Pathways
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Information Resources
Look something up or find something out
Referrals & Advice
Refer to or seek advice from another provider
Patient Education
Give information to patient
Planned Care Services
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BOPDHB SMO List
List of all SMO's working at the BOPDHB by Service
Latest Clinical News
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New in-service videos for nurses on Te Whāriki ā Toi, the BOPDHB online learning site (4th Oct 21)
These concise, clinical sessions delivered by experts on topics of interest to nurses who want to develop their professional skills. These video sessions are 20-30 minutes long. The September 2021 sessions are now available to view. Topics covered for last month are: Are you an Intravenous Champion?, Radiology Guided Percutaneous Drains, and Journey Through Radiology. ...Read more
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Statement on COVID vaccination in patients with cardiovascular disease (27th Sep 21)
The NZ Region of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, the NZ Cardiac Clinical Network, the National Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinical Network and the National Heart Foundation of New Zealand have released a statement on COVID vaccination in the context of cardiovascular disease. ...Read more
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Clinical Matters Newsletter September 2021 (23rd Sep 21)
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Webinars on Assisted Dying (9th Sep 21)
The Ministry of Health has created a series of webinars on the topic of Assisted Dying. These webinars are for people working in the health sector only. They may be of particular interest to health practitioners who may choose to be involved in providing assisted dying services in New Zealand, as well as people working on planning related to assisted dying services. ...Read more
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Hospital clinicians now able to send a direct note to primary care inboxes (9th Sep 21)
The Midland Clinical Portal (MCP) has been upgraded to allow our hospital colleagues to send electronic messages to primary care clinicians. The notes will be sent directly to our PMS inboxes. ...Read more
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Transfer of Care documents (formerly discharge summaries) – your chance to provide feedback (8th Sep 21)
The GPL team have received a lot of feedback about the new ‘transfer of care’ documents, formerly discharge summaries. This is your chance to point out the problem areas and suggest fixes. The survey form is apparently designed for hospital clinicians as well as GPs, but there is a ‘not applicable to my role’ option to click for the questions that don’t apply to primary care. ...Read more
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MEDICAL VENESECTION – Iron Overload / Polycythaemia (3rd Sep 21)
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Update: re supply of blood test tubes (3rd Sep 21)
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New in-service videos for nurses on Te Whāriki ā Toi, the BOPDHB online learning site (3rd Sep 21)
These concise, clinical sessions delivered by experts on topics of interest to nurses who want to develop their professional skills. These video sessions are 20-30 minutes long. The August 2021 sessions are now available to view. Topics covered for last month are Pathophysiology of Asthma and Respiratory Physiology and Benefits of Humidification. ...Read more
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Covid vaccine and myocarditis (2nd Sep 21)
There have been a lot of telephone calls and emails from patients to our Cardiology department regarding myocarditis and the Covid vaccine. Patients are also being advised by their GPs to check with Cardiology about vaccination because of the death reported in the media in Auckland earlier this week in relation to vaccination-related myocarditis. ...Read more
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