Alerts / News / System integrationNew public hospital referral criteria launch 1 February 2020Public specialist clinics across Victoria will start assessing referrals against the second batch of statewide specialist clinic referral criteria from 1 February 2020....Read More
Alerts / NewsCataract surgery referrals and wait times at the Eye and Ear HospitalAn update on waiting lists for patients to be assessed for cataract surgery at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital....Read More
Alerts / News / System integrationHealthPathways launches the Pancreatic Cancer – Established pathwayA 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....Read More
Alerts / Best Practice / NewsTender now open: Optimal Care Pathways HealthPathways Project EvaluationNorth 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....Read More
Alerts / News / System integrationNew statewide specialist clinic referral criteria launching in public hospitalsThe 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...Read More
Alerts / NewsBest practice for pancreatic cancer carePancreatic 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....Read More
Alerts / NewsOptimal Care Pathways for head and neck cancers to be promoted by Victorian Primary Health NetworksHead and neck cancers are within the top 10 cancers most commonly diagnosed in Australia, and there are no standard screening tests for early detection....Read More
Alerts / NewsBest practice for melanoma cancer careIt 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,...Read More
Alerts / NewsPrimary Health Networks join forces for better cancer carePeople 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....Read More