DRO

Openly accessible

Checks and cheques : implementing a population health and recall system to improve coverage of patients with diabetes in a rural general practice

Dunbar, A. P., Johnston, J., Franklin, L., Nolan, M. and Dunbar, James 2003, Checks and cheques : implementing a population health and recall system to improve coverage of patients with diabetes in a rural general practice, in HIC 2003 : proceedings, Health Informatics Society of Australia, Brunswick, Vic., pp. 1-5.

Attached Files
Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads
dunbar-checksandcheques-2003.pdf Published version application/pdf 387.07KB 191

Title Checks and cheques : implementing a population health and recall system to improve coverage of patients with diabetes in a rural general practice
Author(s) Dunbar, A. P.
Johnston, J.
Franklin, L.
Nolan, M.
Dunbar, JamesORCID iD for Dunbar, James orcid.org/0000-0003-0866-4365
Conference name National Health Informatics Conference (11th : 2003 : Darling Harbour, Sydney, N.S.W.)
Conference location Darling Harbour, Sydney, N.S.W.
Conference dates 10 - 12 August 2003
Title of proceedings HIC 2003 : proceedings
Editor(s) Coiera, Enrico
Simpson, Carmel
Publication date 2003
Conference series Health Informatics Conference
Start page 1
End page 5
Publisher Health Informatics Society of Australia
Place of publication Brunswick, Vic.
Summary Identification of all diabetic patients in the population is essential if diabetic care is to be effective in achieving the targets of the St Vincent Declaration.1 The challenge therefore is to establish population based monitoring and control systems by means of state of the art technology in order to achieve quality assurance in the provision of care for patients with diabetes. 2,3 Disease management receives extensive international support as the most appropriate approach to organising and delivering healthcare for chronic conditions like diabetes.4 This approach is achieved through a combination of guidelines for practice, patient education, consultations and follow up using a planned team approach and a strong focus on continuous quality improvement using information technology. 5,6 The current software (Medical Director) could not easily meet these requirements which led us to adopt a trial of Ferret. In designing this project we used change management7 and the plan, do, study, act cycle8 illustrated in Diagram 1.
Notes Also Titled: RACGP 12CC Applying socio-technical practices and principles Beyond the box : making IT work for GP's and patients

Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in Deakin Research Online. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au
ISBN 0975101307
9780975101308
Language eng
Field of Research 111711 Health Information Systems (incl Surveillance)
HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice ©2003, HISA
Free to Read? Yes
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30009615

Connect to link resolver
 
Link to Related Work
 
Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved.

Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au.

Versions
Version Filter Type
Citation counts: TR Web of Science Citation Count  Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science
Scopus Citation Count Cited 0 times in Scopus Google Scholar Search Google Scholar
Access Statistics: 786 Abstract Views, 191 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics
Created: Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 07:00:11 EST

Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au.