Collaboration

Spelling out the end of professional isolation wherever you live

 

Live demonstration: Remote Consultation

Live Rurally, but easily have a 'corridor' consultation with a specialist - dreaming...or reality now? Participant: GP Tony Townshend Special Ophthalmologist and Patient

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Live demonstration: Roadside to Bedside

Live and recorded emergency video consultation from the road side to bed side. Rural GP at the accident Rural Hospital Doctor and Consultant Specialist uses ‘Robo Cam’ at the roadside and cell phone video for referral.


Live demonstration: Emergency Consultation

Live Demonstration - Remote collaborations from rural hospitals to the emergency room in acutely presenting difficult cases. Speakers: Rural Hospital Queenstown Doctor, Base Hospital Emergency Room Specialist consults remotely at the meeting


Points to Ponder from Friday!

David Clarke

First Impressions in preparation for tomorrow's summary

  1. Ownership of practices and hospitals
  2. An Integrated rural community care model
  3. Recruitment enhancements
  4. Collaboration were time and distance issues could be millstones of the past
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Technology and Enhanced Rural Point of Care

Using technology to enhance the timeliness of patient care and in most cases to reduce the load on base hospitals

Dr Kati Blattner Rural Hospital Doctor Rawene Hospital

Point of care testing has proven the point. Rural GP and Rural Hospital Doctor, working for Hauora Hokianga based at Rawene Hospital since 2003. (Very) part time Clinical Lecturer, University Otago helping to convene the Rural and Provincial Hospital Medicine Diploma. Also involved in teaching under- graduates from Auckland University and GP trainees. Particular interests include improving the interface of rural communities with secondary and tertiary healthcare and improving the healthcare of disadvantaged rural communities.

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Dr Kati Blattner (on behalf of Martyn Williamson)

How much point of care testing is used at our Rural Hospitals?

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Garry Nixon, Rural Hospital Doctor, Dunstan Hospital

Ultra Sound at the rural point of care - the way of the future. Garry Nixon works as a medical officer at Dunstan Hospital in Central Otago and has a part time senior lecturer in rural health in the Department of GP Dunedin School of Medicine. He has an interest in the role of clinician performed ultrasound and echocardiography in rural hospital practice.

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Rural Hospital Manager report back

Norman Gray

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Time to build on what's been said - Time to implement

David Clark and Buzz Burrell

David and Buzz go through pathways to implement or implement more widely the issues that have been discussed yesterday and today

  1. Ownership of practices and hospitals
  2. An Integrated rural community care model
  3. Recruitment enhancements
  4. Collaboration were time and distance issues could be millstones of the past
  5. Devolving more testing technology to patient communities

Implement or Not? - the panel flights it out!

Dr Tony Townsend, Jane O'Malley, Robin Steed, Dr Pat Farry, Norman Gray, Michelle Meads


Last Word David Clarke

David Clarke