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health foundation BeAWARE program Education for non-clinical staff Members are alerted to this important initiative of the National Heart Foundation of Australia and the National Stroke Foundation. BeAWARE of the warning signs of heart attack and stroke is a practice triage strategy to support nonclinical staff to promptly identify patients who call or attend with warning signs of heart attack and stroke. BeAWARE consists of three components: A ‘warning signs’ online learning module for non -clinical staff at www.heartfoundation.org.au/ online-learning
A ‘warning signs’ desktop ‘tent card’ for your reception area/ workstation. ‘Warning signs’ of heart attack and stroke posters for the patient waiting room area. Based on claims and complaints against members over time MIPS believes this information , made available at no cost to members in the primary care sector, will be beneficial and will potentially reduce a member’s medicolegal risk through demonstrating adherence to accreditation standards regarding patient triage and responding to emergency patient presentations.
member risk education Members can still register for the Spring 2012 risk workshops. Risk workshops are a valuable membership benefit, provide several CPD points and for medical members participating in the Premium Support Scheme (PSS), your attendance meets your mandatory risk management requirement. For further details please see the attached schedule and registration form. Please check pages 11 & 12 for Registration form and workshop schedule As well as Risk Workshops MIPS provides a range of risk education topics to assist with the management of risk in your day to day practice. These can be viewed at mips.com.au
The Heart Foundation has also developed patient resources that can be handed out by health professionals to patients who have been identified at high risk of heart attack i.e. patients with heart disease or high absolute risk??. These can be found via this link www.heartattackfacts.org.au/ action-plan/ For further information contact the Heart Foundation. www.heartfoundation.org.au/ Pages/default.aspx