Summary
Primary health care publications
Publications relating to primary health care in New Zealand.
Publications
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Published 23 April 2012 -
Published 13 March 2012Cardiovascular risk assessment and diabetes screening, Cardiovascular risk factor management, Management of type 2 diabetes -
Published 28 February 2012This guideline provides evidence-based surveillance recommendations for people at increased risk of colorectal cancer. It updates the 2004 publication Surveillance and Management of Groups at Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer. It is intended for primary and secondary care providers. -
Published 02 August 2011Summary What is Advance Care Planning? -
Published 02 June 2011In 2010/11 the Enrolment Requirements for Providers and Primary Health Organisations was reviewed and up dated to better reflect the current environment. The new information includes:
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Published 02 June 2011This booklet looks at the work community-based health professionals are doing to promote to 'Better, Sooner, More Convenient' primary health care. Examples include intravenous antibiotics to treat the serious skin disease cellulitis, surgery to remove skin lesions and giving GPs direct access to diagnostic imaging (instead of having to refer patients to hospital for that imaging). -
Published 18 May 2011Statements of Need (SONs) (also known as Certificates of No Objection) are issued by the Ministry of Health to medical practitioners to allow them to obtain a J-1 visa to train in the USA. The SON is one of many requirements to be met before a J-1 visa can be issued.
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Published 02 August 2010This study uses the results of a literature review and data from nine New Zealand primary care practices, including general practitioner (GP) and nurse diaries recording details of more than 2000 consultations, to develop a model estimating the financial impact of task substitution between nurses and GPs. Data were collected between July and November 2009.
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Published 02 December 2009This report summarises the evidence on the delivery of effective smoking cessation. It focuses on the ABC approach to smoking cessation which brings with it a more “assertive” manner in which clinicians can work.
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Published 02 September 2009This paper represents the first part of a two-stage project ‘Where Next for Primary Health Care Development in New Zealand?’ that was undertaken by Judith Smith, Visiting Academic Fellow in the Sector Capability and Innovation Directorate of the Ministry of Health during 2008-2009.
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