Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) will host its second webinar for all South Australian GPs on Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 7.30-8.30PM. This webinar will look at how GPs are helping CALHN make changes to their systems and processes, resulting in better health...
A new program helping GPs to connect with Community Mental Health Services (CMHS) is being piloted. The new Mental Health GP Liaisons can help provide GPs with timely advice on care options for consumers presenting with mental health related issues. This includes help...
HealthPathways SA (HPSA) has been upgraded with a new look and feel, providing the same local clinical guidance for General Practitioners (GPs) and health professionals to support patients at the point of care, in an easy-to-read responsive mobile format. “It can be a...
When news of a community COVID-19 case broke, CALHN quickly responded. As we did in the first wave, we quickly re-established our Command Centre and Incident Management Team to regularly meet to monitor the evolving situation and prepare for actions we needed to...
Work is underway to improve the quality of medical discharge summaries sent from Central Adelaide LHN clinical teams to GPs. These summaries play a vital role in providing continuity of care from hospital to a patient’s primary healthcare provider. However, the...
An effective referral gets the patient the care they need, when they need it and in the best place – which may not always be in hospital. That is the key takeaway from a recent RACGP webinar featuring CALHN presenters Professor Jane Andrews, Dr Jessica Hafner, Dr...
