024 and is inviting expressions of interest from GPs to take up after-hours shifts on-site. Located within and operated by IWC, a not-for-profit health and community services provider delivering inclusive services …
Expression of Interest – General Practice opportunity in Imbil
Country to Coast, QLD (CCQ) is inviting Expressions of Interest for the delivery of primary healthcare services in Imbil, a beautiful rural town located in the Gympie region in Queensland. With a population of 1300 in Imbil and nearby communities, this regional town currently relies on a local pharmacy as …
Bundaberg and Rockhampton residents welcome Medicare Urgent Care Clinics
Rockhampton and Bundaberg residents are choosing access to bulk-billed urgent care without a visit to the emergency department, with the recent opening of Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in each regional city. Funded by Country to Coast, QLD through the Australian Government’s PHN Program, the Medicare Urgent Care Clinics provide same-day …
University of Sydney and BreastScreen Sunshine Coast Breast Density Trial
Breast Screen Sunshine Coast has commenced a randomised controlled trial in conjunction with The University of Sydney, BSQ and the BSQ Sunshine Coast service. This is the first research in the world to test the immediate and ongoing impacts of breast density notification on women and the health service in a …
EOI: Queensland Respiratory and Sleep Clinical Network Steering Committee
Expressions of Interest are invited for General Practitioner (GP) membership of the Qld Respiratory and Sleep Clinical Network Steering Committee. Further information about the role can be found in the attached EOI and details about the QRSCN Steering Committee can be found in the attached Terms of Reference. Applications should include: …
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Research – Skin cancer
Are you a skin cancer professional? QIMR Berghofer Medical Research is conducting a study on skin cancers, and needs your valuable input. This research aims to document the prevalence of shave biopsy for diagnosing thin lesions suspicious of melanoma, as well as understanding the clinical and other factors contributing to …
Health Workforce Scholarship program 2024
Round 1 of the Health Workforce Scholarship Program will be opening on 15 January 2024, managed by Health Workforce Queensland, this scholarship and bursary funding of up to $10,000 helps qualified health professionals in remote and rural Queensland retain and enhance their skills, capacity, and scope of practice. The HWSP …
Queensland Clinical Guidelines – Neonatal now published
Queensland Clinical Guidelines (QCG) wishes to acknowledge and thank clinicians for their support and involvement in the development of statewide clinical guidelines and neonatal medicine monographs, these guidelines have been published at www.health.qld.gov.au/qcg: Neonatal stabilisation for retrieval (Guideline Number: MN23.18-V3-R28) Neonatal hypoglycaemia (Guideline Number: MN23.8-V13-R28) These guidelines replace the previous …
Australian Digital Health Agency – beware of scammers
The Agency has received reports of fraudulent phone calls from individuals or organisations who claim to represent the Australian Digital Health Agency. These have been reported to the Agency over the last week. We want to reassure you that the Agency would never ask any health provider or consumer to …
Queensland General Practice Liaison Network releases 2023 Annual Report
In partnership, Clinical Excellence Queensland and Country to Coast, QLD deliver the Queensland General Practice Liaison (QGPL) Network, integrating the patient journey of care across the interface between general practice and hospital care. The QGPL Network focuses on clinical communication and transfer of care, facilitating collaborative care and interprofessional education …
Clinical Societies across the region in 2024
Close to 300 health professionals in Central Queensland and Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast regions attended Foundations for future mental wealth with the Health and Wellbeing Education Team in November and December. CCQ Clinical Society provide great opportunities to network, develop professionally, innovate and connect care locally. We welcome clinicians and students from …