Primary Health Care Services
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Services for Health
RHealth provides access to Allied Health, Mental Health and Specialist services right across the Darling Downs and South West Queensland Allied Health Services Rural Primary Health Services Program Increasing access to primary health care se...
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Preventive Health
Health Education and Promotion and Immunisation are focus areas for RHealth's preventive health activities. Health Education and Promotion Physical Activity, Nutrition, Drug & Alcohol Prevention (PANDA) Healthy Lifestyles Coor...
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Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health
The gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians can be up to 20 years. RHealth works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to improve health outcomes in communities across the Darling ...
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eHealth
RHealth is committed to advancing eHealth in the Darling Downs and South West Queensland. From the early beginnings of computerising general practice RHealth has witnessed the shift of eHealth over the years to the current focus is the establishment of...
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Coordinating Health
Improving Access Pathways to Specialist Outpatient Clinics Over half of all referrals to Specialist Outpatient Clinics at the Toowoomba Hospital are received from rural areas, especially the larger centres of Dalby, Warwick and Kingaroy. In 2008 it wa...
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Workforce for Health
Support for the rural and remote primary health care workforce is a critical part of RHealth's role and is provided through the Chapter Network, Workforce Support for Rural General Practitioners Program and the Nursing in General Practice Program. RH...
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Quality in Health
Quality Use of Medicines Promoting the safe and effective use of medicines is the aim of the Quality Use of Medicines Program. Each year the Quality Use of Medicines Team visits GPs and Pharmacists across South West Queensland to provide education ses...
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Partnering in Health
Partnering is at the core of RHealth's services, and the organisation is an active participant in Partnership Councils, Logan-Beaudesert Health Coalition, and the Western Downs Communities Network, and is also working with the Health and Co...
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Reforming Health
The first round of Medicare Locals was announced by Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, on Monday 6 June. You can view the Media Release here. Nineteen Medicare Locals will be established from 1 July 2011. Applications under the secon...
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