ArticleCOVID-19
1 June 2022
Winter planning and “streaming”
Colder weather brings all the winter chills out. We are bracing ourselves for ‘flu, RSV and of course COVID-19 surges.
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ArticleFunding
1 June 2022
PSAAP negotiation update - June 2022
I’m sure by now many of you have already read headlines anywhere from NZ Doctor to Stuff.co.nz regarding the governments offer of 3 per cent increase in capitation funding – against a backdrop of inflation levels of 6.9 per cent.
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ArticleTechnology
29 May 2022
Time savings for clinicians using Dynamed clinical reference tool
As Joni Mitchell famously sang, you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. When Pinnacle clinicians lost access to high-powered clinical reference tool Dynamed for two weeks last year, Dr Roger Smith quickly realised just how true this was.
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ArticlePracticesAdvocacy
23 May 2022
The benefits are massive: Why nurse prescribers are the way of the future
Applications for the next annual Midlands Collaborative Registered Nurse Prescribing in Community Health (RNPCH) programme are now open.
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22 May 2022
Budget 2022: Hope or hype? We’ll have to wait and see
While the dollars are certainly promised in this record pledge to New Zealand’s health system, Justin Butcher, Pinnacle acting chief executive, isn’t breathing a full sigh of relief just yet.
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ArticlePreventative care
14 May 2022
New Waikato approach produces highest smoking quit rates in NZ
Waikato people are quitting smoking in higher numbers than just about anywhere else in Aotearoa New Zealand, and the statistics are particularly positive for Māori and pregnant women in the region.
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ArticlePeopleRural
25 April 2022
30 years serving the community
For the past three decades, Kāwhia’s medical needs have been serviced by Dr John Burton and wife Sue, a qualified medical lab technician. Credit: Brianna Stewart, King Country News
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ArticlePeopleModels of care
20 April 2022
Pinnacle features among the first areas to roll out localities approach
Today Health Minister Andrew Little announced the first nine locality network pilots to improve how healthcare is delivered in local communities. We’re excited to share that Taupō/Tūrangi and Hauraki have been selected in this pilot phase.
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