Home visits may change patients’ healthcare resource utilisation, including hospital admission, medications, outpatient and emergency room visits.
Low use of care planning and reviews presents an opportunity for general practitioners to improve care.
General Practice Liaison staff undertake a range of activities to improve information flow, care processes and capacity across both sectors.
Street-based general practice services are critical to facilitate easy access to primary and secondary management of chronic multimorbid conditions in marginalised patients.
In April 2020, a group of general practice leaders in NSW established a COVID-19 virtual community of practice to facilitate rapid transfer and implementation of clinical guidance into practice.
Internationally, eConsultant models have been trialled to address demands on healthcare systems without requiring face-to-face specialist input.
It is crucial that people who use methamphetamine are able to access appropriate professional support.
Morgan’s organisational metaphors are one example of a management conceptual model that might help us illuminate the prisms of presupposition and assumption that we hold about organisations.
GPs will need to adapt rapidly to change, seizing opportunities offered by disruptive technology in a globalised world affected by climate change.
We need to count what counts if we want to ensure modern workforce approaches can indeed produce a fit-for-purpose generalist workforce that is able to meet the needs of the communities we serve.
The focus is shifting to how best to enable GPs to deliver effective, efficient and equitable care.
The demonstrated youth-centricity of the general practices associated with QUT, UNSW and UniMelb contrasts with traditional general practice.
Pre-consultation patient-directed reminders could be an effective tool to increase preventive care for patients with T2DM in general practice.
A report on the experiences of Australian general practitioners in 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This article measures access to digital health technology, uptake of digital health, digital health literacy and COVID-19 vaccination intentions in an inner-city population experiencing homelessness.