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  • Diphtheria

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    Chapter last reviewed and updated in November 2023. The updates made are under: Managment of contacts  Prophylaxis A description of changes can be found at   Updates to the Communicable Disease Control Manual (external link) . Epidemiology Expand all New Zealand Epidemiology New Zealand Epidemiology Diphtheria is caused by toxin-producing strains of  Corynebacterium diphtheriae . Rarely, diphtheria-like illness may result from infection with toxigenic  Corynebacterium ulcerans . More detailed epidemiological information is available on the  Institute of Environmental S

  • Pharmacy claims

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    About pharmacy claims The Services are defined in the Agreement. Pharmacy payments are determined by the Agreement and variations to the Agreement. Different transaction types generally have different processing requirements. For example: supply orders and Controlled Drug items have no patient contribution (known as abatement) the patient contribution for Special Food items are calculated differently when different flavours are claimed on the same prescription form Owe and Wastage items have no abatement or dispensing fees. PHARMAC supplies a monthly Pharmaceutical Schedule, containing pharmac

  • Creating your account

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    Signing up for My Health Account If you are aged 16 or over and have accessed health or disability services in New Zealand, you can sign up for your own My Health Account.  Before you sign up, you need your own email address. It must be unique to you and not one you share with someone else.   You can sign up and prove who you are online using:   your details that are held by your GP or medical centre. We call this the healthcare provider check.   one of several New Zealand and Australian identity documents   using RealMe® and RealMe Verified.   Type  https://id

  • HPI questions and answers

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    ... HPI data. Processes to maintain the currency and accuracy of HPI information have been developed to ensure HPI information is as up-to-date as possible. Data sources already collect and maintain data about their registrants. This data is supplied to the HPI and stored according to agreed data standards. Feedback processes are in place to work with the data source where inaccurate or out-of-date information is identified by a data consumer or by HPI administration processes. Can providers update their own information? Can providers update their own information? Practitioners can request ...

  • About My Health Account Workforce

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    What is My Health Account Workforce? My Health Account Workforce is Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand’s new health workforce digital identity service. The service securely connects Aotearoa New Zealand’s health workforce to digital health services from anywhere.   Digital identity is how you can prove who you are online in a safe, secure, and easily accessible way. Having a My Health Account Workforce means that as a member of our health workforce, your information related to your health workforce identity is kept completely separate to your digital health identity as a health consu

  • First-trimester ultrasound

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    These guidelines were published in 2019 and are awaiting review, due 2022. Some content may be outdated. Routine ultrasound should not be offered or requested simply to confirm an ongoing early pregnancy in the absence of any clinical concerns, symptoms or specific indications. The first ultrasound of the pregnancy should ideally be offered when the gestational age is thought to be between   12 and 13+6 weeks   gestation for optimal assessment of fetal anatomy and nuchal translucency (NT). The purpose of the scan is to confirm viability, accurately establish gestational age, det

  • Disability community residential care providers

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    This guidance covers both community residential services and (RIDSAS).  Hospital level services under the High and Complex Framework will be guided by the broader rules of the hospital care system. Balancing equity and safety As providers, the safety and wellbeing of your staff and residents are paramount.  Providers must manage the complexity of balancing the need for residents to connect with their whānau and communities to receive care and limit the risk of COVID-19 transmission for staff and residents.   Some disabled people may have underlying health conditions that make t

  • About screening

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    What is screening? Most people take part in screening in order to be reassured they are healthy, rather than with the expectation they are not. However, screening does not give you a diagnosis. It does not tell you whether you do have the condition. Instead, screening sorts people into two groups: people who have an increased chance of having the condition (positive screening result) and people who do not have an increased chance of having the condition (negative screening result).   People with a positive screening result will be offered a diagnostic test, which will give more informatio

  • Agencies and health officers supporting border health

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    ... NZ and the Ministry of Health support the training of frontline statutory health officers who work on border health issues such as medical officers of health and health protection officers. Local public health services check that New Zealand’s international airports and seaports meet the standards of public health preparedness expected by the international community. More information Expand all Related websites Related websites World Health Organization (external link) Collaborative Arrangement for the Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation (CAPSCA) (externa ...

  • Sexual and reproductive health

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    What’s being done to improve sexual and reproductive health The Government funds a broad range of sexual and reproductive health services, programmes and initiatives. Services are delivered through general practice, hospitals, pharmacies and other community-based service providers such as Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa (external link) (previously called New Zealand Family Planning), laboratories, specialist fertility services, and health promotion providers. Schools and other government agencies also undertake work in this area. Sexual and reproductive health covers a broad range of topics and is