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New public hospital referral criteria launch 1 February 2020

By mpcn | Alerts, News, System integration | 0 comment | 7 January, 2020 | 0

Public specialist clinics across Victoria will start assessing referrals against the second batch of statewide specialist clinic referral criteria from 1 February
2020.

Cataract surgery referrals and wait times at the Eye and Ear Hospital

By mpcn | Alerts, News | 0 comment | 3 December, 2019 | 0

An update on waiting lists for patients to be assessed for cataract surgery at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.

HealthPathways launches the Pancreatic Cancer – Established pathway

By mpcn | Alerts, News, System integration | 0 comment | 21 November, 2019 | 0

A new clinical pathway for GPs has been launched to mark World Pancreatic Cancer Day, to help people living with Pancreatic Cancer receive better support in the community.

Tender now open: Optimal Care Pathways HealthPathways Project Evaluation

By mpcn | Alerts, Best Practice, News | 0 comment | 14 October, 2019 | 0

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) is seeking to commission an organisation to provide an independent evaluation of the statewide Optimal Care Pathways HealthPathways project.

New statewide specialist clinic referral criteria launching in public hospitals

By mpcn | Alerts, News, System integration | 0 comment | 30 September, 2019 | 1

The Victorian and Tasmanian PHN Alliance has been commissioned by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services to support an integrated approach to the adoption of statewide referral criteria for acute adult specialist clinics.

Best practice for pancreatic cancer care

By curtis | Alerts, News | 0 comment | 1 August, 2019 | 0

Pancreatic cancer has been one of the top causes of cancer death in Australia, with the five-year survival rate of the disease being at a low 8.7 per cent.

Optimal Care Pathways for head and neck cancers to be promoted by Victorian Primary Health Networks

By curtis | Alerts, News | 0 comment | 1 August, 2019 | 0

Head and neck cancers are within the top 10 cancers most commonly diagnosed in Australia, and there are no standard screening tests for early detection.

Best practice for melanoma cancer care

By curtis | Alerts, News | 0 comment | 24 June, 2019 | 0

It is estimated that the risk of an individual dying from melanoma by their 85th birthday has reached 1 in 118 people. The risk is greater in men, with 1 in 76 males likely to die of melanoma by the age of 85, compared with women, where the risk is 1 in 227.

Primary Health Networks join forces for better cancer care

By curtis | Alerts, News | 0 comment | 5 May, 2019 | 0

People living with cancer are set to receive better care in their own community, with all Primary Health Networks in Victoria working to increase the use of Optimal Care Pathways (OCPs) for cancer in 2019.

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    • About the Alliance
    • Collaboration
    • Leadership
    • PHN Publications
    • Thought Leadership
  • Our Work
    • Best practice, prevention, management and support
      • Accelerated uptake of Hepatitis C medicines
      • Carer Awareness in General Practice
      • Community led cancer screening
      • GP Respiratory Clinics
      • Infection Prevention Helpline
      • Lymphoedema Primary Care Capacity Building
      • Optimal Care Pathways
        • Optimal Care Pathways – Oesophagogastric Cancer OCP
        • Optimal Care Pathways – Prostate Cancer
      • Place-based Suicide Prevention
      • Priority Primary Care Centres
      • Statewide Paediatric HealthPathways Project
      • Victorian HIV and Hepatitis Integrated Training and Learning
    • Connecting health with other sectors
      • Doctors in Secondary Schools
        • Apply to Doctors in Secondary Schools: one day out of your everyday
      • Enhancing Mental Health Support in Secondary Schools
    • Health system integration and reform translation
      • Alcohol and other Drug Integration
      • Care Pathways and Referral
        • COVID-19 care pathways
      • Enhancing Carers Supports Within Primary Health Care
      • Mental Health Integration
      • My Health Record Expansion
      • PIP QI Incentive partnership
      • Population Health Planning
      • SafeScript
      • State Emergency and Support Recovery
      • Statewide Specialist Clinic Referral Criteria
        • Statewide Specialist Clinic Referral Criteria – Communications Toolkit
      • The National Disability Insurance Scheme in Victoria and Tasmania
      • Voluntary Assisted Dying
  • News and Education
    • Education and Calendars
    • News
    • Online Learning
  • SafeScript Training
  • Contact
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