Medicare Locals To Deliver Home Grown Health Solutions

A message from Minister Roxon.
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Medicare Locals: new look, new approach to primary health care

AGPN News release
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Lead poisoning from imported Ayurvedic medicine

Chief health officer alert of 3rd August 2011 - click here for full details. 

Multilingual Diabetes Information

Diabetes information in other languages click here + Useful Links

Pakistan Flood Emergency

Urgent Call for GP Volunteers to join AusAID for 30 day deployment.
Information for peak bodies - Expression of Interest to volunteer - GP Volunteer information 

Measles Alert 18th August 2010

From the Department of Health.......

Academics at work

Check out the new RESEARCH tab of our website

Dandenong South & Lyndhurst Health Assessment

Click here for Questions and Answers courtesy of the Department of Health

CMO - Health Information Update 30th July 2010

Seasonal flu vaccination for young children can be resumed - click here
Fact sheet ATAGI Statement & Summary table

Good Medical Practice: A Code of Conduct for Doctors in Australia

Click here for full details

Australian Primary Care Collaboratives

Local wave opportunity for practices

Aged Care Initiatives for GPs

for more information click here

New Phone Numbers for the Division

Main line is now 8792-1900 & DCAS 8792-1922 (fax numbers remain unchanged) - please amend details accordingly.

2nd Draft Safety & Security Kit

Refer Hot Resources for August 2008 2nd draft

New - Refugee Health Assessment Tools

Item Numbers 714 & 716

Infant and Childhood influenza vaccine doses

pre-release 9th Edition Aust Immunisation Handbook August 2007

Screening Tool for febrile young children

Developed by the Royal Childrens Hospital
Click here for details

Tamiflu - Update Fact Sheet

Refer resources section also click here

Vigilence for highly pathogenic Avian influenza

Update article August 07

Urgent Advice - patients taking lumiracoxib (Prexige)

Flu Information

Letter from Chief Health Officer DHS and Information Sheet 
Click on links :  Influenza and Children and Information for GPs

The Doctors' Guide to Starting A Practice

Written for doctors, this Guide is relevant to all health professionals.  It has extensive coverage of the topic and early feed back from clients has been excellent.  Get the guide here.

CDM Medicare items PIR, audit & checklist

Visit the DoHA website for a Post-Implementation Review, Medicare Australia Audit and Checklist for Chronic Disease Management

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

The RCH have the following updated fact sheets on their website:

• ADHD - an overview
• ADHD - ways to help children with ADHD
• ADHD - Stimulant medication
• Fish oils - what the research says

Electronic Prescribing of Medicines

Last week in Brisbane, Health Ministers signalled their intent to remove legislative barriers to electronic prescribing.