4 results match your criteria: "Camp Hill Health Centre[Affiliation]"

COVID-19: Pump-priming positive healthcare reform.

Aust J Gen Pract

September 2020

PhD, MBA, GradDipPhty, GAICD, Deputy Director, Centre for Health System Reform @ Integration, Mater Research Institute @ University of Queensland, Qld; Director, Care Innovation Centre, Mater Misericordiae Ltd, Qld; Honorary Senior Lecturer, Primary Care Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Qld.

This case study of GP Shared Care provides an interesting lens though which to view the current opportunities for improved healthcare partnerships as we respond to the COVID-19 challenges.

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General practitioners with special interests: An integrative review of their role, impact and potential for the future.

Aust J Gen Pract

September 2019

MBBS, MD, MPH, CertHEcon, GradCert Management, FRACGP, FAICD Professor in General Practice and Primary Health Care Research, University of Qld, Primary Care Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Brisbane, Qld; Director, Centre for Health System Reform and Integration, University of Qld, Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Qld; Independent Director, Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia; Chair, biennial International Health Care Reform Conference, Australia; Sessional GP, Camp Hill Health Centre, Brisbane, Qld.

Background And Objectives: A 'general practitioner with special interest (GPwSI)' refers to a GP who functions as a clinical intermediary between primary, secondary and tertiary care. This study aimed to advance understanding of the role, impact and potential of the GPwSI in Australia.

Method: A systematic literature search was conducted.

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Continuity of care: Vital, but how do we measure and promote it?

Aust J Gen Pract

October 2018

PhD, MNutrDiet, GCertHigherEd, BAppSc, NHMRC and Senior Research Fellow, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld; Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health System Reform and Integration, UQ-Mater Research Institute, Brisbane, Qld

Background: Continuity of care is a fundamental element of traditional general practice linked, via an expanding evidence base, with important patient and system outcomes. It is of particular importance as populations age and live increasingly with significant, ongoing lifestyle and chronic disease challenges.

Objectives: The aim of this article is to examine the challenges in measuring and promoting continuity of care in Australia.

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An overview of topical negative pressure therapy in wound care.

Nurs Stand

January 2009

Northamptonshire Teaching Primary Care Trust, Camp Hill Health Centre, Northampton.

This article examines the historical development of topical negative pressure (TNP) therapy, the growing range of devices available and future possibilities for this treatment. The use of vacuum-assisted closure (VAC), different negative pressure settings and alternative TNP devices are discussed. Further guidance and robust clinical evidence are required to support the use of TNP in practice.

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