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Avoiding Hospital admissions:Getting the care you need
Linda Mann
FRACGP
Getting the care you need
• Primary care• Secondary care• Tertiary care
communication, access, funding
Snakes and Ladders have been around for a long time
What influences Primary Care?
• Public health• Incentives from
government and experts
• technology• seamless care: the
dream
communication, access, funding
UNESCO
What can Secondary Care offer?
• Assessment of acute illness in vulnerable patients, who need multidisciplinary care, with special knowledge, and access to technology
• Bodily care during acute infirmity
• Curative treatmentcommunication, access, funding
Tertiary care is just more rarefied
• Rare patient experience
• Acute interventions need complexity, then back down the ladder ( to avoid the snakes) to 2nd then 1st care
communication, access, funding
Ingredients for an alternative
• Communication• Reliability• Nursing care not in
hospital• Cost effectiveness
communication, access, funding
If you need to find the solution..
Communication
• Use common web based records ( HealthConnect SA)
• Use VPNs within institutions to permit remote access from involved HCW
• Use PDAs for roving health care with real time data upload
communication, access, funding
Access to services
• Reliability• Access to nursing
communication, access, funding
Snakes and Ladders winning hearts and minds
Where does the money come from
• State funding for ambulatory care
• Federal funding via Divisions for improved communication
• Future changes to allow rebates form private health insurance for GP led care
communication, access, funding
Snakes can make ladders..