HealthPathways improving access to care.

Conclusions HPW has the potential to improve patient management and health outcomes, and use of HPW is increasing over time.What is known about the topic? Initiatives such as HPW are viewed positively by clinicians and have the potential to address challenges at the primary-secondary care interface, specifically, referral to secondary specialists.What does this paper add? Proof of concept that the ongoing availability of localised HPW for common clinical conditions improves GP usage of HPW and has increased access to HPW as the first source of clinical information. Benefits and barriers to use have been identified.What are the implications for practitioners? HPW improves knowledge of local services and provides GPs with easy access to referral pathways.
PMID: 29415799 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Australian Health Review - February 8, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Gill SD, Mansfield S, McLeod M, von Treuer K, Dunn M, Quirk F Tags: Aust Health Rev Source Type: research