The roll out of the HealthPathways Provider Directory pilot next month is the first stage of providing regional HealthPathways teams with more hands-on control of their request/referral pages.

The New Zealand Productivity Commission has endorsed the Canterbury Health System approach to alliancing in its More Effective Social Services report released this month.

The Illawarra Shoalhaven HealthPathways website went live on 21 September with 30 clinical pathways, five resources, and two referral pages. The clinical pathways are predominantly in diabetes, haematology, chronic kidney disease, liver disease, and public health.

Ian Anderson, (CEO, Streamliners) introduces the HealthPathways Provider Directory - a significant new addition to the HealthPathways suite of tools. It will enable local HealthPathways teams to directly create and maintain service provider information that appears in HealthPathways.

The Canterbury HealthPathways Team recently carried out an online survey of general practitioners and practice nurses about the management of urinary incontinence in women. The organisers are keen to carry out this survey in other Australia and New Zealand HealthPathways regions and compare the results.

On 24 August 2015, Auckland Regional HealthPathways went live with 69 localised pages, including 20 clinical pathways covering Haematology disorders, Child Health, Cardiology, Diabetes, and Gynecology.

The Hunter New England HealthPathways Team was recently recognised for their outstanding work, winning two awards at the 2015 HNE Health Excellence Awards.

We are proud to announce the launch of the HealthPathways Technical Integration Advisory Group (TIAG). The purpose of the group is to consider requests and opportunities to integrate HealthPathways with third party systems. Membership comprises seven (7) elected members from the HealthPathways Community and additional members from the HealthPathways Product Development Team.

Canterbury District Health Board won four award categories at the Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) awards, including the prestigious Prime Minister's award. Chief executive, David Meates, said it was an honour to receive the awards on behalf of the talented teams of people who work so hard every day for Canterbury people.

On 1 July 2015, South Western Sydney HealthPathways went live with 35 localised pages, including 19 clinical pathways covering conditions such as diabetes, chest pain, heart failure, and children or young person at risk.

Darrell Kilian (IT Manager) and Melissa Taylor (Writing Team Leader) recently demonstrated several new DOT/HealthPathways Integration Features. These features enable regions to publish some DOT information on their HealthPathways website. Registered members are invited to view the demo and fill in a survey.

As part of their recent launch, the Mackay HealthPathways team had an opportunity to showcase HealthPathways on the local TV7 News program.

Based on feedback from this year's conference, the HealthPathways Community will soon launch a special interest group to look specifically at the topic of Technical Integration with the HealthPathways tools and systems.

Facilitated by Mackay HealthPathways GP Clinical Editor, Dr Aaron Kennedy, the forum was attended by 45 participants from primary and secondary care and showcased three specialties - general surgery, sexual health, and mental health.

We would like to congratulate Dr Phil Godden OAM who was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List this week for his service to medicine and to the community.