Does multimorbidity impact chronic disease treatment? New international research has looked into a range of chronic diseases and their potential impact on effectiveness of common medications.
Project aims to deliver ‘new digital health workforce’ A new model will engage GPs, nurses and allied health via virtual care for chronic disease patients to help ease pressures off the hospital system.
An ageing population and a GP workforce shortage: Is team-based care the answer? newsGP speaks with a general practice where multidisciplinary care is the cornerstone of serving the needs of an increasingly complex patient cohort.
Medicare-funded care plans save lives after stroke: Study Evidence shows clear survival benefits of chronic disease management plans in primary care – but uptake needs improvement, researchers say.
RACGP’s ‘building block’ to improve shared care The college supports general practice’s place at the centre of Shared Care Models to enable coordination and continuity of care.
Compliance campaign: An open letter to Minister Butler Here, we publish the full letter written by RACGP President Dr Nicole Higgins in protest of the recent compliance campaign.
College calls on Health Minister to intervene in compliance campaign Mark Butler has been asked to step in after ‘problematic’ letters were sent to almost 600 GPs.
Nearly 600 GPs to be sent Medicare compliance letters The latest campaign relates to co-claiming of chronic disease management and practice nurse support services.
Upcoming MBS changes GPs need to know From 1 November, a number of MBS changes will be instituted that are likely to have some impact on general practice.
New PIP QI dataset provides ‘snapshot’ of general practice More than 5600 general practices took part in the program – but given the current pandemic environment, how much insight is it providing?