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The NSW Aboriginal Vascular Health Program.

Both diabetes and cardiovascular disease are national health priorities. It is well recognised that indigenous people suffer an excessive burden of vascular disease. Vascular disease is the primary cause of preventable mortality and morbidity in indigenous Australians, who have a far higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease, renal disease, diabetes, and stroke, compared with non-indigenous p...

Assessing Program Efficiency: A Time and Motion Study of the Mental Health Emergency Care — Rural Access Program in NSW Australia

The Mental Health Emergency Care-Rural Access Program (MHEC-RAP) is a telehealth solution providing specialist emergency mental health care to rural and remote communities across western NSW, Australia. This is the first time and motion (T&M) study to examine program efficiency and capacity for a telepsychiatry program. Clinical services are an integral aspect of the program accounting for ...

The NSW Clinical Services Redesign Program: achievements and lessons

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The NSW Health routine screening for domestic violence program.

Routine questioning of women about abuse by their intimate partner has been progressively introduced in NSW in antenatal, early childhood, alcohol and other drug and mental health services since 2001. This was done because of the serious health consequences of domestic violence and the low identification rate of abuse by health services. Following a pilot that found strong support from female p...

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