• Home
  • NorDocs Online
    • Nordocs YouTube
    • Previous Nordocs Webinars
  • NorDocs Magazine
    • Nordocs Magazine (pdf format)
      • PDF Archive
    • Nordocs Magazine (Issuu format)
      • Issuu Archive
    • Advertising in NorDocs
    • Nordocs / GPSpeak Archive
    • Draft
  • Norshop
  • About Nordocs
    • Contact Us
Nordocs
A Publication of the Northern Rivers Doctors Network

 

PDF Downloads

  • High Res
  • Low Res

E-Magazine

  • Online magazine

 

 

  

 

letters to the editor

Have your say...

we welcome letters to the Editor

editor@lists.nordocs.org.au

 

Nordocs RSS feed

Get the Latest Posts from Nordocs
Attendees at the ‘R U Appy’ launch in Lismore, NSW.
Attendees at the ‘R U Appy’ launch in Lismore, NSW.

How e-technology helps people ‘be appy’

The launch of a Commonwealth funded training program to help Aboriginal and other health professionals better use apps and internet-based programs with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients was held in Lismore, NSW on 2 October 2014.

‘R U Appy’, the North Coast Aboriginal e-Social and Emotional Wellbeing Training Program, brings together work done by the University Centre for Rural Health (UCRH), the Menzies School of Health Research (NT) and Queensland University of Technology. Additional input was received from the Black Dog Institute, Macquarie University and the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council

Details
Written by: Staff
Published: 17 October 2014

Read more: How e-technology helps people ‘be appy’

Dr Lindy Swain
Dr Lindy Swain

Northern Rivers pharmacist judged Australia’s best

 Pharmacist Academic Lindy Swain from the University Centre for Rural Health North Coast (UCRH) has received the Pharmacist of the Year award from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australian (PSA).

The award is in recognition of Lindy Swain’s leadership and advocacy in rural pharmacy and Aboriginal Health.

Her academic involvements have included supervising pharmacy students undertaking Aboriginal health and medication tutorials, pharmacy assistant placements for local Aboriginal students at TAFE, and coordinating multidisciplinary placements for pharmacy undergraduates in various clinical settings.

She works one day a week at Bullinah Aboriginal Health Service in Ballina where she counsels patients about their medicines and conducts medication reviews.

Details
Written by: Staff
Published: 17 October 2014

Read more: Northern Rivers pharmacist judged Australia’s best

Kevin Hogan and NNSW LHD Executive director Lynne Weir (left) brief Assistant Minister for Health Senator Fiona Nash about the upgrade of Casino Hospital ED during a recent visit.
Kevin Hogan and NNSW LHD Executive director Lynne Weir (left) brief Assistant Minister for Health Senator Fiona Nash about the upgrade of Casino Hospital ED during a recent visit.

Builder chosen for Casino Hospital ED

 The tender to redevelop the Emergency Department at Casino & District Memorial Hospital has been awarded Woollam Constructions.

Announcing the successful tenderer, the Federal MP Page Kevin Hogan said, “It is well known that the current ED at Casino Hospital has poor space utilisation and in need of a major upgrade. The Coalition Government has provided $3 million to the Northern NSW Local Health District to fund this redevelopment.”

The ED redevelopment will include a new Triage area, two new Resuscitation Bays, Four new Treatment Bays, redesigned Ambulance entry, a dedicated ED Staff Room and Improved security.

Details
Written by: Staff
Published: 15 October 2014

Read more: Builder chosen for Casino Hospital ED

Mid North Coast LHD Director of Allied Health and Integrated Care, Bronwyn Chalker, UCRH Research Fellow, Dr Jennifer Johnston, PMBH ED Director, Dr Steven Ross, PMBH Registered Nurse, Colleen Boyd and UCRH Lead Researcher Dr Megan Passey. Photo: Lynn Lelean, MNC LHD.
Mid North Coast LHD Director of Allied Health and Integrated Care, Bronwyn Chalker, UCRH Research Fellow, Dr Jennifer Johnston, PMBH ED Director, Dr Steven Ross, PMBH Registered Nurse, Colleen Boyd and UCRH Lead Researcher Dr Megan Passey. Photo: Lynn Lelean, MNC LHD.

Major study on reducing chronic admissions

In a milestone trial starting in the Mid North Coast, chronic disease patients admitted to hospital will be participating in research to evaluate how the number of admissions might be reduced.

The four-month Diagnosing Potentially Preventable Hospitalisations (DaPPHne) project is being conducted by the University Centre for Rural Health North Coast. The project is in partnership with and funded by the Mid North Coast Local Health District, the North Coast NSW Medicare Local, and the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation. The University of Western Sydney is also involved.

The study’s lead researcher, Dr Megan Passey said the research will focus primarily on patients at Port Macquarie Base and Coffs Harbour Hospitals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive, or chronic, heart failure (CHF), diabetes complications and angina. These chronic conditions affect many older people.

Details
Written by: Staff
Published: 15 October 2014

Read more: Major study on reducing chronic admissions

Cycle safety on Lismore’s radar

Lismore City Council has decided to include cycling safety as part of the CBD traffic study, which will be undertaken in 2015. One possible initiative could be introducing dedicated cycling lanes in or around the CBD.

The decision follows a motion at this week’s council meeting by Greens’ councillor Vanessa Ekins who cited safety grounds as the reason for considering marked bike lanes and driver education.

In recent months a number of cycling accidents have occurred in the Northern Rivers, some of them serious, although mostly on out-of-town roads. The risks of cycling are highlighted in the current issue of GP Speak.

Details
Written by: Staff
Published: 15 October 2014

Read more: Cycle safety on Lismore’s radar

  • Co-pay or not co-pay?
  • Four generations and 1,000 babies later, it’s farewell to a local legend

Page 171 of 177

  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175

Our Sponsors - Click for more information

Local Medical History e-book

A history of the the local medical fraternity from 1866 to 1986 by Dr Neil Thompson

The book is available from Amazon as a Kindle app for mobile phone and tablets.

Got the old articles? Search me.

Want the latest stories?

 

About NorDocs

Email us

Disclaimer and Privacy Policy

Creative Commons Licence
Unless otherwise stated all works in this website are licensed under
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Australia License.