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POC testing equipment for RACPP (Waikato) can be purchased from Abbott Pharmaceuticals. This brochure outlines their products and current pricing. Please make contact with them and set up an account to place your orders directly.
To save practices having multiple listings to keep updated, the Pinnacle.co.nz website now pulls all practice listings directly from Healthpoint. This page outlines how to update your Healthpoint listing.
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This annual performance report is a comprehensive summary of the highlights, challenges, milestones and discoveries experienced by Pinnacle during the 2021-2022 year.
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Whakataukī (proverbs) play a large role within Maori culture. They are used as a reference point in speeches and also as guidelines spoken to others day by day. We've pulled together a variety of resources and a selection of popular whakataukī.
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This document provides an overview of the initiative, the background and context, and the health assessment pathway and details. This HealthPathways resource is accessible via the same weblink you use to access HealthPathways resources and information.
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Waikato DHB has made a report available to PHOs illustrating the average wait times (in days) for first specialist appointments (FSA) in secondary care. Please note this is an average across all priority groups. This report will be updated monthly by Waikato DHB.
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As the prevalence of chronic illness continues to increase with our aging population, remote home telehealth monitoring is emerging as a possible means of delivering care in a more cost effective and patient-centred way, while overcoming problems of inaccessibility
Te Whatu Ora Taranaki has created new electronic messaging collateral to help increase the coverage for measles vaccinations. This messaging is suitable for use nationwide.
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A reference for practices considering a new practice management system (PMS) and/or provider.
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Pinnacle has been working collaboratively at a national level for some time to re-imagine the primary care response for patients facing mental wellbeing challenges.
Locality contacts Lakes Pen Blackmore , locality lead 021 413 760 Bio coming soon! Practices Ngāti Pīkiao Health Clinic, Pihanga Health, Taupō Health Centre, Taupō Medical Centre, The Lake Surgery. Tairāwhiti Clayton Kohatu , locality lead 021 121 5109 Read about Clayton here. Practices City Medica
Telephone access in traditional general practices is often challenging, and even in practices with advanced telephone systems, a considerable proportion of patients phoning practices first thing in the morning fail to get through. One of the simple system changes is to remove phones from the front d