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Making Change - NSW Health
Some fundamental principles underpin all aspects in making change. Using a simple methodology can help to step you through the change process. Adding structure to your approach will make it easier to plan what happens when and who needs to know what.

Date created: 14 Sep 2010 | Date reviewed: 28 Oct 2010

Osteoporosis Model of Care - Hunter New England Local Health District
This is a multidisciplinary team-based model, designed for patients over 50 years of age, presenting to the Emergency Department with a minimal trauma fracture.

Date created: 11 Apr 2012 | Date reviewed: 26 Apr 2012

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Model of Cardiology Care - NSW Health
These pages outline the model of care required to support the ideal cardiology patient journey. They provide examples of local, national and international best practice care.

Date created: 01 Nov 2010 | Date reviewed: 26 Oct 2011

Rehabilitation Model of Care - NSW Health
The NSW Rehabilitation Model of Care provides the basis for embracing change and implementing consistent approaches for rehabilitation services across NSW.

Date created: 12 Apr 2011 | Date reviewed: 09 Jun 2011

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ComPacks - NSW Health
The ComPacks (Community Packages) Program has been developed to facilitate safe and early discharge of eligible patients from hospital by providing access to a short-term package of care designed to help them gain independence and prevent re-admission to hospital.

Date created: 03 Dec 2010 | Date reviewed: 07 Apr 2011

Medical Assessment Unit

Medical Assessment Units in NSW - NSW Health
A MAU is a physical ward that is close to the emergency department although not co-located. This page describes the implementation of MAUs in NSW.

Date created: 08 Oct 2009 | Date reviewed: 23 Sep 2010

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Advance Care Planning (ACP) Model of Care - NSW Health
The Advance Care Planning (ACP) model works to improve the journey of patients, particularly older people, through the health system.

Date created: 03 Aug 2010 | Date reviewed: 10 Sep 2010

Chronic Disease Case Management - NSW Health
Case Management Model of care demonstrates systems and processes that can successfully meet the medical and social care requirements of people with chronic conditions.

Date created: 05 Dec 2007 | Date reviewed: 25 Aug 2009

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Chronic Disease Rehabilitation - NSW Health
Rehabilitation for Chronic Disease services assist people with a chronic disease to achieve optimal physical and psychological function, to self manage their disease and to be active partners with their medical team in decisions about their health care

Date created: 01 Mar 2007 | Date reviewed: 25 Aug 2009

Chronic disease self management support model of care

Chronic Disease Self-Management Support Model of Care - NSW Health
Implementing a Chronic Disease Self-Management Model of Care empowers and adds confidence to individuals with chronic disease, their carers and family who actively participate in managing their conditions.

Date created: 12 Jul 2007 | Date reviewed: 08 Oct 2008

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Delirium Prevention - NSW Health
This Model of Care aims to support ward staff in the prevention of delirium and functional decline that older people may experience in hospital.

Date created: 25 Aug 2007 | Date reviewed: 27 Aug 2007

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Community Acute/Post Acute Care (CAPAC) and APAC-GP - NSW Health
Under the CAPAC Model of Care, selected types of acute/post acute care are delivered to suitable, consenting patients at their home as an alternative to inpatient (hospital) care.

Date created: 18 Oct 2006 | Date reviewed: 18 Jul 2007

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Falls Prevention - NSW Health
The Bega Valley Community Health Centre has established a program based on evidence based research that indicates a multidisciplinary approaches encompassing comprehensive identification of falls risks, assessment and targeted intervention can reduce falls and falls injury rates.

Date created: 11 Jul 2007 | Date reviewed: 14 Jul 2007

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Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Evaluation (GRACE) - NSW Health
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital Service (HKHS) has developed a new model of care to support general practitioners and aged care facility staff to care for residents at home, avoiding hospital admissions.

Date created: 18 Oct 2006 | Date reviewed: 25 May 2007

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Referral and Information Centre - NSW Health
The Referral and Information Centre aims to improve access to timely, safe, consistent and appropriate level health care information and advice to clinicians and the community.

Date created: 20 Feb 2007 | Date reviewed: 22 Feb 2007

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Older Person's Evaluation Review and Assessment (OPERA) - NSW Health
The OPERA program places the older person at the centre of the care pathway.

Date created: 26 Jul 2006 | Date reviewed: 07 Feb 2007

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Assertive Patient Flow Mental Health - NSW Health
The model encompasses and joins a range of different initiatives, at an Area level including: bed management, community integration, assertive care progression, predicted bed model, transfers, repatriation plans, escalation plans.

Date created: 26 Jul 2006 | Date reviewed: 29 Jan 2007

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Acute care of the Elderly (ACE) - NSW Health
The multidisciplinary team focuses on providing the right care at the right time, patient function and patient safety. Consideration is given to the entire patient journey from admission, through the hospital and discharge to appropriate community resources.

Date created: 18 Oct 2006 | Date reviewed: 18 Oct 2006

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Emergency Models of Care - NSW Health
There are three components to the Emergency Model of Care, each designed to address different patient requirements.

Date created: 17 Oct 2006 | Date reviewed: 17 Oct 2006

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Transitional Aged Care - NSW Health
Transitional Aged Care is a program to address the needs of older people who, in the absence of the program, would require residential aged care.

Date created: 26 Jul 2006 | Date reviewed: 12 Oct 2006


 

Date created: 3rd Nov 2009 | Date reviewed: 28th Mar 2011