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Teach-back is a simple conversational tool used to check client understanding. Using teach-back can help your clients self-manage their health and make informed decisions about their health care. Teach-back is not a test of the clients’ knowledge; it’s a test of how well you have communicated. Primary Health Tasmania commissioned…

Cardiology Lung function testing Tasmanian HealthPathways is a web-based information portal designed to help primary care clinicians plan local patient care through primary, community and secondary healthcare systems. New users can request access here. Hobart Cardiology referral – MD 6043 Hobart Cardiology referral – BP 6042 4 Lung Function Test…

communities involved in the trial particularly excelled at putting the community-focused elements of the LifeSpan model into action, including training the community to recognise and respond to suicidality and engaging the local community in positive change. The key role of involving people with lived experience of suicide was also instrumental…

services has been increasingly recognised as a crucial step in developing and delivering person-centred care that is effective, appropriate, accessible and safe. We engaged Mental Health Lived Experience Tasmania (MHLET) to develop a practical and implementable framework for use by Tasmanian health, community service or primary care organisations. MHLET worked…

led to barriers for them in accessing aged care and other support services.  Services received in the past hadn’t taken account of Robin’s individual circumstances and history, and had lapsed. Robin was now having difficulties functioning in the local community.  It was ‘care finder’ Heather Ross’s job to help re-establish…

some of our valued commissioned providers, including headspace Hobart, South East Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation – SETAC, Drug Education Network Inc., Corumbene Care, and more. In this issue, you’ll find: the story of headspace Hobart client Hannah*, who has turned her life around with the support of the youth mental health…