Northern Queensland region

Updating the RACGP’s Infection prevention and control standards

First published in 2014, the IPC Standards are designed as a guide to help health professionals and other healthcare staff...

RAPID HIV Self Testing Program

Free HIV and other STIs testing service RAPID is now offering a services free kits are free to access and mail out to...

Virtual Classroom Sessions

See the below schedule to register for upcoming educational webinars. Clinician Vaccine Integrated Platform (CVIP) education sessions A number of...

My Health Record-enabled practice software designed for use by specialists is starting to come to market in earnest

The following products are My Health Record enabled and are now in general release. BP – VIP.net Clinical Computers Genie...

Cancer Screening CQI education events

Last month, NQPHN hosted the final Cancer Screening CQI program events for 2021 in Mackay and Townsville. Mackay’s event welcomed 28...

Educational resources for frontline primary care staff

The education sessions, led by experienced healthcare professionals, investigated aggressive and challenging behaviours in primary care, and staff burnout and...

Supporting the Operation Compass #CheckYourMates Campaign

This is a great time of year to check in with someone that you haven’t spoken to in a while....

Hand Hygiene Compliance and Medical Practitioners

Hand hygiene compliance data for all healthcare workers is collected across three national audit periods each year and aggregated national...

QScript – real-time prescription monitoring is here

QScript complements practitioner expertise by providing context, specifically around the patient’s history of monitored medicine prescriptions, which includes all Schedule...

Stakeholder consultation for 10 year nurse practitioners plan

The purpose of the Nurse Practitioner 10 Year Plan (NP 10 Year Plan) is to describe a set of actions...

Do you see patients with hepatitis B or hepatitis C?

The guidelines for monitoring hepatitis B have also been updated to recommend fibrosis assessment every 12 months. The Ethnic Communities...

Making Tracks Together – Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Equity Framework

Making Tracks Together seeks to improve the health and wellbeing of First Nations people by eliminating health inequities and working...

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