Background: The referral process is an important research focus because of the potential
consequences of delays, especially for patients with serious medical conditions that need …

Objective Patients may use emergency departments (EDs) to meet their health needs when
ambulatory care systems are not sufficient. We aim to describe contributing factors to the …

Background To develop an interdisciplinary care pathway for early rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
including referral triage, diagnosis, and management. Methods Our process was a four …

Objective Patients may use emergency departments (ED) to meet their health needs
whenambulatory care systems are not sufficient. We aim to describe contributing factors to …

Background. To address the increasing demands for gastroenterology specialty care and
increasing wait times, centralized access and triage (CAT) systems, telephone support, and …

Background: Care pathways are tools that can help family physicians navigate the
complexities of the cancer diagnostic process. Our objective was to examine the mental …

Background: Delays in cancer diagnosis have been associated with reduced survival,
decreased quality of life after treatment, and suboptimal patient experience. The objective of …

Background The current management of patients with Dementia, primarily with Alzheimer's
Disease (AD) is rapidly evolving. However, limited information is available about the current …

Objectives The iConnect Care programme provided integrated 'virtual care'(VC) for patients
with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. VC is …

The medical literature is replete with reports of the impact on quality of communication errors
in health services delivery and the disproportionate contribution of incomplete, inadequate …