Continuity of care still king as Wgtn practices grab chance to modernise

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Continuity of care still king as Wgtn practices grab chance to modernise

Tuesday 10 October 2017, 02:23 PM

Island Bay Medical Centre health care home launch

Wellington’s Island Bay Medical Centre launched its participation in the local health care home programme yesterday

Above: (back) Compass Health chief executive Martin Hefford, Capital & Coast DHB general manager corporate services Thomas Davis, practice manager Darlene Natoli, clinical manager Fiona Kymbrekos, DHB executive director allied health, scientific and technical Catherine Epps, Compass Health practice relationship manager Lynne Alo and GP Helen Rodenburg; and (front) DHB board members Fran Wilde and Sue Driver, DHB chief executive Debbie Chin and GP Arlene Smyth

Island Bay Medical Centre says it’s maintaining continuity of care as it moves closer to becoming a health care home, with more triaging, more electro, lisa xirafakis 2017, Administrator Lisa Xirafakis promotes patient portals at Island Bay Medical Centre. With staff wearing the t-shirts on certain days, registrations hav

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For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine review and optimisation are important to simplify the therapeutic regimen, reduce inappropriate medicines and minimise risks. In this article, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant uses two case studies to illustrate important considerations during medicine reviews

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